Wednesday, 30 August 2017

ClassDojo - Classroom Management Tool - It's for free

I was attending a workshop for the new school that I have joined and I came across ClassDojo. I would be a Grade 7 teacher. I still have to explore the app and the website in detail. But I think it is decent classroom management tool. It has avatars, skill points for you to give as a teacher, and more. Please, all teachers are recommended to see it and please tell me what you can use it for.

Features of ClassDojo

Messaging Multiple Parents at Once
Adding ClassDojo Stickers to Your Phone
How to Schedule a Message
Transfer a Class to Another Teacher
How to Create and Give a Zero-Point Skill
How to Undo a Point
How to Set or Edit Quiet Hours
How to Send a Photo to Parents
How to Make Awards Worth More Than One Point
How to Add a Note to a Point
How to Edit or Delete a Group
How to Use the Timer
How to Download and Print Your Message History
How to Set Up and Award Points to Groups
How to Reset Group Point Bubbles
View and Print Attendance Reports
How to Take Attendance
View Points in an Organized Spreadsheet
How to Backdate or Edit Attendance
Move students based on a seating chart
Reset Student Point Bubbles
Award Multiple Students at Once
Upload custom avatars, images, or headshots for students
Separate, Combine, or Hide Point Totals
Experimental Features - Unblocking Desktop Notifications
Experimental Features

Tuesday, 8 August 2017

MatthewPatrick13 YouTuber = Science Learning + Video Games

I highly recommended seeing videos of MatthewPatrick13, especially if you enjoy seeing gaming YouTube videos. One of my students recommended me this YouTube channel. It already had a lot of videos, I think 420 or so. If you do enjoy, please tell younger kids who are into gaming and not do their school work, or even if they are doing their school work.

Learning the process of how things are made and function is crucial in understanding. It will also develop their critical thinking skills. Have a good day!

Thanks F for sharing, the YouTube channel, I really like it.

Sunday, 9 July 2017

Opportunity for Students to Try IXL

IXL is one of the most comprehensive and popular sites on the internet to learn Maths. IXL in its own words "With an unlimited number of problems in over 4500 skills, your children will always have something new and exciting to practice on IXL".

If any student wants to try IXL.com, write your name in the comment, and I will generate a username for you. I have signed up for a teacher's account and I can give you full access to the website for a month.

If you are in 10th grade or 11th grade and enjoying your summer break, use this time to buy course books for future classes and see which topics you can cover with IXL.