Technology Tools for Effective Classroom and Behavior Management

This is an example of a "Stoplight" bulletin board used for classroom management of behaviors. According to the website, "Post a stoplight pattern like the one shown above on the board and staple enough library card pockets next to it so that each student will have one. Number the pockets and assign each student a number. Place one green stoplight tag in each pocket. Cut out a dozen tags in yellow, orange, and red, and place them in pockets near the base of the stoplight. Students start each day with a green tag. When a student engages in an off-task behavior, place a yellow tag in his or her pocket as a caution. If another incident occurs that day, place an orange tag in the pocket and follow up with a previously determined consequence. For serious infractions, place the red tag in the pocket. At the end of the day, record the colors shown in each pocket on a class chart. Remove the yellow, orange, and red tags so that everyone will have a fresh start the following day."

Time structuring tools for helping students with time management skills and behavior management skills.

Visual schedules, picture schedules and more for teaching students behavior skills, behavior management, and classroom management.

Instead of signaling traffic to "go", "slow down" or "stop", The Yacker Tracker signals too much noise in the classroom. Teachers may select the appropriate sound level for any given situation and let the Yacker Tracker be an audio-visual reminder when the noise level gets too high.

Socrative is a smart student response system that allows teachers to engage their students through a series of educational games and exercises via smartphones and tablets. Teachers control the questions and games on their laptop, while students respond and interact. Socrative is simple to set up and there are a variety of options for you to use. You can ask multiple choice questions, have exit tickets to gauge understanding, you can include pictures in your questions, and you can also have short answer questions as well. This allows for effective and easy classroom management.

ClassDojo is a free classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators. Teachers can even reinforce good behavior using "feedback points" in real time, thus improving good behavior. ClassDojo is accessible via smartphone, laptop, or tablet.

This app record behaviors all around the world, but was designed for teachers. Teacher's Class BEHAVIOR helps you record behaviors/actions throughout the day. It allows you to create a list of students to be monitored, organize your students into individual classes, use the default behaviors/actions or edit them to your needs, differentiate between good and bad behaviors, record behaviors by simply tapping a button next to a name, review recorded behaviors in a daily log (each daily log will contain the name, behavior, and time), review saved logs for weeks, and email yourself saved logs.

Too Noisy is a free app that has a Noise Level Meter built to help control the noise level of groups of children or students. As the noise level increases beyond an "acceptable level" the noise level meter dynamically indicates the level of noise and the background graphics within the app change to reflect the noise levels. This is a great classroom visual to show which noise levels are appropriate and which ones are not during different types of activities within the classroom setting.

TeacherKit is a personal organizer for teachers. It enables teachers to organize classes as well as students. Its simple and intuitive interface enables teachers to track the attendance, grades and behavior of students.

This allows students to visually see the rate of activity in the classroom. It can be used as a noise level monitor.