Do You Dojo?

I just love ClassDojo and what it has done for my classroom!  Honestly, I used to get complaints from some parents about not communicating enough.  I was very frustrated as I'm sure many of you have been with hearing something like this from parents.  I made weekly newsletters for parents.  I had the students write messages and reminders to parents.  I made calendars of events to go along with the school provided.  I still heard from a few parents that I wasn't communicating enough!  I had to do something else!

I found ClassDojo to be my answer!  I have been using it since the start of the school year.  I was skeptical at first.  I saw on a few sites that some had negative experiences with the app.  I however, have only positive experiences! Parents love it!  I love it!  And better than that, the kids love it!  The kids have their own login information for them to log on at home to check their progress.  They can even choose their monster.

I use Dojo for my weekly conduct grade.  It is great for instant class message reminders.  Parents can communicate with me instantly just like text messaging.  At first, I was concerned that it would be difficult to use and keep track of during the school day.  However, I printed a class list and I have a student job for keeping track of positive points I give out for the day.  I easily enter them in five minutes at the end of the day!

Another feature that ClassDojo added this year is Class Story videos.  They have character education videos that my kiddos love!

We just participated in the ClassDojo Design a Monster contest.  My students had a blast!  I will continue to use this activity in the years to come!  We took it a step further and made a craftivity out of their designs.  Each student used construction paper to create their monster.