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The benefit for me is I get to see pictures from my son's class, of him doing stuff in class, which as a parent, I greatly appreciate the teacher taking the tim
by ces12 7y ago
The benefit for me is I get to see pictures from my son's class, of him doing stuff in class, which as a parent, I greatly appreciate the teacher taking the time to take and post pics of what they're doing in class. They also send messages regarding homework, upcoming quizzes, what they're doing for the week, upcoming field trips -- and I can contact my son's teacher at moment's notice without going through the school. What's the benefit of that? There was a potential shooter situation last year and all classes were locked down, and teachers could post to classdojo that they were ok.
I've never even seen this points system used. Its a communication tool between teachers and parents. My kids are 2nd and 1st graders, so maybe it changes as kids get older?
My biggest complaint - there is a lack of standardization by schools on what app the teachers use. In the past year, I've had to install/set-up Class Dojo, Bloomz, ClassTag - which all pretty much do the same thing, and now all have info and pics of my kids. I never even heard of the apps until the teachers said they were using it.
- deogeo 7y ago> The benefit for me is I get to see pictures from my son's class, of him doing stuff in class, which as a parent, I greatly appreciate the teacher taking the time to take and post pics of what they're doing in class. They also send messages regarding homework, upcoming quizzes, what they're doing for the week, upcoming field trips -- and I can contact my son's teacher at moment's notice without going through the school. So e-mail?
- hombre_fatal 7y agoThe protocol isn't what makes this happen, it's the system itself. ClassDojo provides that structured system. Email existing does not.
- op00to 7y agoEmail isn’t reasonable for a class of 25 children. I get updates every day from my kids teachers in apps like this - they would never be able to figure out email.
- kome 7y agowhat's the benefit of daily updates tho?
- Jill_the_Pill 7y agoJust wondering: at the start of the school year, did anyone ever offer you an opportunity to opt out of having your child's photographs and behavioral record shared and stored with Class Dojo and the others?
- ithinkso 7y agoDamn, I'm probably reading too much into this and I admittedly don't have kids but that sounds a bit Orwellian. If I were a kid now that much surveillance probably wouldn't bother me, at least at that age, considering that it would be the only way I know but looking back at my school years I'm glad that wasn't a thing.