Class Dojo


Class Dojo is a tool for teachers to give points (or subtract points) to students based on their performance in class. It also allows parents to connect to the class to view progress and/or what is happening in the classroom on the class’s story. A few teachers in my school used to use Class Dojo to monitor work habits and behavior. My school assesses students on five work habits in addition to academic scores: homework completion, classwork completion, readiness, participation, resilience. Class Dojo was a good tool to tally points towards those work habits. One of the reasons I discontinued use of Class Dojo for my classes is mostly because of the multiple sites we were having students and families log into and use. My school uses our own Google Domain, which allows parents to view assignments and announcements through Google Classroom. Our grading system is also online – JumpRope, which all grades are posted as well as messages or comments for parents. The last time I used Class Dojo, I used it without having students or parents log in. I used it for my own records to then convert to a work habits grade that would go into JumpRope. It was not what the program is designed to do, but was still useful in monitoring student work habit and behavior.

I do think that Class Dojo is a great communication tool for families to know exactly how their child is doing in class and what is happening in the classroom. I think that Class Dojo also lends itself more to an elementary school setting as there are more activities happening within one classroom as opposed to middle and high schools in which students are in multiple rooms with multiple teachers throughout the day. The class story is a new feature (at least newer than when I used it) that I think is valuable for families. Showing pictures or quick captions of what’s happening in the classroom is helpful for parents to be fully aware of what their child is learning.

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