Class Dojo - Real-time Behaviour Management
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Class Dojo is a secure web based tool that allows you to
reward students for positive behaviour during lessons and visually discourage
negative behaviour. With some clever planning this tool can work for different
learners in a range of subject areas from 14-19.
The software allows you to set up custom classes and
input your students details accordingly. There is a handy copy/paste option to
make adding lots of students easy. Students can have custom avatars or use the
stock ones provided and perhaps even be creative with their names; remember
this should be fun as well! Once you have set up classes you can use
pre-defined buttons to award or take away points for specific behaviours such
as participating in discussions, not being on task, talking with respect or
following other classroom rules. There are several to choose from but you can
also add you own custom rules with appropriate pictures and the idea is for the
tool to stay visible, where possible, and students are actively reminded of how
they behave in the class.
Once your session has ended, you can view a session
report on each student and type further comments as appropriate. There is even
an option to send the reports to parents should they wish to check on their
child’s behaviour. If they don’t have email a special link can be created for
later viewing. Students can also be invited and use their accounts to create
their own avatars and also check on their points at home.
Class Dojo is mobile friendly so you can award and
retract points on the go or even outside the classroom when on trips or special
events. There are several customisation options as well including playing
sounds, the way rewards are shown and the layout.
I have trialled this with specific groups and have found
it is a great tool for promoting positive behaviours. It takes much of the
leg-work out of complex reward systems and can easily be linked to tangible
rewards at the end of the week or term as you see fit. I find it adds a degree
of Gamification and creates come healthy competition within the group. I advise
doing some research first and see if you can positively use this in your group
as some learners may not be on board with it. Spend some time setting up your
classes and be specific with your goals. What main areas do you have problems
with? Once you have assessed that then you can target Class Dojo to tackle
that.
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