ClassDojo

ClassDojo educational application software was launched in 2010 to help teachers in improving students’ behaviour. 10 months later, there were already 3.5 million teachers and students across 30 countries using the service. The app also won the top prize at the ‘Innovation Challenge at Education Help’ in September 2011. It is free and can be accessed by using a Smartphone, laptop, or tablet.

Through the app, teachers create a free account, add their students’ names and customize the behaviors they want to encourage.  During class, positive behavior is reinforced by dishing out feedback points to students; these feedback points are displayed in real-time in the classroom with audio-visual cues allowing students to see how they are progressing, both individually and as a class. The software is also made in a way that it promotes good behavior while the students have fun. For example, to start off, the entire class with the same avatar monster image and then allow students to personalize or choose their favourite monster avatar once they've met a goal.

The underlying platform automatically compiles this data into reports, letting teachers monitor progress, trends and share information with parents and administrators.

There’s this whole other half of education that is currently unaddressed by education technology; the half that goes beyond just building good test scores to building character strengths that are essential for lifetime success. Academic research, as well as practical evidence from some of the best-performing schools in the country, that  show while building character and behavioral skills, it leads to two to four times the improvement in academic results, graduation rates, health outcomes and other socioeconomic measures.

Website	Author	Date Accessed
http://www.classdojo.com/about	Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don	16 March 2013
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/12/27/12-of-the-best-educational-apps-of-2012/	Paul Sawers	16 March 2013

 Student Name: Nahaboo Solim Muhammad Shuaib (569763)