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These are some fun ways to collaborate within the classroom!

D2L is a Learning Management System (LMS) that we here at OSU know quite well thanks to the Online Classroom. It is a great way to connect all of your students into the class. You can do online quizzes, synchronous communication, asynchronous communication, upload syllabi and other content, etc.

This is a Weebly website created by Laura. Bonham, an elementary/middle school teacher. This website is a great example of how a class website can be used to keep parents up to date and informed about what is going on in the classroom. It includes things like dates, school supply needs, and homework.

This example of a functional Weebly website was created by a teacher. All updates for students and parents are located in this colorful and fun theme. Many helpful resources for her students can also help those in need of extra practice and homework.

This page is a great example of a mastery level online classroom. Mrs. Marka uses this classroom webpage to post assignments, study guides, upcoming events, pictures of past events, quizzes, and links to other useful pages. She even created a login where a student can login into his/her personal account to view graded assignments. You can also send an email straight to Mrs. Marka if you have questions on an assignment, grade, or upcoming event.

Reading Rockets is a reliable, applicable resource for teachers to use in their classroom and lesson planning. We have found that this website also contains valuable information pertaining to the many benefits of parents being involved and a part of the classroom community. It shows the positive effect a relationship and communication with a teacher has on the parents, the student, and the teacher. This website will add a lot of important information to our lesson and the people we are trying to reach.

This website lists several ways to improve communication with non English speaking parents. This is a great thing to remember going into a classroom. It can also be a cause for discussion in an education class.

Remind, formerly Remind101, is a communication tool that helps teachers reach students and parents where they are.

Remind, formerly Remind101, is a communication tool that helps teachers reach students and parents where they are. This is a great resource and alternative to personal texting or emailing parents with information. It is a way to text parents without giving out your phone number.

Teachers can send important reminders and updates with this app to students and teachers through text.

Teaches you how to communicate through ASL. This can be used to create classroom symbols or to learn how to speak with any students hard of hearing.

A free website where teachers can create a website for their students and parents. Students can also make an account for free and can use this source to keep track of calendars and assignments.

Free classroom website generator for teachers that helps you manage your class and keep students up to date on information

network for teachers to share and use ideas for flipped classroom learning

This website is great because it gives you ways to bring digital portfolios into the classroom that teachers would not normally think of

This website is great because it gives you ways to bring digital portfolios into the classroom that teachers would not normally think of

Weebly is the tech tool of the week. We will use it to make a classroom website. This is a how-to video that should help if you get stuck.

10 reasons why teachers should create a classroom website.

This webpage not only lists different reasons to have a class web page but would also be a good source of ideas of what to put on your web page.

This site provides teachers reasons why a classroom website can be effective. It offers examples of what the website should include, unexpected benefits that come from a classroom website, and step-by-step instructions to begin.

Video projects teach students to plan, organize, write, communicate, collaborate, and analyze. In fact, video has become so prolific that some colleges even include video submissions as part of the…

This would be a good site to use because it breaks down the steps students need to take in order to make a film. It also gives great ideas for sites that they can share on and how to go about doing so. It also gives examples of what some of these videos may look like. 

This is a website within classjump.com (collaboration tool) that one school created so teachers, faculty, students, and parents can collaborate and keep open lines of communication. From this site, you can view any teachers lesson plan for any particular class, as well as, get updated on upcoming events. Within this one site, there are many subpages that are easily organized so that any teacher, student, or parent can access the information they need. Assignments, payments, events, and many other things have been collaborated on this one website to make communication at any level much easier.

Effective communication is essential for building school-family partnerships. It constitutes the foundation for all other forms of family involvement in education.

This article explains some benefits of good parent-teacher relationships and gives some examples of ways to build this type of relationship. This would be good to look at when creating my own classroom.

Technology is ubiquitous, touching almost every part of our lives, our communities, our homes. Yet most schools lag far behind when it comes to integrating technology into classroom learning. Many are

Mr. Marcinek's blog is ranked in the top 10 educational blogs of 2013. Mr. Marcinek is focused on explaining and stressing the importance of technology integration into classrooms while making sure that his readers understand the balance between technology and face-to-face learning. Edutopie.org is a great tool for teachers to use so that they can remind students and parents of upcoming events, and successfully communicate and answer questions outside of school.