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Post by scrapaddict702 on Aug 19, 2017 0:48:25 GMT
Is this a new thing? They didn't use it for Kinder last year, so this is the first year I'm hearing of it. I have no clue if it's nationwide, but given that they have their very own app, I'm going to guess that it's something schools can choose to adopt all over the country.
As a scrapbooker, I have to tell you that I absolutely love it. The teacher sent pics of the kids on the first day of school plus he was chosen for something else the second day of school (I think it was a random draw type of thing...he answered a bunch of about me questions on a laminated sheet of paper) so the idea of receiving pictures on a fairly regular basis is awesome. There was a texting based program last year and I received a birthday picture from his teacher, but this seems a lot more involved and maybe easier to share. I've always been jealous of people who have their kids in programs (usually pre-k type things) where the teachers send photos regularly because I link photos to stories and never remember to add a story if there isn't a photo to go with it.
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Post by mom on Aug 19, 2017 2:57:39 GMT
I have never heard of it but my boys are in High school and college.
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Post by kate on Aug 19, 2017 3:31:12 GMT
I'm very interested in using it - I'm happy to hear that, as a parent, you like it!
Before I bring it up to TPTB at my school, I want to shadow a specialist teacher who uses it.
Any other teacher peas use it?
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 19, 2017 11:03:56 GMT
I don't know if it is new, but my son's teacher used it last year, and I do like it. I like it for the reasons you listed, photos of times when I wasn't there but now get to include in his school scrapbook album. And I also like ti for class-related info, but that is a little off topic here. LOL. I'm hoping his teacher this year uses it, as well. Two years ago, his teacher used the Remind app, and it was spotty and not as smooth. |
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 19, 2017 12:07:48 GMT
That is awesome!
I loved when my grandson's preschool had a photo gallery. He lives 850 miles away, but I could get little peaks at his life.
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Post by Linda on Aug 20, 2017 0:00:24 GMT
my daughter's teacher used it last year (4th grade) - she didn't post super often but I was able to snag some photos for my album  It was also easy to communicate with the teacher via it. I really liked it and I'm hoping one or more of her 5th grade teachers will use it this year - I'll ask at Open House. (she has three teachers - 2 regular 5th grade teacher who team teach and then she's in a pullout program at another school once a week all day) |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 20, 2017 3:32:06 GMT
Do you have a link to information on this? As a scrapbooker and mom of a second grader, I would LOVE a way to get pics of the things the kids are doing in class or field trips I'm not able to volunteer for. Last year my DD's teachers did a really great slideshow of photos they had taken throughout the year but it was only on YouTube and I wasn't able to download it or grab any of the pics of my kid from it.  I'd like to bring it up with our PTA as something to consider for this year. ETA: I found it HERE Thanks for the heads up, I'll share this with my kid's school! |
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 20, 2017 3:54:35 GMT
My last year of teaching I decided to make each child in my class a scrapbook of their fifth grade year. It was a 32 page book for each child. I filled it with 5 x 7's, 4 x 6's of classroom events (class parties, Renaissance festival, field day, field trip etc.) and personal writings and artwork for each child. Sent them home a week before the end of school. One parent expressed a thank-you (out of 27 kids). I would have been thrilled as a parent to get something that individualized for my child. Especially in fifth grade because parents don't show up for school events as much at that age. Looking back, I would have loved something like you are explaining. It would have saved me weeks of work.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 20, 2017 22:56:55 GMT
My last year of teaching I decided to make each child in my class a scrapbook of their fifth grade year. It was a 32 page book for each child. I filled it with 5 x 7's, 4 x 6's of classroom events (class parties, Renaissance festival, field day, field trip etc.) and personal writings and artwork for each child. Sent them home a week before the end of school. One parent expressed a thank-you (out of 27 kids). I would have been thrilled as a parent to get something that individualized for my child. Especially in fifth grade because parents don't show up for school events as much at that age. Looking back, I would have loved something like you are explaining. It would have saved me weeks of work. Our elementary school teachers put together a 3-ring binder portfolio for each kid each year. It includes photos from various events, samples of the kid's best work throughout the year and a personal note from the teacher at the end of the year. She didn't bring it home until the last day or so of school, so there is no time to write a note thanking the teacher but it is very much appreciated. |
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 21, 2017 0:28:22 GMT
My last year of teaching I decided to make each child in my class a scrapbook of their fifth grade year. It was a 32 page book for each child. I filled it with 5 x 7's, 4 x 6's of classroom events (class parties, Renaissance festival, field day, field trip etc.) and personal writings and artwork for each child. Sent them home a week before the end of school. One parent expressed a thank-you (out of 27 kids). I would have been thrilled as a parent to get something that individualized for my child. Especially in fifth grade because parents don't show up for school events as much at that age. Looking back, I would have loved something like you are explaining. It would have saved me weeks of work. Our elementary school teachers put together a 3-ring binder portfolio for each kid each year. It includes photos from various events, samples of the kid's best work throughout the year and a personal note from the teacher at the end of the year. She didn't bring it home until the last day or so of school, so there is no time to write a note thanking the teacher but it is very much appreciated. Mine were actual scrapbooks. I knew going in that it was going to be a lot of work. I made parts of them the summer prior to fifth grade. With pictures and paper they were easily $15+ bucks a piece. I just had to remind myself that you don't do things for a thank you, you do them because you want to. I guess I was just surprised. Perhaps the kids didn't even clean out their backpacks the last week of school. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 21, 2017 2:27:40 GMT
