This is the first in a series of blogs about how and why we use particular technology and devices in our school. This blog is a way of sharing and reflecting on the steps we are trying out with our school community. It is my hope that it demonstrates the value of and provides evidence for using digital tools in small schools.
A bit about us
We are a small rural school of 37 students. We are seeking ways to communicate and share school life and student learning with our parents.
Check out this week's
Class Dojo is still in the implementation
phase where we are working out the best ways to use it to share your
children’s learning and school life with you.
First and foremost it is a way for you to see how your child
is going at school!
BUT here are some examples of how some of our parents are
using Dojo at our school.
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Messaging reminders about Sporting Schools
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Looking at pictures of work done in class.
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Getting broadcast messages from teachers about
upcoming events (eg Friday is PieDay) (PS these are also broadcast on Facebook
and in the newsletter)
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Messaging teachers about things that have come
up at home.
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Making times for Parent Teacher Chats.
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Giving feedback to teachers and children about
work done at school.
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Asking teachers questions about what’s coming up
in class.
At the moment one teacher is testing Class Dojo messaging to parents
by:
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Broadcasting messages about upcoming events
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Sharing pictures of children working.
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Sending messages about learning done in class –
for example “Ask your child about counting by 5s”
In a few weeks we will do a brief survey to see if Class Dojo is a useful way to communicate and then roll it out across the school.
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