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- 1. CCRNot the band. Kelly Riley
- 3. –George Bernard Shaw “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” Communication
- 4. How are we communicating with our students & parents? Remind E-mail Website Newsletters Notes home
- 5. —Helen Keller “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” Collaboration
- 6. How are we collaborating with our students & parents? Blogs Wikis PTO meetings my Homework app / teachers.io
- 7. –Winston S. Churchill “The price of greatness is responsibility.” Responsibility
- 8. What and how are we teaching our students about online responsibility? Don’t share your password! Don’t give out personal information (phone number, address, last name) to anyone you don’t know! Always tell an adult if something happens online that makes you uncomfortable. Always think about what you post online. That information will never go away! Never bully other students online. If you are a victim of online bullying, tell a teacher right away! Ten ways that schools are teaching internet safety. Safe & responsible social networking.
- 9. Resources Downey, P. (2008, August 4). One World - One Web. Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/om8ast5 Dombrowski, Q. (2004, July 2). Collaboration. Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/pc9278v Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/newdwpj Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/psqj7vm Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/wschurchill Shanks, P. (2007, March 5). Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/pakh9kp
Editor's Notes
- My discussion today is entitled CCR, but we are not talking about the band!
- I am talking about three important components that must be taught and used in order for us to be great teachers, and for our students and parents to be “in the loop.”
- How many times have we told our students to do something, and they don’t do it? How many times have we given directions only to have a student ask “what are we supposed to do?” How many times have we sent home papers or e-mails and still have students and parents who don’t seem to know what’s going on? How can we ensure that we are communicating all of the important information, and that our students and parents are actually hearing and/or getting the information?
- The first way is the Remind app. Remind is a great application that allows you to communicate with students and parents via text message or e-mail without them having your personal information. Users sign up, so there is not much work for the teacher to do as far as entering phone numbers and e-mails. Remind can be used to send a message to parents about an upcoming classroom production, a field trip that is coming up, or cancellations due to weather. Remind also has a chat feature that allows for people that you communicate with to respond to you. What are some ways that you can use Remind? (create mindmap) E-mail is nothing new. Creating a distribution list is not difficult. A few things to remember: Always send via BCC (blind carbon copy). There are people who like to have their e-mail address to be private and don’t want it shared with other people. Always keep the e-mail short and succinct. People tend to skim e-mails and if you write a long one, they may skip over something important. Bullet, highlight, or change the color on your font if something is important. This catches the reader’s eye.\ Always sign your e-mail with a way for the person to contact you. Websites are easy to create today. Websites can allow for instant communication, but parents and students need to know the address to your site. Make it something that is easy to remember. Send the link in all of your e-mails Send home magnets with the website address printed on them. Put your web address on the school main page so that it is easy to find. Update your page regularly. Put the most important information at the top. Don’t delete anything that may still be relevant. Make a monthly or weekly newsletter. Include pictures (parents always love to see their own child in a newsletter photo!). Get the students involved. Have a writer, a photographer, a typist, etc. If it is a digital newsletter, include podcasts and videos! Sending notes home is really becoming a thing of the past, but if you want a parent signature, or you know that there is no internet in the home, this is probably the best way to accomplish communication.
- Blog: Write about something that you are covering in class. Require each student to comment on the post. Write about a field trip that you took, or one that you are looking forward to. Talk about what you did on vacation. Have discussion on snow days. Get to know your students by asking questions. Wiki: Post information about your class. Have students add information and pictures. Parent meetings: Discuss needs (volunteers or financial). Talk about concerns with individual parents. Have parents bring concerns to you. Brainstorm (mindmap) ideas to solve problems. My Homework/ Teachers.io This is an online program where teachers can create classrooms, enter homework, create a blog and so much more! Students can download the myHomework app or visit the website to see what they missed when they were absent, and make sure that they have created all of their assignments. Also allows for parents to check up on students who say they don’t have any homework.
- What other suggestions do you have?