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On 6/18/16, Teachers.Net Gazette wrote:
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> Marv Marshall, the author of Discipline Without Stress
> explains why he believes Class Dojo is a negative,
> unproductive system that should "go the way of the dodo."

It totally depends on how you use it. I use Class Dojo
daily, but I don't use it the way Marv Marshall has
described in the article. I don't use it for behavior
management. I use it ONLY for selecting students (to
perform tasks or answer questions) randomly. That's it. I
like it better than using "popsicle sticks" or some other
method of random calling because the students like the
avatars (and they can see the name that's selected at the
same time I do, so they know I'm being fair) and because it
has a feature which allows me to remove absent students
from the selection pool, which isn't so easy with popsicle
sticks.

That's the ONLY thing I do with it. I have never taken a
dojo away or given a "negative dojo" - my kids don't even
know the negative dojos exist. I give a participation dojo
if a student is selected (which I don't even use for
grading, just for keeping track of who hasn't yet been
called). It does repeat students, but it also makes sure
that eventually every student is selected, which is perfect
- the students who have already been called have to keep
paying attention but everyone gets a turn. So basically I
use it as a more effective random selection tool. For that,
I love it - and hope it DOESN'T go the way of the dodo. There are probably other tools out there that do what I
want too, but I do like Class Dojo for this purpose.

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