MC Digital Blog

Please familiarize yourself with the Social Media Guidelines.  Six Keypoints: Remember that social media in the classroom is an extension of your physical classroom. What is inappropriate in your classroom is also deemed inappropriate online. Teachers who use social networking to interact with students and/or parents in an educational manner or as a communication tool must find ways to interact without giving students and parents access to their personal information and posts. Many social network sites allow you to create “groups” or “pages” where you can interact with students without giving them access to your personal account. Please see detailed Facebook guidelines for more information.  When contributing online do not post confidential student information. Do not post pictures of any students on your personal sites.  Use a JCS provided e-mail as your e-mail contact for official or school-related pages. Do not use your JCS provided e-mail as a username or e-ma...

I want to share an excellent communication tool for parents and students called Remind 101. Remind 101 allows parents and students to subscribe to classroom updates via text message. It hides both your personal data as a teacher as well as the students and parents cell phone numbers.It is a very simple and easy to use communication tool. In a nutshell: --The service is free. Standard text messaging applies, which I guess could be a concern for anyone without unlimited texting. --It provides one-way text messaging (teacher>student group) to students who sign up for it (also email for students without text-capable phones) --Cell phone numbers are anonymous. Students never see your cell phone number... you never see their number. --You can establish up to 10 message distribution groups  To get started, you will need to go to:  https://www. remind101 .com/ You will need to create an account before you can use the service: Once your account is c...