Digital Communication
Communication is important. How do you communicate with families? Resources below will help you develop an online presence to strengthen relationships with families.
Online Presence
Update your teacher board through the Calhoun Schools website.
Connect to Home
Newsletters are great ways for teachers to connect with families. You can produce or contribute to a parent newsletter using a variety of tools.
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A 21st Century classroom needs a digital space where student learning is showcased and families can connect with all the great things happening each week. You may choose to create your space through the Calhoun Schools website or you may choose to create a Google Site where you can post videos of instruction and resources for families.
Make Your Mark
An email signature establishes and reinforces a brand. As a Calhoun City Schools employee, your professional email signature signifies you are a part of Calhoun City Schools.
Use the logo below in your email signature.
Use the capture tool for Mac (CONTROL>COMMAND>SHIFT>4) and paste (Command>V) into the email signature box in your Outlook email.
Email Signature updated.mp4Remind Guru
Utilize the Remind website or app to communicate with families. You have a pre-populated roster ready to go inside your Clever portal.
Expand your PLN
A Professional Learning Network is a great way to collaborate with other educators across our state, nation, and world. This is usually done through social media by searching for groups of interest on Facebook or Twitter, but may also be accomplished with our local CoffeeEDU group.
Digital Collaborator
Google makes collaboration easy! Google Drive has several options for sharing permissions so you can share your lessons and resources so others may view only or contribute. The Priority space inside of Google Drive allows you to create workspaces to make collaboration easy.
You may also share resources through a shared Google Classroom or by publishing content to the Commons in Canvas. You may choose to leverage Google Meets to virtually host grade level meetings. How do you collaborate with your colleagues?
Oct 16, 2017 10:54 AM.webmGoogle Drive
Learn how to organize your drive by creating folders. Also learn about sharing permissions and the menu features within Google Drive.
Video Conferencing.mp4Google Meet
You can use Google Meet to video conference with your students. This tool works well for both Classroom and Canvas.
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Learn how to get into Google Classroom and have your students join as well as customizing your classroom header.
Google Classroom Pt2.mp4Introduction to Google Classroom
Learn how to get into Google Classroom and have your students join as well as customizing your classroom header.
Importing from Commons.mp4How to Use Canvas Commons
Why recreate something that already exists? Learn how to use already created content found in the Commons section of Canvas and how to import that content into your courses.
Survey Says
Google Forms is a quick and effective way to gather feedback. Teachers can use Forms to create and distribute a parent survey or a student survey. Forms also works well as a quiz option for a quick assessment in the classroom.
Introduction to Google Forms
Learn how to use Google Forms as a survey tool.
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Learn how to turn your survey into a quiz and more advanced questions features such as importing questions from previous quizzes.
How to use Forms as a Quiz.webmLevel Up Forms
Learn how to use sections and pull responses into a Google Sheet
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