ClassDojo Groups

Could ClassDojo get any better? Of course!!! #growthmindset

I am so excited to share with you a new feature of this already amazing tech tool. CD now has a grouping feature, allowing teachers to group students for seating arrangements, reading, maths, abilities... Whatever you want!

I've already begun playing with this feature, and I must admit: I'm having tonnes of fun! It's great being able to group students. As a Science teacher, my students are almost always working in groups. Awarding points is now much easier, and it's so handy knowing who's meant to be in which group! Sometimes I forget, and the kids are able to slip one by me... And perhaps that's also because I cannot be bothered getting my lists out to see who's meant to be where... But now, with a click, or swipe, I can very easily do that, and it's not a hassle because CD is always open in my classroom! Whether it's on my desktop, phone, or tablet.

Here's what your desktop screen will now look like. At the top, you have two tabs: one for viewing your students, and the other for your groups. Attendance, Award Multiple, Random, and Timer are now at the bottom - handy for when I am getting shorter students to do those things for me!

OK... Before any of you accuse me of being obsessed, let me just say that while I was testing this feature, I didn't want to use any of my existing classes, because we were on holidays, and I didn't know what groups they'd be in for the following term. So I created a test class, and what better anime than Naruto?? They're already in groups! Shikamaru also happens to be my imaginary child, for when I need to try things with the parent account...

Anyway, moving along! You may have noticed that you can also see each student's monster when they're in a group. How nifty ^^

Another wonderful thing about this feature is that you can still award points individually. As you would normally, just select the student you'd like to award, and do so. To award points to a group, you simply select that particular group and then "Award Group". Easy. 

There's bound to be more posts as I get this up and running with my real classes, but this brief intro should have you sold anyway ;) So go check it out, have a play, and fall in love all over again :) You can also visit their page to learn more about ClassDojo Groups, which I can guarantee has much less Naruto-related content ^^;

Cut off from the world...

Question

Where has Dina been?

Guess

She's made another blog and abandoned it again...

Test

I've been having issues with my internet connection for the last month. For a while now, my partner and I have been living off 6gb/month, using a dongle. We've finally (took us long enough!) realised that that's not going to cut it, especially when one of us watches a lot of anime... So during our transition phase from dongle to "real" internet, we've kinda been cut off from the online world. Especially as we normally reach our quota within a week of it being reset... #firstworldproblems

You can imagine that as a teacher, that causes a few problems! And also as an avid anime watcher, there are huge problems in that department!! But hopefully we'll be back online and I can catch up with things.

I've been missing participating in Twitter chats, and seeing what my online PLN is up to. I've been missing being able to check the weather at a few taps on my phone. I most certainly miss my animated crushes *sigh*

One of my favourite arcs in this anime.

And like most teachers, I miss Googling things the night before, haha. I kid. I only do that sometimes. Like... How do you explain an exothermic reaction to 8-year olds, in language that they'll understand?

According to my ISP, I should've been online 2 days ago. But still nothing. So here I am, on Mother's Day, ignoring my mother and writing to you lot instead. 

So nyah; I did not abandon my blog. But I am also not abandoning my mother, so toodle-oo.