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Exclusive Class Dojo Reveal: Part 3 – Class Story Video

December 15, 2015
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by greatmindsteachalike@gmail.com

Greeting Great Minds!

I’m here with another exculsive Class Dojo reveal! The folks over at Dojo have been very busy. This year they’ve rolled out quite a few new features for an already amazing platform. They began the summer with the roll out of Groups then Class Story and followed up with a new translation feature in October. Well the already amazing Class Story feature will be allowing you to upload videos to your mini feed! Class Story is the awesome feature that allows you to post images in your story feed for all your parents to see. It really helps make communication between parents and teachers easier and more personal. Check out my last reveal post here to get more info on Class Story.

So what does this mean? Now teachers can share short video footage from their classroom. Imagine all the exciting things you can share with your families. Record yourself or a student sharing announcements, reminders with your families. Record snippets of experiments or anything exciting going on in your classroom or school.

Teachers often face the challenge of wanting to share important moments with parents but having to use multiple platforms to do so. With Class Story, teachers can share photos, videos and text messages all in one place, while knowing that only parents are able to see the information, and nothing is public. Plus, unlike emails or newsletters, sharing on Class Story is interactive. Parents are able to show their enthusiasm by tapping the like button, and teachers can see which parents have viewed posts so they no longer have to wonder who has the latest update.

Want to see it in action? Click here to see how video sharing will look with Class Story. This new feature will be available in a few weeks to everyone. I can’t wait to try it out. I plan on letting my students do daily video announcements on Class Story.

Please tell me how you plan to use the video feature with your families in the comments below.

Class Story will be live soon. In the meantime sign up to be a beta tester here so that you can help ClassDojo as they put the final touches on developing Class Story! If you want more info on ClassDojo click here to get to their website.

Thank you so much for reading! Please tell me how you plan to use the video feature with your families in the comments below. Make sure you are following me on all social media sites by clicking the links above and or subscribe to my site so you don’t miss any parts if my series on ClassDojo features in weeks to come.

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Exclusive – ClassDojo New Feature Reveal Part 2

August 5, 2015
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by greatmindsteachalike@gmail.com

Hey Great Minds!

Just when you thought ClassDojo couldn’t get any better, BAM! Class Story is born! Class Story is Dojo’s latest feature to be added to this already amazing tool! If you missed part one of my ClassDojo reveal posts click here to catch up on all things new with ClassDojo!

Communicating with parents is a huge part of being an educator. Being able to quickly connect to parents by sending a message was probably one of the best features to ever be added to ClassDojo. It totally opened up a new window for parent communication. Class Story will definitely take things up a notch by opening the door to your classroom. This addition will help foster that sense of community by bringing your parents a central location to see what’s going on in your classroom.

Think about your wall or news feed from other social networking sites, same idea with Class Story except you are in complete control. We teachers love being in control! LOL You are the only one that can post and only connected parents can see these posts. The posts will appear automatically and you will be able to see what parents actually saw your post with read receipts.

Parents can interact with these posts by showing their support with clicking “like” on the posts. Class Story will not take the place of the messenger component but allow you to share new things with everyone. You can post pictures, announcements, reminders and more. Think about the things you can share from group pictures to projects, to class displays, etc. The possibilities are endless and you don’t have to worry about outsiders, so its completely safe. Since ClassDojo is a tool you are already using to monitor behaviors Class Story will now help encourage parents to check more frequently.

Think about the story you will tell using Class Story. I’d love to hear your ideas on how you plan to use ClassStory in your classroom this year. So share your ideas in the comments below or tweet about it using #classdojostory don’t forget to tag ClassDojo so they can share your excitement too!

Thank you so much for reading! Please make sure you are following me on all social media sites by clicking the links above so you don’t miss Part 3 of my series on ClassDojo features in weeks to come. Follow me on Periscope @greatmindsteach I’ll be doing a demo of the new features soon and answering any questions on how I use ClassDojo in my classroom!