ClassDojo

ClassDojo is a popular Android application. It boasts powerful communication capabilities, designed to help teachers, students, and parents communicate effectively and provide a positive user experience. With ClassDojo, teachers can create virtual classrooms and share important classroom-related information, while parents can participate in their children's learning, offering encouragement and support when needed, thus motivating children to learn more. Furthermore, this application facilitates effective communication between teachers and parents in a fun and engaging way, fostering children's values and maintaining regular contact with parents.

Features:

Teachers can encourage students for any skill, like “Working hard” and “Teamwork”

Teachers can bring parents into the classroom experience by sharing photos, videos, and announcements

Students can add their classwork easily to their own digital portfolios for their parents to see

Teachers can also safely and instantly message with any parent

Parents see their child’s updates at home, as well as a stream of photos and videos from school

All your favorite teacher tools, like Group Maker and Noise Meter, are now in one place!

Pros & Cons:

Pros

Engaging monster avatars and point system encourage classroom values like hard work, teamwork, and respect

Simple tools for sharing photos and videos of classroom activities with families

Student Stories let children present their work in image and video folders

Built-in messaging connects teachers and parents without sharing personal phone numbers

Helpful teacher resources such as inspirational videos and printable decorations

Core classroom behavior features are available for free

Cons

No assignment tracking or academic content sharing

Cartoon monster style may feel too childish for older students

Layout can be confusing and some features do not always work properly

Frequent prompts to upgrade to the paid version interrupt normal use

Ratings & Reviews:

ClassDojo offers teachers a wonderful way to manage their classroom using an iPad or iPhone. With the app’s extremely simple interface, tracking attendance and recording students’ behavior is a snap, and ClassDojo produces helpful reports instructors can share with parents and colleagues.

I really like this app and the support it provided to parents and children! My only complaint would be the pricing. That’s a hefty amount to pay just to check read statuses and to be able to access content and point based student encouragement. I understand it costs a lot to maintain the app and site, however if there was a way possible to have different pricing and more offer ability to access different items and games, etc., I do believe I would 100% be more willing to pay for more services. But at even $6 a month, that’s half the price or equal to most streaming monthly or annual,  price points.

I did wish there were more ways to help parents and their children with resources on this app, as well as games and other interaction possibilities! I think this is innovative, rewarding and a very easy application to use and would definitely recommend it and would subscribe if the pricing was not so steep. More likely to be willing to pay the full price,  if there was a lot more to offer than read statuses, (which should be allowed anyway for peace of mind) and access to point and emotional support stories and lessons. I do love the emotional and other supportive learning videos and the concept, but it is very expensive to pay for this content. I wish I could afford to support this application, but it’s truly too expensive! Thank you class DoJo… your company is obviously working and a amazing platform. Just see room for improvements at this price!

Conclusion:

Overall, ClassDojo is an excellent tool for improving classroom communication and student engagement. It provides a platform for easy collaboration between teachers, students and parents while promoting positive behavior among students. If you’re looking for an efficient way to keep track of your child’s academic progress or want to improve communication with your child’s teacher, then ClassDojo is definitely worth checking out!