ClassDojo

ClassDojo is an educational technology company. It connects primary school teachers, students and families through communication features, such as a feed for photos and videos from the school day, and messaging that can be translated into more than 130 languages. It also enables teachers to note feedback on students' skills and creates a portfolio for students, so that families can be aware of school activities outside of meeting with teachers. According to ClassDojo, its app is used by teachers, children and families in 95% of pre-kindergarten through eighth grade schools in the United States, as well in a further 180 countries. ClassDojo is an alum of Y Combinator's Ed-tech division, and was launched in August 2011 by Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don from the ImagineK12 education seed accelerator.

ClassDojo is an educational technology company. It connects primary school teachers, students and families through communication features, such as a feed for photos and videos from the school day, and messaging that can be translated into more than 130 languages. It also enables teachers to note feedback on students' skills and creates a portfolio for students, so that families can be aware of school activities outside of meeting with teachers. According to ClassDojo, its app is used by teachers, children and families in 95% of pre-kindergarten through eighth grade schools in the United States, as well in a further 180 countries. ClassDojo is an alum of Y Combinator's Ed-tech division, and was launched in August 2011 by Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don from the ImagineK12 education seed accelerator. ===Funding=== In August 2012, ClassDojo announced it had raised $1.6 million of main seed capital from Paul Graham, SV Angel, SoftTech VC, Mitch Kapor, Lerer Ventures, and General Catalyst Partners. In March 2014, the company announced an $8.5 million in a series A round of funding, led by Shasta Ventures. In late 2015, ClassDojo raised $21 million in a series B round of funding led by General Catalyst Partners. In February 2018, the company raised a $35 million Series C funding round co-led by GSV and SignalFire. On July 21, 2022, ClassDojo announced its Series D funding round at a pre-money valuation of $1.1B, led by Tencent. It has raised about $191.1 million in funding to date. ===Criticism=== In 2017, the London School of Economics released a blog post about student data protection and mental health in regard to using classroom apps such as ClassDojo. It claimed that ClassDojo could collect sensitive student behavior data, and questioned whether parents would be informed if the data was stored or sold. The researchers considered these apps to be a form of social media that could affect children's mental health by creating a classroom climate where students face constant competition for a teacher's attention, and behavior is individualized to discount larger social and environmental influences. ClassDojo has also been criticized for teaching "students to understand life as being inseparable from digital technology, and...normalizes both surveillance and the kind of isolating individualism that can cause mental illness." Teachers have noted a rise in aggressive emails from parents due to convenience of the app. According to teachers, using ClassDojo's features "has helped demystify" what happens in the classroom for parents. In the United States, one out of every six families with a child in elementary or middle school uses ClassDojo's app on a daily basis, and there is at least one teacher using the tool in 95 percent of U.S. elementary and middle schools. The features within the app have been compared to a private, ad-free version of Snapchat and Instagram stories, as well as being called the "Netflix for education". ==References== ==External links==

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