The Dojo Times April 2013 Welcome to the first-ever 'Dojo Times'! This is ClassDojo's monthly newsletter where we'll share sneak peeks of new features, make special announcements, and bring you stories from other ClassDojo teachers. In this edition: Find out who won the ClassDojo 2013 Resolution Contest Send daily updates to parents - with just one click! See how other teachers around the world are using ClassDojo We hope you enjoy it :) --- The ClassDojo Resolution Contest In January we asked: "What learning habits, behaviors, or skills do you want to build with your students in 2013?" We were amazed and inspired by all the responses highlighting the ways thousands of teachers around the world are using ClassDojo to build positive behavior with their students, enhance amazing classrooms, and engage with parents. The iPad-winning tweet came from Katie Owen, who teaches K-6 in Illinois. Read our interview with Katie to hear the full story of how she's using ClassDojo in her classroom: http://www.classdojo.com/stories/owen Congratulations Katie, and thank you to everyone who participated :) --- New Feature: Engage Parents with Daily Updates - with One Click! You've told us you love easily engaging parents with ClassDojo's reports - so we've made it even easier. :) Now you can send reports home whenever you want! Send updates home as often as you'd like - with just one click Send reports for the whole class or just for specific students Add a short message to the reports Learn how to easily send parent updates here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ZWUjxSN4M --- Stories from ClassDojo teachers Our new stories page highlights teachers who are using ClassDojo in their classroom in innovative ways. Read some here! Troy Seyfert explains how he introduced ClassDojo to his class: http://www.classdojo.com/stories/seyfert Adrienne Wiggins shares how she set up a classroom rewards system using ClassDojo!: http://www.classdojo.com/stories/wiggins Angela West explains how she uses ClassDojo to improve academic results in her class: http://www.classdojo.com/stories/west Jeremy Badiner shares how he builds student ownership of behavior using ClassDojo: http://www.classdojo.com/stories/badiner --- Phew - if you made it this far, we're impressed! As a treat, visit this link (while your browser is logged into ClassDojo) to get ClassDojo VIP status: http://teach.classdojo.com/#!/launchpad/vip. Once you're VIP, you'll get access to all new features first! As always, if there's ever anything we can do to help, just let us know :) Love, The ClassDojo Team