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@spgreenhalgh I could imagine a choice like ClassDojo coming from higher up than a teacher, so I think it's good you're thinking about the best way to address your concerns rather than launching into an ivory tower tirade (as I will no doubt be tempted to do once my kid is actually using a school library).
@KimberlyHirsh when I was teaching ed tech classes, one of the underlying assumptions of our classes was that teachers were the agents in tech choices, but while that may once have been true, I think more and more of it is school- and district-imposed
@KimberlyHirsh that said, when I went to the school folks to ask them about this, they directed me to kiddo's teacher, so 🤷🏼♂️
I'm also very conscious that I haven't been in a K-12 classroom in years, and I (usually) don't think ivory tower outranks on the ground experience
@spgreenhalgh I guess ClassDojo isn't necessarily the kind of technology you'd see adopted on a district-wide level. It's a little different than I was imagining.
@KimberlyHirsh in some survey work I did, we asked if it was mandated by districts, and I think we got some "yes"; didn't make it into paper, and I'm too lazy to log into Qualtrics, so hard to say
I can see aggregated data "seeming" useful, though, so wouldn't surprise me
@spgreenhalgh Yeah. I was thinking more about attendance & grading software, which was always district-mandated, but ClassDojo seems like it could go either way, teacher- or admin-driven.