Miss Art of Teaching

So I went crazy today! I started using my Thinc Product voice amplifier. I purchased it on sale during the weekend for $109 Aud including postage (Rrp is $185). I used it in my classroom from Period 1 till Period 6. This includes 3 x Year 7 classes, 1 x 9/10 Elective Art class and 1 x Year 11 class.  It was great to use the voice amplifier. It made giving out instructions and demonstrations easier. I even sang and dance around. Some students loved it, some thought it was hilarious and a few begged me to stop singing. It made teaching so much more fun. Wearing this made me feel like I'm Britney Spears, a flight attendant and a belief that I can generally be anything!

How do you protect your teacher's voice? Here are a few strategies that I use in my classroom: NOISE CARDS I designed this system to encourage my classes to monitor their noise level. Every time the class gets noisy, I flip a letter. They need to be quiet for a set amount of time depending on the penalty that is shown behind the card (E:1 min, S: 2 mins, I: 4 mins, O: 8 mins and N:16 mins). You can carry out the penalty during class time and since the first few cards carry only a few minutes weight, it should not slow down your lesson.  I find that I can utilise the 'quiet' period to give out instructions or to give a demonstration. Students usually start monitoring their noise level when a few cards have been flipped. I have shared this system with a few teachers, and some of them warn students about detentions if the letters 'N' and 'O' are left on the board. If all five letters remain unflipped then students will receive 5 Vivos (whole school virtu...