Recently I visited several classrooms without even leaving my office. How did I manage that? By using my computer! I found some great teacher blogs and class Web sites, and I had a wonderful time getting a glimpse of what some teachers and kids are doing in their classrooms.

My cyber classroom visits made me wonder how technology is changing home-school communication. When I was in the classroom, most of my students’ families didn’t have computers. Even if I had been technologically savvy enough to create a classroom site, it wouldn’t have been easily accessible to all my students. My main forms of parent communication were sending notes home, sharing homework assignments on voice mail, and squeezing in phone calls during all-too-brief lunch breaks. I had parent conferences and other face-to-face conversations too, of course. How about you? What are the main ways you communicate with parents? Has technology influenced the way you share what’s going on in your classroom?

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3 Responses to “Dear Parents…”

1. on 09 Feb 2010 at 8:13 am # Vanessa
   
   

   I have a website that started out for parents but turned out to be for teachers. Parents love to see pictures of the classroom and explanations of what we are learning.
   You can “visit” our classroom and take a virtual tour.

2. on 09 Feb 2010 at 7:52 am # Briana
   
   

   I love looking at classroom websites and blogs! I am a new teacher teaching a combined k-2 class. They have a lot of really great resources and ideas!

3. on 08 Feb 2010 at 11:38 am # Maureen
   
   

   I email parents all the time, I also send them a newsletter each Monday. If there is an issue with homework or an assignment I encourage my parents to let me know via email. I check it on my prep and at lunch.

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