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"Parent Teacher Network is one of the most valuable tools available to any parent group. Communication is key to reaching the goals set by each parent group. With PTN all your information is accessible at any computer. No more stacks of papers, flipping through it to see which parent is signed up to do what event.

Parent Teacher Network is a great way for teachers to communicate with parents. They can create a group and have forums, discussions, mass emails, and announcements set up for that group. This gives the parents and the teacher a specific line of communication so that messages can get across.

Teachers Social Network (TSN) has the same concept as the ever popular Facebook. Teachers can create a free account, and begin chatting with other professionals about important issues or ask for help concerning a certain lesson plan. This website meets standard 6.4 because the information one obtains from chatting with other teachers is integrating technology into his/hers own learning process and is very likely to influence their teaching habits or change their current educational practices. Overall, this website is a good tool to get ideas and answers from fellow teachers.

This website is a free social networking site that allows teachers and students to engage in collaborative projects and learning assignments with others from around the world. Teachers can set up virtual classrooms and grant their students monitored e-mail accounts, with parental permission of course, in order for them to interact with other students from all over the globe. For instance, while studying about the rain forest the class may connect with another classroom that lives in the rain forest. This website also allows the teacher to involve parents in the process of learning by adding them to the class network. Parents can monitor their child's academic progress and also receive the classroom newsletter. One aspect about the website that is extremely helpful is the translation tool. This allows teachers the opportunity to have conversations with parents in their native language.

This site corresponds with 6.8

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