ClassDojo Description: ClassDojo is a classroom app that allows connection between students, teachers, and families. Each student has a digital portfolio to document their work while teachers and families can interact with their content.

Website: https://classdojo.com

Cost: Free for teachers.

Pedagogical Uses: Class Dojo allows opportunities for endless creation from teachers and students. There are many different ideas to use this interactive technology tool.

Idea 1: Send students activities for homework.

Idea 2: Have students reflect on their learning with an exit ticket creation - type or record.

Idea 3: Send newsletters to families through the class story.

Why should teachers use it?

Not only is ClassDojo a great communication tool to connect school and home but it also shares positive work of students. Students have their own digital portfolio that can include activities and creations by students. The best part for teachers is that includes different technology tools within the technology app. In the toolkit on ClassDojo, there is a timer, random name identifier, group makers, noise maker, directions, think-pair-share, today, and music. The last thing that ClassDojo offers are Big Ideas that support social emotional learning. Teachers can share videos of perseverance, empathy, mindfulness, and more. Trust me when I say students love these videos, they are interactive and have series so students follow along.

ISTE Standards

Teacher Standards:

#5 - Designer: 5b. Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active deep learning.

#5 - Designer: 5c. Explore and apply instructional design principles to create innovative digital learning environments that engage and support learning.

Student Standards:

#6 – Creative Communicator: 6c. Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.

Classroom set up view.

Toolkit Options

Feedback Options

PROS

Students are creative in their production of content.

Students can earn positive points.

Many tools in the toolkit.

Big Idea videos that share SEL strategies.

Message individual families or post to class story.

CONS

Cannot save activities as drafts.

Resources:

https://classdojo.com