This morning on the Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page someone asked about using ClassDojo in the high school setting. I admit that when I first saw ClassDojo I didn’t think it would be a great fit for high school classrooms. It had a very childish appearance due to the cartoon avatars and the default behavior recording categories. A couple of months after I had put ClassDojo into the “K-8 only” I spoke at a conference in North Carolina where a couple of high school teachers (unfortunately, I don’t remember their names) explained how they were using ClassDojo.

ClassDojo allows you to create your own standards to record in your class rosters. For high school students you could set standards for participation in classroom discussion be creating a standard like like “use of evidence in argument” or “thoughtful consideration and reply to opposing viewpoints.” If your students are working in groups you could create standards like “efficient delegation of tasks” or “makes effort to include all group members.”

The video below demonstrates how to add behavior standards to ClassDojo.