Getting started with

ClassDojo in 15 minutesAndroid App Kickstart Guidebrought to you by Google Play for Education

It’s intended to:

How to use this kickstart guide

This presentation is an interactive and quick introduction toClassDojo

It’s designed to be used in a variety of ways, such as:

Get up and running in as little as 15 minutes

▪ Familiarize you with the app’s functionality

▪ Provide examples for how to incorporate it into instruction, and

▪ Get you thinking about how to use it yourself

▪ Self-paced by a teacher. Just walk through the slides and follow the instructions

▪ For a technology integration specialist or instructional coach to deliver as professional development fora group of teachers. It’s also customizable, so thatit can be tweaked to matched your district context, mixed and matched with other resources. Make ityour own!

▪ Used in a PLC during a collaborative planning session

Agenda

Warmup

Incorporating ClassDojo into instruction

Initial impressions: how might you use it?

More resources

Planning your first use of ClassDojo

What is ClassDojo? Functionality overview

Your turn: time to try ClassDojo!

Warmup

Let’s get started!

Get a taste for just oneof the many ways youmight use ClassDojo in the classroom—encouraging students during small group reading instruction!

Check out this 1:28 video

What is ClassDojo?

ClassDojo will help you give positive and developmental feedback in real-time tostudents, so that they learn the skillsimportant to your classroom.

This video can also be shown to yourstudents—find it on YouTube here.

Check out this 1:40 video on YouTube

Key features for the classroomWhat is ClassDojo?

Give your students instant, positive feedback

Encourage behaviors important to your classroom

Share beautiful reports with parents & students

Easily engage parents with ClassDojo Messaging

Initial impressions:how might you use it?We’ll look at some moreexamples of teachers using ClassDojo in the classroom shortly, but what comes tomind for how you might use it with your students?

Write down an idea for an upcoming or recent lesson or project that could benefit from using ClassDojo.

(In a group? Briefly discussyour ideas.)

Your turn: time to try ClassDojo!

How to sign upand get started

Spend the next few minutes familiarizing yourself with ClassDojo

This 4:05 video will show you exactly how to sign up and get started.

Follow the instructions as you watch the video and you’ll be ready to go!

Reinforce school values

Mayrin's school has their own code of conduct.With ClassDojo's custom behaviors, she's able to bring that code of conduct to life for her students.

Incorporating ClassDojo into your classroomHere are some more videos with great ideas for integrating ClassDojo

Transition faster between activities

Kaytlyn’s students struggled to shift quicklybetween subjects. With ClassDojo, she’s beenable to dramatically reduce transition times.

Incorporating ClassDojo into your classroomHere are some more videos with great ideas for integrating ClassDojo

Easily engage parents

Parents sometimes don't hear about issues until parent-teacher conferences. Kendra uses ClassDojo to create a partnership that’s effortless and far more effective in helping students succeed.

Incorporating ClassDojo into your classroomHere are some more videos with great ideas for integrating ClassDojo

Planning your first useof ClassDojoNow that you’ve learned about the functionalityof ClassDojo, and seen some examples of itbeing incorporated into the classroom, it’s timeto quickly sketch out how you might start usingit in your classroom.

What upcoming lesson or project will you use ClassDojo as part of? This might be the idea you thought of earlier, or a new one.

Consider these questions:1. What objectives are you trying to achieve, and how

will ClassDojo support them?2. What will it look like? What will students need to do

prior to, during, and after your use of ClassDojo?3. What other resources will you need?

Be sure to write down your answers so you’llhave something to build from later.

(In a group? Briefly discuss your ideas.)

More resources

Click on the links below to learn more

ClassDojo Help Center

Learn about ClassDojo’s features for teachers, parents, and students

Ideas (videos) for using ClassDojo

Stories (articles) for using ClassDojo

Useful and downloadable ClassDojo resources for teachers

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