Did you know that the Yacker Tracker was featured in a
newspaper in Chico, California? Learn a little bit more about the Yacker
Tracker, its success in the classroom and a little bit about Fran in this
article.
CHICO – The stop light
turned red Friday after recess, setting off the Yacker Tracker siren
in a first-grade classroom.
The 6- and 7-year-old
students at Marigold School knew that meant they were being too loud. But they
didn't know a Chico woman invented the machine.
Teacher Brian Holderman
said he first saw the Yacker Tracker in a colleague's classroom and learned
that a friend, Fran Rebello, conceptualized, designed and sold the device. So
he called her, got one and started using it in his classroom about five years
ago.
"I think first-graders
forget how to whisper," Holderman said.
The machine is shaped
like a stop light, with lights that illuminate at an OK noise level of green,
somewhat noisy at yellow and too loud for red, which sets off a warning. The
decibel level can be adjusted depending on desired noise level.
"It puts the
students in control," Rebello said. "It's self-monitored. So the
teacher isn't always telling them to be quiet.”
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