Class Dojo is a free educational tool that allows for parent communication and positive reinforcement for the primary grades. You can use Dojo on your phone or tablet as an app or on your PC or Chromebook through the website. This program connects parents through the app using an email or phone number. Then, you can message them through an instant messenger. It is a lot like texting, but you do not have to give out your personal phone number. You can send messages to parents individually or easily send it to the whole class. You can also set quiet hours on the app. This allows the app to send out an automated message response to messages that you receive during your those times. There is also a class story for communicating with parents. This works similar to a Facebook page. You can post important reminders, statuses, or pictures on the class story for all to see. You can also connect with other class stories. For example, my school has a general class story for the whole school. The guidance counselor and principals can easily post information on this story to share with parents in every grade level and the information goes straight to parents' phones. Class Dojo allows you to track points for positive reinforcement. You can create categories for any behavior you want and then assign those behaviors a point value. You can give desirable behaviors positive point values and undesirable behaviors negative values. Then, you just have to click the category and the program will keep track of the point values for you. You can use the points system to reward students individually or as a class. You could allow students to use points as a currency for a classroom store or use it as a goal to reach for a set reward. You can share the points scoreboard with the class or keep it private. This type of system adds competition and excitement to the classroom and the kids love it! The program also has a handful of useful classroom tools. It includes a timer, random student picker, group maker, directions presenter, and so much more! I mainly use this app for communicating with parents, but it is an overall great tool, especially for the great price of FREE. Click here to check out Class Dojo and make a free account. (2020). Retrieved 9 December 2020, from https://i.pinimg.com/originals/50/d2/0d/50d20d3f1ea6d353261891e0feeea027
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