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This resource shows a few ways parents who have time can get involved in the classroom. As a teacher, you can post opportunities like these to keep parents up to date on what they can become involved in as a parent

This is a tool to involve parents by keeping track of their child's behavior in class.

This is a tool to involve parents by keeping track of their child's behavior in class.

This is a tool to involve parents by keeping track of their child's behavior in class.

This is an article about how to get parents involved and the importance of it.

This link was discovered on Pinterest. Kathy Cassidy is a first grade teacher and has a class website with blogs of her students on it. Check out how she uses online portfolios in the classroom to get her students' parents involved.

This link was discovered on Pinterest. Kathy Cassidy is a first grade teacher and has a class website with blogs of her students on it. Check out how she uses online portfolios in the classroom to get her students' parents involved.

Digital storytelling is an effective way to get students involved in the classroom. There are uses for both students and teachers when using this technique.

This resource helps teachers learn about digital access and to ensure all students have equal opportunities in terms of technology access and use within the classroom as well as the opportunity for all to be involved in today's digital society.

Get beyond ticket out the door and freshen up your formative assessment approaches with these strategies.

Get beyond ticket out the door and freshen up your formative assessment approaches with these strategies.

Get beyond ticket out the door and freshen up your formative assessment approaches with these strategies.

By having students create their own classroom floor plans it helps them consider some the challenges involved in the set up of their rooms. Teachers have to consider each and everyone of their students physical/emotional needs.

Great website explaining the educational uses of Digital Storytelling. Includes example stories, software, information on how to create a storyboard, and educational material.

This website may be helpful when needing to learn more about digital storytelling. It steps one through the uses, elements, skills, and resources involved in Digital Storytelling. It has a section for How To and provides resources and examples as well.

The Goals of this Website The primary goal of the Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling website is to serve as a useful resource for educators and students who are interested in how digital storytelling can be integrated into a variety of educational activities.

Wiggio is a website is similar to facebook and twitter and you can work in groups easily, and it is a single website that brings many different aspects together in one simple website. My big campus is a website that makes it easy for teachers to collaborate with other teachers, students, as well as parents. On top of these, my big campus is also great at helping to create lesson plans, and track your students success. Goorulearning is a website that allows teachers and students to learn in new and fun ways. You can gear the quizzes and study guides for the specific grade you are teaching. Mrs. Cornejos blog is a great example of a blog that each person in our group could see using and even gearing our own blogs around. This blog is a great way to keep parents involved in what is happening in the classroom. Mrs. Anderson's website is an example of a wiki website and is similar to a blog and students can get involved as well.

Blogging is a new craze that is hitting the classrooms. This Strategy Guide describes the processes involved in composing blogs in the classroom, the process of writing regular posts, or entries, that are published online.

This website addresses the extent of the research done to determine a teacher's reason for deciding to use educational websites as resources in the classroom.

An article over the use of twitter in the classroom which covers not only student involvement, but teacher experiences, as well.

This website gives examples of the various things that parents want out of a classroom website. It also provides more examples of classroom websites for a guideline of how successful ones operate. This is beneficial to this lesson because it is important to remember that parents are active components of the classroom and they deserve to be kept in the loop and involved in the day-to-day activities of the class. This website provides ideas and evidence to promote a classroom community involving all parties.

This shows different ways to incorporate twitter in the classroom. Great for teaching and getting socially involved with your students.

World War II , also called Second World War, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939-45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers-Germany, Italy , and Japan-and the Allies-France, Great Britain, the United States , the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China .

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.

WHAT WORKS IN EDUCATION The George Lucas Educational Foundation

WHAT WORKS IN EDUCATION The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Interactive way to get the students interested. They can create their own comic strips about a subject and share with the class.