This article discusses to role of 360 Class Monitoring applications. The role of applications are important to keeping constant feedback and open communication with students and parents. According to Razak, Abdurahim, and Mashhod (2016), “the application enables effective and prompt communication in terms of updating parents on students’ school work and assignments as well as school activities.” Teachers will post assignments on one of these apps and the they will trigger an email notification to alert parents. This technology is constantly being upgraded to fit the needs of those involved. Different ways to notify parents are being discussed to create instant access to notifications. They are also working on ways to keep calendars easily veiwed to make the concept more user friendly.
There are many different applications that help monitor classes and keep communication between students, teachers, and parents so it is imperative to find the one that works for your culture and class. This article examines several of these applications. One app that has drawn my interest is Class Dojo. “Class Dojo is developed to enable the teacher to track student’s behaviour and provide instant and positive encouragement” (p. 11). This would be essential in the PE setting because behavior can be an issue. This feedback to parents about behavior is also helpful to the teacher so the parents can have discussions to reinforce positive behaviors. The app, Class Dojo, also has students incentives, “students are rewarded by allowing them to customize personal avatar every time they achieved a specified milestone or show positive behaviours” (p.12).
Razak, S. F., Abdurahim, B., & Mashhod, F. (2016, 12). Keeping Parents Involved Using 360-Class Monitoring Application. International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science, 8(12), 10-16. doi:10.5815/ijmecs.2016.12.02
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