Communication
Record a daily greeting for your students, have them comment or share emojis as a way of checking in
Record task directions for the day or week or record a demonstration for your students
Use the message feature to communicate regularly with parents on daily/weekly tasks, updates and other important news.
Google Voice allows you to make and receive calls without sharing your phone number. Google Voice can only be set up through a personal Google account at this time.
Google Voice Resources
Best Practices:
Only make and receive phone calls during school hours.
Keep any concerning voicemail recordings saved to share with admin.
Use the call recording feature as appropriate.
Conduct yourself as professional educator in all communications.
Use screencast feature to create demonstration or instruction or checking in videos for your students.
Record videos for your students and have them respond in video.
Flipgrid has a huge library of topics already created that are easy to assign to your students, available for any grade level PreK-12.
Flipgrid Resources
Use a daily Check In Form to see how your students are feeling, any news they have to share and collect other important information.
This link will provide you a force copy of form created by another teacher, this copy is now yours to adjust to your students and needs.