Community reviews for ClassDojo

I do not agree with this program as it is not equitable for students. It teaches students that they are either good or bad period, not that there is diversity. It does not teach students that there is equality and equity in the world. It teaches that things are black and white. It does not show students that kindness, empathy, and understanding is what matters within the personal boundaries. It teaches an imbalance of power and control, which is what bullying is and what this program has taught. Shaming students of lower socioeconomic status, trauma history, and neurodiversity. This increases their risk of bullying greatly and seen in the school that I am now in with this program.

Zero Stars. But something positive to start! Schools have moved away from corporal punishment and siloing students with social-emotional and learning needs into the school basement. The bad news. Despite all research that shows otherwise, instead of building schools centered around community, collaboration, self-discipline, interesting and engaging learning, meaning making, and working toward common goals, many unfortunately for students have shifted toward command and control, extrinsic motivation, behaviorist, rewards and prizes centered systems like PBIS and the dreaded ClassDojo. Research has long buried Skinner deep into his grave. Yet, like a zombie he keeps emerging in new and ever-clever ways. If you need to bribe a child with a bell and a treat to do the work in class, you are essentially telling the child the work is not important in and of itself. Please. please, please, know that this app is a disservice to the nature of a human being. Instead, seek out information and resources from systems that work to build true inner discipline, community, and use logical consequences. Responsive Classroom, Cooperative Discipline, Teaching with Love and Logic, and Punished by Rewards are great resources and books to to start to move away from controlling children and toward truly educating them. Leave ClassDojo to Pavlov's dogs where it belongs.

I have no idea why the school is still using this highly unreliable aplication for conveying important messages to parents - it should not, and I'm not the only parent in the class who missed the messages because of the software glitch.

ClassDojo is a fantastic teaching tool for teachers because it is interesting and makes possible many activities that, without the use of this technological tool, would be challenging to meet many learning objectives because teachers would have to spend more time trying to cover what ClassDojo facilitates. For example, sharing lessons and assignments with parents. However, in order to use ClassDojo effectively, teachers' knowledge of this technology (TK) is key, so they can benefit from the tools that can also significantly help students.

I love it! It is helpful in a variety of contexts and areas in order to address specific needs and behaviors.

My favorite part about this website is that I can see it being something students look forward to using. the options to create and customize an avatar that are unlocked by participating in the class give students an added motivation to do their work and engage with one another. I can see this being a great class management tool for remote learning.

My opinion is that I truly enjoy this product as a teaching tool. It is not necessarily a resource to support academics, however it does help to keep students engaged and on task. It also encourages them to participate and behave appropriately and therefore does help with their academics. I think it already serves myself and my students pretty well.

My overall opinion of this as a teaching tool is that it is great addition to lessons on growth mindset, connecting with families to help continuation of learning at home, and for students to be able to share their learning with the teacher. The app also allows the teacher to use it to send out short direct instructional videos, how-to tutorials, and read alouds. I am looking forward to seeing the worksheet addition they are adding this fall. It would be nice to be able to share interactive documents through this app with students.

ClassDojo should make the video uploading part better.

I love using ClassDojo in my class! It is simple and very helpful for my parents. The app also has a feature that allows parents to translate messages and notifications. This has definitely helped me communicate more efficiently with my ESOL parents. I plan to continue using this tool in my classroom.