Practiced Presentation Topics of Interest to Parents Parents do not need to come to the school. Parents may not watch and prefer face-to-face presentation.
Parent Communication
Blog
Variety of information. May include videos, photos, etc. Difficult to keep up. Parents can access at any time. Interactive. Need permission to post pictures of students. Make sure all students are represented.
instant message
An online newsletter made from templates. Familiar format for parents. May have both teacher and student submissions. Not easily lost as when newsletters were paper copies.
newsletter
Efficient (maybe too efficient) Familiar format and is specific to their child. Phone is easy to use on Instant Message. Keep Communication professional.
Using technology
Twitter
140 characters to inform parents of what is happening in the classroom. Concise. Parents may or may not follow.
Parents must have internet accesss to make use of all these tools.
