I Dojo, Do You?
Need a quick way to send class news to families? There’s an app for that.
Want to showcase classwork? There’s an app for that.
Need a personal record for attendance? There’s an app for that.
Want to let a parent know quickly and efficiently about classroom behavior? You guessed it, there’s an app for that!
What if I told you… You can find ALL of this and MORE in ONE app?!
Class Dojo is an amazing resource for teachers. If you have heard of Class Dojo as a behavior management tool, I promise you it is so much more than that.
Many teachers might have heard of Class Dojo as a way to award points for positive behavior and take away points for negative behavior. Many might know Class Dojo as a communication tool. Truthfully, Class Dojo is so much more than that!
In this series, I will show you the many features of Class Dojo.
This series will discuss the following features:
- Navigating Class Dojo
- Teacher Interface
- Setting up your classroom
- Personalizing your classroom
- Student Interface
- Parent Interface
- Behavior Management
- Adding/Editing/Removing skills
- Sharing skills with parents
- Reports
- includes information about classroom economy
- Social-Emotional Learning
- Parent Communication
- Messaging feature
- Quiet hours
- Downloading message history
- Toolkit
- Where to find it?
- How do I use it?
- Wow! It has all that?!
- Student Portfolios
- Creating assignments
- How it looks from the student’s point of view
- Wait… I can do all this… for free?
- Class Story vs. School Story
- Which one you should use
- Getting your administrator involved
- PBIS
- Using Class Dojo in a PBIS school
- Class Dojo and Privacy Laws
This post will be updated with links as I finish each section.
I strongly encourage everyone interested in Class Dojo, or is currently using Class Dojo, to join the Facebook community. The Class Dojo staff is very active in this community and are quick to answer questions or lend support. If you happen to be the Class Dojo mentor for your school, there is also a Class Dojo Mentor community. Just like with the Teacher group, the Class Dojo staff are very active in the Mentor Group
Class Dojo Teacher Community on Facebook Class Dojo Mentor Community on Facebook (for mentors only)
Some important people in the Class Dojo community that I have found to be very helpful are Caitlin Warren and Manoj Lamba. You will find them in the Facebook groups.
Parents love Class Dojo. One parent said to me, “I like that it feels like I am in the classroom with my child.” Another parent told me, “I really like being able to message you throughout the day.” Another parent, who shared custody of his daughter said, “It means a lot to me to see how ***** is doing during the week.” These statements were gathered from the End of the Year Parent survey.
In the section about Student Portfolios, I will go into more detail about how Class Dojo connects parents to your classroom.
If there is anything about Class Dojo that I did not cover in this series and you need more information on, please fill out the form below!