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Online Communication

for Our School


Mission Viejo Christian Preschool and
Kindergarten

Betsy Schutz
April 22, 2019

Images from Class Dojo Teacher Resources


Why It Matters?
Objectives ISTE Standards
•  How can we communicate Standards for educators in regards
to technology to create
effectively with our empowered learners and schools
parents regarding student in the digital age.
behavior, events going on,
and when emergencies ISTE Standard 4: Educator as
arise? Collaborator: I dedicate time to
collaborate with colleagues &
students to inform practice,
discover and share resources and
ideas, and solve problems.
–  Standard 4d. : I demonstrate cultural
competency when communicating with
students, parents and colleagues and
interact with them as co-collaborators
in student learning.
What if…

• When we had the power outages, we could contact our parents


to inform them what was happening?

• Parents were informed when children did positive things daily


instead of only getting notes home?

• We could easily let parents know about an event happening


without sending a large email?
Kindergarten has been using Class Dojo this year and we
all should be using it next year to communicate with our
parents quickly and effectively.
Reasons To Use Online
Communication
•  Communicating Regarding Student Behavior

•  Reminding Parents of Special Events

•  In Case of Emergency
Student Behavior

•  You can give your students positive


or negative feedback right away
through your phone
•  Parents are notified of their
students points and behavior.
Think about it…

Think about a student, past or present, in your class who


was or is a challenge behaviorally.

What would happen if they got positive points for good


behavior and negative points for poor behavior and their
parents were notified each time.

Do you think that would influence their behavior?


Creating a Positive
Campus

• PBIS: Positive Behavioral


Intervention & Supports

• We could create a campus built on


positive behavior.

• Students motivated by points but


what if they achieved something for
points campus wide?
Now You Try

Turn and talk to a partner about one benefit of using Class Dojo to
foster self discipline in your classroom
Keeping Parents Updated
•  Private feed so parents
can know moments that
happen in the classroom.
•  Share what is happening
in the classroom, what
students are learning,
and reminders for
events.
•  Know when parents see
your post!
Emergencies

Our school needs an easy system to


notify parents if an emergency
happens.

Class Dojo can send an update to all


families in the school under a School
Story.

Reach all families with translations


for 35+ languages.
Research

“Enhancing Parent-Teacher
Communication Using Technology: A
Reading Improvement Clinic Example”

•  Communication between home and school can


be essential towards student success in the
classroom.
•  Having a technology-based approach can
enhance communication between parents and
teachers.

Merkley, D., Schmidt, D., Dirksen, C., & Fulher, C. (2006). Enhancing parent-teacher communication using
technology: A reading improvement clinic example. Contemporary Issues in Technology and
Teacher Education [Online serial], 6(1). Retrieved from https://www.citejournal.org/volume-6/
issue-1-06/english-language-arts/enhancing-parent-teacher-communication-using-
technology-a- reading-improvement-clinic-example
Easy to Use
How To Get Started
Add Students-
Download Class Create Your They can
Dojo App Classroom create their
own Monster

Start Using App Email Parents


for Behavior to Invite them
and Updates to app
Now You Try

What do you view as the pros and cons of using this app in your
classroom?

Let’s download the app, so that you can take a deeper look at it in
your own time.

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