{"id":496,"date":"2007-10-23T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T20:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=496"},"modified":"2007-10-23T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-23T20:57:00","slug":"whats-up-on-the-praise-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/whats-up-on-the-praise-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s up on the &#8216;Praise Wall&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/1715364707\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2046\/1715364707_f41220658c.jpg?w=605\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/1715364707\/\">What&#8217;s up on the praise wall?<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/royblumenthal\/\">royblumenthal<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\tThis is another resource for teachers and trainers to make use of.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty simple concept. And Jennifer has implemented it in her classroom. And it&#8217;s working a storm with fourth grade kids.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it works&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Praise Wall&#8217; is a pin board on the wall, with a header such as this painting. The class members are invited to get up at any time they like to write a note of positive praise for a fellow class member.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>Very easy. Very simple. Very elegant in the way the positivity becomes something addictive.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to be observing whether or not the kids abuse the system. But so far it seems to be flourishing. And it&#8217;s flourishing pretty much with the kids policing themselves.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thrilled that the idea has taken off. And I hope it can live on in other classrooms. Maybe it&#8217;s one tiny way that peace in this world might be promoted.<\/p>\n<p><i>I made this painting in several stages. Firstly, it&#8217;s based on a sketch from one of my Moleskine notebooks. Secondly, I messed around with the pic in Photoshop CS2, getting the layout right. Thirdly, I painted the lettering and colouring in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambientdesign.com\/artrage.html\">ArtRage 2.5<\/a>. Lastly, I did the texturing and finishing back in Photoshop.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/snipurl.com\/visualfacilitator\">visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s up on the praise wall?, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. This is another resource for teachers and trainers to make use of. It&#8217;s a pretty simple concept. And Jennifer has implemented it in her classroom. 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