Our elementary school teachers put together a 3-ring binder portfolio for each kid each year. It includes photos from various events, samples of the kid's best work throughout the year and a personal note from the teacher at the end of the year. She didn't bring it home until the last day or so of school, so there is no time to write a note thanking the teacher but it is very much appreciated. Mine were actual scrapbooks. I knew going in that it was going to be a lot of work. I made parts of them the summer prior to fifth grade. With pictures and paper they were easily $15+ bucks a piece. I just had to remind myself that you don't do things for a thank you, you do them because you want to. I guess I was just surprised. Perhaps the kids didn't even clean out their backpacks the last week of school. We provide the binder and a pack of page protectors at the beginning of the school year, and the teachers add things to it all year long. I would have definitely sent a thank you (at least an email) if the teacher made an actual scrapbook. I would love it if the teachers did the class dojo because I like to make my own layouts of the stuff my kid was most into and I don't always have the photos I'd like to do them. |
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Post by caangel on Aug 21, 2017 3:46:17 GMT
A couple of my kids' teachers have used it. I haven't found a way to download the photos. I take screenshots but they are only going to print out tiny.
I know some teachers use shutterfly and you can download those photos. None of my kids' teachers or room parents have used it though but our sports teams do.
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Post by cbscrapper on Aug 21, 2017 3:47:29 GMT
One of my son's 5th grade teachers (they rotated for some subjects among a few teachers) used Class dojo and I loved seeing the photos and stories (and behavior). That was three year ago and she was the only one who did it. I would love to see more use of it.
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 21, 2017 4:13:30 GMT
Mine were actual scrapbooks. I knew going in that it was going to be a lot of work. I made parts of them the summer prior to fifth grade. With pictures and paper they were easily $15+ bucks a piece. I just had to remind myself that you don't do things for a thank you, you do them because you want to. I guess I was just surprised. Perhaps the kids didn't even clean out their backpacks the last week of school. We provide the binder and a pack of page protectors at the beginning of the school year, and the teachers add things to it all year long. I would have definitely sent a thank you (at least an email) if the teacher made an actual scrapbook. I would love it if the teachers did the class dojo because I like to make my own layouts of the stuff my kid was most into and I don't always have the photos I'd like to do them. I love that idea. What a great way to get a year full of memories. |
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Aug 21, 2017 14:23:43 GMT
A couple of my kids' teachers have used it. I haven't found a way to download the photos. I take screenshots but they are only going to print out tiny. I know some teachers use shutterfly and you can download those photos. None of my kids' teachers or room parents have used it though but our sports teams do. I clicked on it on my desktop and was able to save picture as. I haven't printed them or anything, but they are pretty good quality on my computer. Do you only use the phone app, could that be the reason for a lack of a download option (I haven't installed the app, yet)? Maybe the teacher is uploading at lower quality to make things upload quicker? |
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Post by caangel on Aug 21, 2017 14:39:36 GMT
A couple of my kids' teachers have used it. I haven't found a way to download the photos. I take screenshots but they are only going to print out tiny. I know some teachers use shutterfly and you can download those photos. None of my kids' teachers or room parents have used it though but our sports teams do. I clicked on it on my desktop and was able to save picture as. I haven't printed them or anything, but they are pretty good quality on my computer. Do you only use the phone app, could that be the reason for a lack of a download option (I haven't installed the app, yet)? Maybe the teacher is uploading at lower quality to make things upload quicker? I was just using the app! Thanks |
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Post by finally~a~mama on Aug 21, 2017 16:55:06 GMT
My daughter had a long term sub that used this a couple years ago. There were a lot of behavioral problems in that the class and she used it to track/reward behavior. It would have been a lot of work for her, but it (and other things she implemented) really helped with behavior issues. The kids knew mom or dad could tell if they were being cooperative during line up, etc. She only shared a couple pictures.
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Post by pennyscraps on Aug 21, 2017 20:58:17 GMT
Ha ha. I read DOJO and thought of a place where you learn karate.  |
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It was also easy to communicate with the teacher via it. I really liked it and I'm hoping one or more of her 5th grade teachers will use it this year - I'll ask at Open House. (she has three teachers - 2 regular 5th grade teacher who team teach and then she's in a pullout program at another school once a week all day)
I'd like to bring it up with our PTA as something to consider for this year.
