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Mike Modleski –Senior High English Teacher

Communicating with Parents and Students Using Technology . Mike Modleski –Senior High English Teacher. Can you be my teacher?. Cyberspace creates a perman e nt record. Warning!!. Email groups. Parents love them. Short updates once every five weeks. Praise student work since last email.

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Mike Modleski –Senior High English Teacher

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  1. Communicating with Parents and Students Using Technology Mike Modleski –Senior High English Teacher

  2. Can you be my teacher?

  3. Cyberspace creates a permanent record Warning!!

  4. Email groups • Parents love them. • Short updates once every five weeks. • Praise student work since last email. • Let them know about past work they should have heard about from their children. • Let them know, in general terms, what’s going on in the next few weeks…including approximate due dates! • Give suggestions for things to talk about at home. • Remind them they can contact you anytime about anything. • See Email – Post open house

  5. Setup Address Book

  6. Setup

  7. Setup Click OK – We’ll come back to this

  8. Setup Experiment and play with phrasing Make notes to yourself – ESPECIALLY IF MOTHER AND FATHER SEPARATED

  9. Setup Contacts

  10. Setup Should be alphabetical

  11. Setup We’re back to this…click on distribution list

  12. Setup Select Members Make sure you’re in contacts Just add members!

  13. You have a group – Try with students too!!

  14. Website! • Make one! • Saves all kinds of trouble. • Post homework and grades to start. • Make it clear that both homework and grades are unofficial and subject to change at any time. • NEVER GUARANTEE THAT YOUR WEBSITE WILL BE UPDATED. Teacherweb site My own site - Dreamweaver

  15. Now to students –Message Boards • Free internet message boards provide safe way for students to communicate online. • Allows for personal messaging capabilities. • Debates and forums can be set up for topics of choice • Students can turn in written work online…and receive feedback from other students and the teacher. • Students can communicate from different classes and teachers…even across school districts. • Experiment, experiment, experiment

  16. What are the benefits? • Password protected - Only those in your class have access. • Easy to use. • Encourages student response…beyond the confines of the classroom. • Appealing to students. • Options are unlimited!

  17. Yeah, but is it safe?? • Entirely password protected. • No outsiders can get in without your password (keep it from students). • You have ability to delete problem students. • Teacher may edit or delete all responses. • All responses linked to user name. • No different from general classroom. • NEVER heard of a student problem with message boards.

  18. Yeah, but is it safe?? • The real answer…not entirely. • Nothing is entirely safe…but this opens opportunity for discussion. • Make clear consequences for problem behaviors. • Have backup assignments planned for students who fail to meet expectations…. • …Or make clear that they will earn a 0 if they are disrespectful.

  19. Yeah, but is it safe?? Bottom line…bullying happens. We can only hope to keep kids aware that there are solutions.

  20. What’s available? • Edu20.org • Nicenet.org • Wikispaces.org • Moodle.org • Tappedin.org

  21. EDU20.org Teacher Password to join Victor’s group - VictorcsdStudent Password - VictorStudent

  22. EDU20.org – Home page Create new classes

  23. EDU20.org – Home page Create new classes

  24. EDU20.org – Home page Forums, chats, and blogs…all able to be monitored and edited by YOU.

  25. EDU20.org – Forums You can create endless topics for discussion.

  26. EDU20.org – chat rooms Create chat rooms that log and continue conversations, even after a student logs out.

  27. EDU20.org – Blogs Students can keep blogs.

  28. EDU20.org – Other options Post worksheets, post assignments, or create tests/quizzes, all online.

  29. Nicenet.org

  30. Nicenet.org

  31. Entirely on their own… Here students recommend books they have finished to other students…providing a resource impossible for me to provide in school!

  32. Submitting…and responding electronically! • Online or on paper! • Feedback immediate and electronic. • The novelty of feedback through personal messaging encouraged early completion.

  33. Private personal messaging appeals to students! • Personal messaging options allow easy access to me, and to one another, outside the classroom. It acts like an email roster!

  34. Possibilities! • Math problem of the week or homework help. • Cool science facts or ideas about upcoming labs. • Debate questions for thought. • Social studies discussion about current events. • Posting of articles and discussion to follow. • Ongoing chats about classroom activities. • Questions that classroom time would not allow. • Extra credit response to articles (linking capabilities) • Editing and revising of work online…with students providing feedback.

  35. Most importantly, it’s easy! • Simply access the site and follow the step by step instructions. Start small and let the students help you learn!

  36. Wikispaces – Mr. Toy

  37. Wikispaces – Discussion

  38. Wikispaces – Ask Questions

  39. Wikispaces – Interact with other Wiki members.

  40. Wikispaces – Mr. Toy

  41. Teaching in a digital age

  42. Thanks! All this is posted on my site! Email me for more help if you need it. There are plenty of people in every building who will be glad to help you out!

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