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We've all been using Blackboard throughout our masters program, and I know many teachers may use them in their own classrooms, as well. Recently, Blackboard came out with an update that can help teachers communicate more with parents. We all know that parents play a large role in their students' education, so this is a great way to help more parents get involved in their children's learning. The new update can help teachers communicate with parents through phone and email and allows teacher to inform parents of assignments, tests, due dates, and more. The principal at Bedichek Middle School said, "Not a week goes by that a parent doesn't stop me and say 'thank you' for the messages they receive directly from teachers. Parents and family members are increasingly becoming more actively engaged in their student's educational experience and we want to do all we can to help them stay connected with us" (Schaffhauser, 2012). Blackboard is not something I use in my classroom, but it may be a good idea to help parents stay connected!
Cool...I'm going to have to check this out! I do use Blackboard in my classroom, but I was not aware of this feature. Definitely something to look into. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI think that you bring up great points in this post. I am the School Improvement chair in my school and on our School Improvement Plan we are consistently lacking in parental involvement. While the Blackboard messages are nice for keeping parents involved, our building needs to focus more on involving the parents in their kids' leanring and teaching them how to teach their kids. A valuable resource though notheless.
ReplyDeleteI use an online system called Edmodo in my classroom. We started with Moodle and now will be switching to Schoology for next school year. These are free resources that is why we use them at our school. I have switched from each one due to ease of use from both myself and the students.
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