Class Dojo

ClassDojo is a classroom tool that can help teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators.

Easily award feedback points for behavior in class in real-time, with just one click of your smartphone or laptop. The data syncs across all devices! 

ClassDojo gives you behavior-tracking analytics and reports that can be shared with parents and administrators, all with just one click. No data entry needed, ever.

It's free, easy for teachers to use, and has a fun, engaging interface for the kids! This behavior management program is being used in elementary classrooms and is even being used in classrooms as high as middle school!

Wireless Mirroring from iPad to PC

While researching for an upcoming presentation on iPads, I stumbled upon a blog post by Tony Vincent at learninginhand.com. You can read the full article here. Since most of the teachers in Commerce ISD have signed up to purchase their own iPads through the district, installing the AirServer software will allow the iPad image to be wirelessly projected onto the PC screen which can then be projected onto the Promethean boards. The AirServer software does come with a small price tag. The software can be installed from here by students/teachers for $5.99.

As a Kindergarten teacher, one of the best added features of this software is realtime monitoring of what students are doing on their devices. AirSever allows multiple iPads to mirror all at once to one computer. This would be beneficial to monitor those one or two students who have a hard time staying on task or on a certain app. 

Keeping it Techy,
Heather Kilgore