Online

Communication For Our School

Why It Matters?
Objectives ISTE Standards
•  How can we communicate Standards for educators in regards
to technology to create
effectively with our empowered learners and schools
parents regarding student in the digital age.
behavior, events going on,

Online Communication
and when emergencies ISTE Standard 4: Educator as
arise? Collaborator: I dedicate time to
collaborate with colleagues &

for Our School students to inform practice,

discover and share resources and
ideas, and solve problems.
–  Standard 4d. : I demonstrate cultural
competency when communicating with
Mission Viejo Christian Preschool and students, parents and colleagues and
Kindergarten interact with them as co-collaborators
in student learning.

Betsy Schutz
April 22, 2019

Images from Class Dojo Teacher Resources

What if…

• When we had the power outages, we could contact our parents

to inform them what was happening?

• Parents were informed when children did positive things daily

instead of only getting notes home? Kindergarten has been using Class Dojo this year and we
all should be using it next year to communicate with our
• We could easily let parents know about an event happening parents quickly and effectively.
without sending a large email?

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Reasons To Use Online Student Behavior

Communication
•  You can give your students positive
•  Communicating Regarding Student Behavior or negative feedback right away
through your phone
•  Reminding Parents of Special Events
•  Parents are notified of their
students points and behavior.
•  In Case of Emergency

Creating a Positive
Think about it… Campus

• PBIS: Positive Behavioral

Intervention & Supports
Think about a student, past or present, in your class who
was or is a challenge behaviorally. • We could create a campus built on
positive behavior.
What would happen if they got positive points for good
• Students motivated by points but
behavior and negative points for poor behavior and their
what if they achieved something for
parents were notified each time. points campus wide?

Do you think that would influence their behavior?

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Keeping Parents Updated

Now You Try
•  Private feed so parents
can know moments that
happen in the classroom.
•  Share what is happening
in the classroom, what
students are learning,
and reminders for
events.
•  Know when parents see
your post!
Turn and talk to a partner about one benefit of using Class Dojo to
foster self discipline in your classroom

Emergencies Research

Our school needs an easy system to “Enhancing Parent-Teacher

notify parents if an emergency Communication Using Technology: A
happens. Reading Improvement Clinic Example”

Class Dojo can send an update to all •  Communication between home and school can
be essential towards student success in the
families in the school under a School
classroom.
Story.
•  Having a technology-based approach can
enhance communication between parents and
Reach all families with translations teachers.
for 35+ languages.

Merkley, D., Schmidt, D., Dirksen, C., & Fulher, C. (2006). Enhancing parent-teacher communication using
technology: A reading improvement clinic example. Contemporary Issues in Technology and
Teacher Education [Online serial], 6(1). Retrieved from https://www.citejournal.org/volume-6/
issue-1-06/english-language-arts/enhancing-parent-teacher-communication-using-
technology-a- reading-improvement-clinic-example

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Easy to Use How To Get Started

Add Students-
Download Class Create Your They can
Dojo App Classroom create their
own Monster

Start Using App Email Parents

for Behavior to Invite them
and Updates to app

Now You Try

What do you view as the pros and cons of using this app in your
classroom?

Let’s download the app, so that you can take a deeper look at it in
your own time.

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