A Schrute buck . . .

I found this interesting video on Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day.  I don't know anything about The Office or Schrute bucks, but I have read some of Alfie Kohn's work.  The video is an amusing look at motivation and what the research tells us about using rewards to motivate.  Kohn makes good points when he asks if students have been given something worth learning and if not, then yes, they may have to be bribed to do it.  This is certainly something to be considered as we think about relevance and rigor in our work.