Bouncy Balls by Hanna K Smith https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u en-us 2023-02-14 19:52:36 UTC 2023-02-14 21:56:46 UTC hello@padlet.com sasmith0730 https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482530552 2023-02-14 19:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482530552 What is Bouncy Balls? sasmith0730 https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482533878 Bouncy Balls is an online classroom management website that educators can use for noise control. The bouncy balls begin to move or "bounce" on the screen when it hears noise in the classroom. ]]> 2023-02-14 19:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482533878 sasmith0730 https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482613319 2023-02-14 21:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482613319 How Can I Manage the Controls on Bouncy Balls? sasmith0730 https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482627937 Microphone -
 - You can turn the microphone on or off depending if you want the program to listen for student noise.

Sensitivity -
 - You can adjust to how sensitive the program is to sound. You can make the program super sensitive to sound to where it picks up even the slightest of sounds or vice versa.

Total -
 - You can determine the amount of bouncy balls displayed on the screen.
- You can also freely move the bouncy balls around on your screen with your cursor.

Theme -
 - You can pick the theme that's displayed on the screen. You can decide if you want the bouncy balls to be displayed as plastic, emojis, numbers, bubbles, or eyeballs.

Noise Alert -
 - If the noise level gets too loud, the program will alert the students. 
 - You can choose to have the program shush or beep when it is too loud. There is also an option to not have the noise alert on if students get too loud. ]]> 2023-02-14 21:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482627937 Pros of Bouncy Balls: sasmith0730 https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482634413 - It's a tool for students to monitor their own noise levels in the classroom. It's a way for students to practice independence and have choice in their own learning.
- I also like how teachers can control how they want their screens to be displayed to students. I like how they have control on what to include and how it looks. 
- I also enjoy the noise alert feature, that way you don't have to do it, the program will. You also have the option to turn this feature off if this is something you don't want to do.

]]> 2023-02-14 21:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482634413 Cons of Bouncy Balls: sasmith0730 https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482635746 - At times the students can get distracted from the program displayed on the screen rather than paying attention to their tasks at hand. 
- Students can get overly involved and abuse the program by testing its limits and seeing what it can do and pick up. ]]> 2023-02-14 21:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482635746 How I Would Utilize Bouncy Balls in my Classroom: sasmith0730 https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482638737 I would love to use a program like bouncy balls in my future classroom. Although I feel I would not over utilize it to where students become immune to its features. This would be a program that I would use during independent work time or group work that way students have more of their attention on the tasks at hand rather than the program and its affects. ]]> 2023-02-14 21:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sasmith0730/g51kifhrn7mpsi4u/wish/2482638737