Saturday, July 29, 2017

Customizing Avatars on ClassDojo


Have you ever wanted to change the monster guys on ClassDojo? Below I have step by step instruction on how to do just that! I hope you find this helpful!


Click on the gear icon that is labeled settings. 

Click on Edit Class.


Click on the individual student.




Click on the monster icon.



Choose from the drop down menu. The first two are defaults from ClassDojo. The last two categories are ones I created. You will need to select "Create new set." 


Add a name for your set.



Click "Upload monsters"


Click "Choose files


Pick all the characters that you would like in this set. In case you don't know this trick, you can hit Ctrl while you click each character. This allows you to upload all of them at one time!


Hit "Upload"


Now you have a new set. Just select the character you want and save!


All done!

I hope you found this helpful! If you have any tips or tricks you would like to add please add them below! Also, don't hesitate if you have any questions! Thanks!



Sunday, July 9, 2017

My First Year Using Ron Clark's Essential 55


Last summer was the first time I read Ron Clark's The Essential 55. It, of course, was amazing. I knew instantly I wanted to incorporate this ideology into my classroom, but implementing it was a little intimidating to say the least! I was thinking "How am I going to implement and stay consistent with 55 rules, while learning about 22 new friends, and still function during the first week of school?" So, I decided to not introduce all 55 rules last year. Instead, I picked 10 to introduce. In this post I will go through the 10 rules I introduced and go over what worked and what didn't! Also, I'll go over how it impacted my class for the better! I hope this helps some of you wanting to implement this in your classroom as well!