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August 15, 2012 08:00 pm GMT
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ClassDojo Lands $1.6M From Paul Graham, Ron Conway To Help Teachers Control Their Classrooms
Sam Chuadhary and Liam Don launched ClassDojo in August 2011 to help teachers win back control of their disruptive classrooms. The free service allowed teachers to leverage their mobile or desktop technology of choice to track and influence student behavior. In fact, using ClassDojo is pretty straightforward: Teachers assign students an avatar and, based on their behavior throughout the day, dole out rewards or consequences (+1 for smiling, -1 for punching) from their laptop, tablet or smartphone. ClassDojo tracks behavioral data over the course of days (and semesters), allowing teachers to share results with parents.The platform quickly found an eager audience among K-12 educators. In fact, since launching just under a year ago, the startup has attracted over 3.5 million teachers and students (in more than 30 countries). To add fuel to this early traction, the startup is today officially emerging from beta and announcing that it has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from a number of familiar names, including Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham (who invested personally, not through YC), Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Kapor Capital, Start Fund and more.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/h1R4phH9TG0/
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