Prepared for an online presentation in which I invited students to respond by clicking on the screen to indicate their response to ideas and questions.
2. Problem
Communication between school and home
is not as effective as it could be.
Papers don’t go home
Phone calls don’t get returned
Parents miss conferences
How can the communication between
school and home become more
effective?
3. Student Success
“Research shows that children do better
in school when parents talk often with
teachers and become involved in the
school.”
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/succeed/communication.cfm
4. Importance of Home/School
Communication
“Communication between home and
school is an important ingredient in a
child's academic and social progress.
Without this ongoing and collegial
communication, the "right hand" cannot
be aware of what the "left hand" is
doing.”
http://www.ricklavoie.com/trample.html
5. How can teachers/school
communicate with parents?
Phone calls
Mailed notes
home
Student
delivered
notes home
Emails
Classroom
websites
Not Effective Very Effective
7. Google Apps for Education
Email
Calendar
Documents
Video
Sites
Example
8. Name the Coolest Feature
What was the coolest feature of Mrs.
Ardinger’s second grade classroom
website?
9. Objectives of the TIP
Help teachers convert from text only
based communication to media rich
communication channel
Provide just-in-time training to teachers
Poll parents in assessing the
effectiveness of web site based
communication
11. What do you think?
Which has the potential for greatest
effective communication between school
and home?
Text
Pictures
Videos
Sound
Interactive forms
12. Design
Using the following technology
Google Accounts
Digital cameras and camcorders
Digital voice recorders
Laptops or desktops
13. Design
Accessing the following training
resources
Jing tutorials
Self-paced instructional manual
Initial face to face in service training
Assistance through the Tech Help Desk
web site
Teacher helping teacher
14. Goal Accomplished
This project will be completed when all
teachers are using media-rich web sites
to enhance the communication between
school and home.
15. The End
Ideas of how to use technology to
improve communication between school
and home?
Any questions?
Thank You!