Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Found a great tool for teachers called ClassDojo.

this tool allows for teachers to have an interactive behaviour chart in the classroom.  This also allows for the students to view how their behaviour is being monitored in present time.  It is a computer based reward system without having to the poster for the star chart.

Drawbacks - it can interrupt learning if the sound is not turned off.  Everytime you add/take a point it makes a noise.  That could mean potentially 28 sets of eyes lifting up from what they are doing instead of carrying on with what they are doing.

You are able to put the whole class - mark who is absent, who is late and of course of is present.  Then you are able to give points for positive behaviour and take-away points for negative behaviour.  This is a real time  behaviour chart.  The students are able to view and hear when someone is awarded a point or taken away.  The positives for the Teacher they can print a report at the end of the day which breaks down for each student why they were awarded points or lost them.   You can also email the reports to stakeholders.  this can also be done by using mobile phone or ipad to use a remote access...Students can pick their own avatars so it can be interactive for them also.  For the reports you can choose when you want the reports for, actual dates.  this would be ideal as then you have all the information at your fingertips...currently being used in a school that i work at...students love it!!


Welcome to ClassDojo

  • ClassDojo is an easy way to engage your classroom by recognizing positive behaviors as they happen.

  • Thousands of teachers and their students are using ClassDojo to focus on the positives and make learning fun!

  • This short tour will show you how it works.

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