Communication

ClassDojo

  • Communication and behavior management system for the classroom
  • Connects teachers, parents, and students who use it to share photos, videos, and messages through the school day
  • Students use ClassDojo to work together as a team, share in the classroom experience, and bring big ideas to life in their classrooms and homes

Doodle

  • Online scheduling tool that can be used quickly and easily to find a date and time to meet with multiple people
  • Suggest dates and times for event participants to choose from, then Doodle creates a polling calendar that can be sent to participants for feedback

Remind

  • Safe, classroom-friendly communication tool
  • Helps teachers send messages to students and parents without disclosing personal contact information and without students and families having to share theirs
  • Messages can be translated into 70 languages

SignUp Genius

  • Organizes classroom activities in a snap
  • Teachers create super-easy online sign up forms
  • Save time and manage class activities without tons of phone calls, lots of emails, or pen and paper scheduling
  • Great for scheduling parent-teacher conferences and increase parent participation

Skype in the Classroom

  • Online community enables thousands of teachers to inspire the next generation of global citizens through Transformative learning over Skype
  • Five exciting ways to bring the world into the classroom: Skype lessons, Mystery Skype, Virtual field trips, Guest speakers, and Skype Collaborations

Smore

  • Communications creation tool
  • Use to create event flyers, newsletters, and mailing lists for students or parents
  • Use in assignments that involve marketing and advertising principles, self-expression, and targeting writing to a specific audience

TodaysMeet

  • Teachers generate a secondary online conversation called a back channel among students about class content or for project collaboration
  • Students are able to converse, plan, and collaboratively engage in discussion prompts
  • Transcripts can be accessed for later review.