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Blogging website built specifically for teachers. Teachers can create newsletters for parents and blogs for students specifically!

Edublogs is a free blogging network that lets students view posts by their teachers. It gives access to email, media, and other posts for the classroom availability to expand beyond school hours.

Edublogs.org is not only a platform for teachers to create blogs that invite participation from students and parents, but is also an environment for teachers to learn from other teachers through blogging.

This webpage lists several important reasons why parents and students should communicate. This would be great for class discussion.

This webpage lists several important reasons why parents and students should communicate. This would be great for class discussion.

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 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.

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.

Edmodo is a website similar to facebook that corresponds to a site that is similar to D2L. If a school does not have their own D2L, Edmodo is a good site to use for one.

Edmodo is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay organized, and access assignments, grades, and school messages.

My daughter's school uses Edmodo and it works great for students. Teachers assign homework, and students ask follow-up questions while completing the assignment or anything concerning the class lesson.

The link is to a Pinterest page that has many creative ideas on how to keep open communication and collaboration between teachers and parents.

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

Guide for teachers to create a classroom website that is effective and useful for students, parents and other teachers.

This website adds tips for teachers when using twitter in and out of the classroom. It encourages teachers to engage students and parents through twitter. 

This is a great Teacher to Parent communication tool. Parents are able to directly engage with students' work.

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.

Wix is another online website creator for the classroom. This one is really cool because it does have a format that can be used from a mobile device. This website is a for more tech savvy teachers who have the time to figure out it's many different features.

This is a great website to build your own website

Create a free website with Wix.com. Customize with Wix' free website builder, no coding skills needed. Choose a design, begin customizing and be online today! This can be used to make a teacher website for parents and students to access for information that will be helpful for the class as well as to get to know you as a teacher.

This article talks about the difference in making projects and project based learning.

This article talks about the difference in making projects and project based learning.

This website explores the difference between projects and project based learning. Projects can represent a range of tasks that can be done at home or in the classroom that, quickly or over time. Project Based Learning according to this website features project and focuses on how learning and the product itself. This website contains a tab for information, but it also has a tab for parents which is different compared to other websites explored. It also features a tab for teacher development talking about a conference for teachers to help with PBL.

A teachers classroom blog for her first grade students. I thought this would make a good example for seeing what a classroom blog would look like and how it can be useful to the students and parents.

A good example of blog being used in the classroom. This first grade teacher uses hers to interactive and leave messages for the parents of her classroom.

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.