I've never even seen this points system used. Its a communication tool between teachers and parents. My kids are 2nd and 1st graders, so maybe it changes as kids get older?
My biggest complaint - there is a lack of standardization by schools on what app the teachers use. In the past year, I've had to install/set-up Class Dojo, Bloomz, ClassTag - which all pretty much do the same thing, and now all have info and pics of my kids. I never even heard of the apps until the teachers said they were using it.
So e-mail?
It funnels government education money into VC pockets?
Surely nobody really thinks this is about improving education?
You are subjecting your children to constant surveillance and constant scrutiny, for what? Improvement on what? Let them be children, for crying out loud. Don't intervene all the time.
I guess with no more erasers to clap, this is how we keep kids in line?
Sharing this information with parents, however, seems inappropriate, as does placing a negative value on normal events like using the restroom.
Gamefication in the classroom is potentially a good thing in some cases. Certainly a bad thing in others, like this one.