1) Why is communication important between teachers and parents, or between the colleagues? Communication is extremely important between parents and teachers and colleagues. A lack of communication can cause misunderstandings that can lead to issues within the work place or with parents and students. Many times, keeping good communication between parents and teachers can help improve students progress within the classroom and help alleviate situations in which students tell parents one thing when in fact that may not be the case. It also lets parents know what thier child is doing in the classroom and what any upcoming events may be coming.
2) In what way will you communicate with your students’ parents/ or colleagues? Right now I communicate using e-mail for privacy, bi-weekly newsletters, and home books for those parents that do not have a computer. When communicating with my colleagues I mostly e-mail.
3) What new communications software applications would be fun to try to communicate with parents/colleagues? I would like to get parents to use wikis, or plurks. I also feel that blogging can also be a fun way to communicate, yet there would need to be a way to communicate privately so certain information and privacy laws are not violated. But I do feel that getting parents involved and excited about communicating with thier teacher their child will follow suit.
4) What software did you use? Share your experience with it. Well I currently use a mac and have a program already installed in my computer for newsletters. The templates are already there and very user friendly. All I have to do is click on which one I want and then add the information. It is under microsoft word for macs. When developing the newletter I just added in any information I wanted to be added. I could easily put in pictures and change fonts and colors.
5) What would you do differently if you did a Class/School/District Newsletter again? I would do nothing differently. I really enjoyed this and found it easy to use. I feel that instead of bi-weekly do a monthly one as they can be timme consuming, especially when one is communicating with parents daily.
2 comments:
I love your newsletter! It looks so fun and animated!
I absolutely agree with the points you make on keeping up communication between parents and teachers. If we take the time to let parents know what's going on in our classrooms, it gives parents the opportunity to better help their children with school.
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