Firstly, a quick apology for my lack of blogging. I am not going to make excuses, and I won't make this long, because I have an exciting thing to talk about! But yes, I am sorry. It did occur to me on several occasions that I'd been slacking off, and had I done anything about it? Nope... But that's in the past, and we don't dwell on the past, do we? ;)
ClassDojo Translate
New feature time!!! Woohoo! So exciting. As the name suggests, ClassDojo has now introduced a translate feature, enabling families to translate announcements and messages into the language they are most comfortable with.
While we may be teaching students in English, and they eventually leave school with a solid grasp of the language, that is not the case for everyone. Many families emigrate from non-English speaking countries, and some may have school-aged children who grew up speaking their mother-tongue. ClassDojo Translate breaks down language barriers and enables everyone to communicate with each other. Pretty nifty, yeah?
We all know that being able to engage families in education is pretty important, and CD has consistently been helping us along the way. We've been able to : connect families, without requiring e-mails or phone numbers; we can share with them their child's progress in class, and take snapshots of learning as it occurs; and now we're able to communicate more effectively.
Currently, Translate is only available by accessing CD on the web. It'll soon be making it's way to Android and iOS. I hope you love this new addition to ClassDojo as much as I do, especially as this is one particular feature that addresses a matter I am too familiar with.
Thanks for continuing to be awesome, ClassDojo!
