Thing 7a

It was a joy to revisit my google reader and find so many interesting articles with useful information. I want to briefly reference two interesting posts in my RSS aggregator: one about chore charts which helped me rethink my incentive plan/schedule, and a wonderful blog from David Warlick reflecting on possible solutions for the high school drop out problem. For some reason this year, I have been struggling with managing my incentive system. I didn't want to betray student confidentiality with a sticker chart, but now I think I will use student initials, store the chart in a cabinet, award stickers on the chart (with dates recorded somehow) and I will then have an incentive tracker as well as my attendance, all on one chart. I also like the applications for family use, with chores management, while adding an incentive. I loved the information about preventing dropouts. It is definitely a multifaceted problem that requires us to work together with a variety of solutions. It takes a village (of people and ideas)!