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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.

Research has consistently shown that parent participation is a leading factor in determining student success. However, our modes of parent participation have remained largely unchanged in decades. Parents rely on sparsely scheduled open houses and parent-teacher conference nights. Additional appointments are usually only available during the teacher's contractual time, which is often going to clash with work schedules or other commitments.

Coursecracker.com is a very useful website for teachers to use in order to stay connected with students, parents, and other teachers. This website allows teachers to set up a class page. They can then post assignments on there for students to access in case a student misses class. Teachers can have a calendar on the class page which can help students keep up with when their assignments are due. Teachers can also send notifications to parents and students through email. Teachers can also talk to other teachers to discuss different topics. The standard for this website is Standard 6.6 which deals with using technology to effectively communicate with students, parents, and colleagues.

This is a great way for teachers to communicate with students, parents and other teachers. It allows the teacher to post a calendar of events, announcements, and homework assignments in a way that parents an students can view the information from anywhere that they have internet access. It also allows them to view ideas from other teachers and share their ideas with teachers. The site has a search bar that searches your topic in only educational websites as well.

Parents and students can also choose to be notified each time that their teacher makes a change to the webpage, making it easier for them to stay in tuned to what is happening in class.

This is an excellent way for a teacher to communicate with students and parents. Cel.ly keeps your cell phone number private. The teacher can use this to remind students of test dates and homework assignments. The teacher can communicate to parents faster.

This site provides different ideas for teacher-parent communication, teacher-student communication, collaboration on learning ideas, resources for back to school night, conferences and so much more

This site gives examples of different communication tools for teachers to use for communicating between parents and students. Under each example, it discusses a little about each and how it is helpful. The site also provides other web links to help students and parents.

6.6- candidates use technology to effectively communicate with students, parents and colleagues. Teachers are able to post information online that is available for students and their parents to view. They even have apps for phones so that communicate between all parties is constant.

Communicate Better To Home. HomeworkNOW.com makes it possible for schools to communicate with parents and students via the web, iPhone, iPad, Android apps, email, mobile text messaging, Facebook, Twitter, RSS Feeds and more! Administrators use HomeworkNOW.com to easily communicate school announcements, alerts, and schoolwide notices. Teachers can sign up on their own or the school can sign up.

Standard 6.6 Candidates use technology to effectively communicate with students, parents, and colleagues. Headmaster allows teachers to post assignments, grades, and progress in order to allow the students parents to view this information out of their home. Parents may also communicate with their child's teacher through this program.

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.

Share information, documents, and files, Hold discussions online, outside of class, Report grades online to students or their parents, Keep in touch with private messaging, And much more! This meets standard 6.6 because the teacher can make their own site and communicate with students and their parents using technology

Standard 6.6- Candidates use technology to effectively communicate with students, parents, and colleagues. Shutterfly.com is a website where teachers can create their own personalized classroom website for free. Teachers can use their own website to post pictures of their students so the parent feels part of their day, as well as posting homework and important dates for parents and students to refer too.

This website allows for teachers to post grades, attendance, assignments, and an assignment calendar for students and their parents. It also allows the teacher to easily create seating charts, instantly send alerts to parents via email or text, and it allows for the data to be exported to Excel if needed. I see this as a great tool for teachers to communicate to one another grades in other classes as well. The link below provides a demonstration all of the wonderful abilities teachers, students, and parents will have if the website is used to its maximum potential. http://gradebookportal.com/Videos/Premium%20Demo_Final/Premium%20Demo_Final.htm

This website introduces a software that administrators and teachers can use in school or for students. This is great software for the teachers because they can add all the students' data such as attendance, assignment grades and test grades. The teachers can analyze and assess students' achievement whenever they need to and see the students' strengths and weakness. In addition, parents can access this system at home so they know how their child is doing with the school work. It can be used as a communication method between teachers and parents.

ClassLink ClassMate Parent Portal Tutorial --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aygV3sGi1C8

This website is called Grade Speed, and it is a website tool for teachers, parents, and students. Grade speed is a great way for parents to stay on topr of their children's education. It is also a great way for parents, and teachers to stay interacted with each other. In grade Speed the student's report card is available, assignments, and current grades to assignments. The website is only used in Nashville public school for right now, but Grade Speed is working hard to get the program used world wide.

This website has important information and tips for teachers and parents to keep kids protected while they are surfing the web. I chose this site because of its awareness on how to properly teach kids how to surf the web. This website discusses the importance of parents/teachers communicating with children to make sure that they understand the rules and laws of surfing the web.The site also discusses cyberbulling and the signs to recognize if children are being abused online. The site has other important links and websites that can be utilized.

This website offers important information for teachers, parents, and students on internet safety. This site includes tutorials for parents on what to watch for when their child is using the internet, tips for teachers to share this information with students, and interactive videos for children to learn the importance of safety on the internet. This website is useful for teachers and students because you never know what kinds of things are lurking on the internet, and children should be informed on what types of things to allow and not allow.

This is a fun and completely free web tool for teachers to use! This is a new way for teachers to monitor their classroom and keep in touch with parents on how their child is preforming in the classroom. This a great way for teachers to change the way they communicate with the parents and students about what their behaviors. This website is free and can be customized to all your needs!