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This link from the National Education Association provides a lists of ways that teachers can use technology to effectively communicate with their students' parents.

Although it is always safe to limit use of social media and stay leery of using it too much, especially when involved with a classroom, this website gives an overview of popular platforms that teachers can use to keep in touch with parents.

I chose this site because it's from the Williams Institute at UCLA. It's a full article from a reliable source. It's for teachers to learn more regarding how to understand these different families.

Math explained in easy language, plus puzzles, games, quizzes, worksheets and a forum. For K-12 kids, teachers and parents. This website can help teachers and parents explain math in a way that students can better understand. This website has games, dictionary, worksheets, etc.

Find fun online games for kids featuring PBS KIDS characters. Use the Activity Search to find printables, coloring pages, online games and more.

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.

I chose this website from the chapter because I think it is important for parents to know how to teach their children to be smart with their cellphones and it might also help parents learn how to be smart with their own cell phones.

Do we remember to include cell phone safety when discussing digital citizenship? Great Website for educating students on proper smart phone usage using games and interactives.

This website helps kids get connected through their cell phones, and how to be safe using their cell phones.

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

I liked this app because it was an easy way for parents and teachers to interact. This app tracks students behavior and progress and allows parents to contact teachers and get an immediate response. Plus its free!

Kids Curate is a program where kids learn about a topic and then create a "museum display" for other grades and parents to go through

This is an informative website on digital citizenship for teachers, parents, and students.

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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. 

Kikutext is a service that makes it easy for teachers to communicate with parents using text messaging, so students perform better.

Building on the best of existing state standards, the Common Core State Standards provide clear and consistent learning goals to help prepare students for college, career, and life. The standards clearly demonstrate what students are expected to learn at each grade level, so that every parent and teacher can understand and support their learning.

Building on the best of existing state standards, the Common Core State Standards provide clear and consistent learning goals to help prepare students for college, career, and life. The standards clearly demonstrate what students are expected to learn at each grade level, so that every parent and teacher can understand and support their learning.

We could use this link to dig deeper into what common core standards are. It could also be used to look up specific standards in different states.

Easy way to inform all of the students what is going on in the class

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.

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. This final resource is a tool that you can create a page for parents and students to access with useful information related to the class. It works similar to a Facebook page, but is a more appropriate way to communicate.

This social bookmarking website is great for teachers because it has numerous different ways for parents and educators to find the most educational tools for your student. They have iPad apps, learning websites, and activities for students to participate in to make learning more focused on that child.