A Quiet Meadow

Class Dojo is an app that can be used for classroom management and communication with parents.  I have been using the Class Dojo app for several years and our district encourages teachers to use.  I use it to communicate with parents.  I post class stories and different activities that are happening in the classroom.  I also send individual pictures to parents of their son or daughter.  Parents enjoy that and are always thanking me for great memories and pictures of their children. For classroom management I love the little cute monsters because parents and children can create thier own profile.  I get to add points if a child is behaving and I can also deduct points if the student is not following rules.  Parents get immediate notification through their phone or email.  This year I had 85% of the class in Class Dojo.  One disadvantage was that in order to creat an account parents have to have an email.  Some parents didn't h...

This course has exposed me to technology apps that I have never used.  I thought I was using technology in my classroom just by using my document camera, laptop, or Ipad.  When I started teaching, some of the teachers would say "as long as you turn on the document camera, play a song or project a video," I was using technology.  Well, times have changed, and technology in the classroom involves more that using a device.  Media specialists must be knowledgeable of new apps and new programs because of new technolgoy. I really enjoyed this course, because I had heard of so many awesome apps, but I have never taken the time to use them. I really enjoyed using Flipagram, because users can create a video with music.  The music is available in the app, and users don't have to purchase or download the music to add to the video.  I will be using Flipagram for the end of the year video at my school.  I also enjoyed creating an Infographic and the cartoon comic...