EARBUDS: FRIEND OR FOE? PBIS PRESENTATION ON RESPONSIBILITY

LET’S PERFORM AN EXPERIMENT! 1/3 of the room: Wear both headphones and play music (the level of the music is up to you, but I would suggest you play it at your normal level) 1/3 of the room: 1 earbud in and 1 earbud out while playing music 1/3 of the room: no earbuds in Let’s see who can hear the most!

AUDIO CLIP Click on the icon to hear the audio clip.

DID YOU HEAR IT? ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ON A SHEET OF NOTEBOOK PAPER: 1. What is Augustus eating? 2. What does he find? 3. How does he plan to celebrate?

LET’S SEE HOW MANY OF YOU GOT IT RIGHT. Correct Answers: 1. Wonka Bar 2. Golden Ticket 3. Eat more candy!

SO WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU WEAR YOUR EARBUDS… …in the hallway? …in the classroom? ….in the parking lot?

IN THE HALLWAY Missing intercom announcements Bumping into other people Not hearing alarms Not hearing other people calling out to you

IN THE CLASSROOM Missing important information or directions Missing class announcements Missing content Being disrespectful to teacher or presenter Causing disruption amongst peers (music blaring)

IN THE PARKING LOT DANGERGOUS!!!!!!!! Possibility of serious or fatal injury by vehicle

IN OTHER WORDS, TAKE OUT THE EARBUDS!!!