Class Dojo

Have any of you tried out Class Dojo?  A teacher at my old school posted about it on Facebook and it got me curious.  I went to the site, signed up for it, and am SO excited to try it out.  Especially because the kiddos that I'll have on the first day aren't necessarily the kiddos that I'll have the next month.  I guess my principal plans to switch up the classes after the first round of testing.  It'll give me some way to make sure kids are on task and following rules since they know they may not be in there next month.    My favorite thing about it so far?  It has a random button.  For those of you who do a mystery walker or something along those lines, you can open the site on your computer and it'll choose someone at random!  Or, you can use it for calling on kids randomly, choosing partners randomly, you name it!  So, how it works is you put in your class list and you can assign points for on task behavior, participating, being respectful, etc.  You can put in your own qualities that you're looking for - being quiet in the hall, whatever you want!  You can also (if you must) take away points for not having homework, being disrespectful, etc.  I personally won't be taking away points, because I think that once a kid earns it, it's theirs.  You wouldn't want your boss to take away part of your check because you made a mistake, would you?  Anyway ... check it out.  It seems awesome!  Let me know if you've used it ... or start to use it!

xoxo,
Jen