Although I am a secondary teacher I have come across a great
behviour tool for primary school teachers. Enter Class Dojo! Class Dojo gives you a visual representation of your
class on your interactive whiteboard with each student represented by an
avatar. No not your Sam Worthington blue like creature, but a little creature
that looks more at home at Monsters Inc. This automatically appeals to the
younger age groups.
As you can see below with my Hollywood class, there are green
circles and red circles in the corners of some of the students. These green
circles with the numbers represent positive demonstrations of beaviours such as
creativity, great insight, hard work, helping others, participation and
presentation. Then there are the red circles that represent demonstrations of
negative behaviour such as disrespect, disruption, interrupting, late, no homework
and out of chair. All done by a simple click of the student on the interactive
whiteboard and choosing the behaviour demonstrated. Basic classroom expectations that can now be
recorded for you to track and manage.
But that is not all this great tool can do! You can use this to mark
attendance for your class and set up timers or even use it to select random
students. But that’s not all. What is one of the hardest things when teaching??
I find keeping track and recording students behaviour to give a good insight
for parents. Class Dojo allows you to enter parent’s emails that correspond with the student and a weekly report will be sent automatically. Parent –
teacher contact conducted automatically and on a weekly basis. Done!
Overall I think Class Dojo is a great behaviour management tool and
an even better tool for positive reinforcement. It gives the students an opportunity to see
when they are doing well (and bad) and lets parents know as well.
www.classdojo.com
