Keeping in Touch

What is your goal with communication?

This is the question to ask yourself. Start by determining the features that are most important for your school and community. Is simple messaging enough for you or do you want calendar features, volunteer sign-up, or automatic translation? Would you like to combine communication with student portfolios? Different services provide different combinations of features. See the clickable list below or check out this Common Sense Media Article to compare services.

Best Messaging Apps and Websites for Students, Teachers, and Parents | Common Sense EducationKeep students and parents in the loop with great classroom communication tools. Explore this Best Messaging Apps and Websites for Students, Teachers, and Parents Top Picks list of 15 tools curated by Common Sense Education editors to find relevant and engaging edtech solutions for your classroom.

Click on each communication app below to find out more:

Remind

Class Dojo

ClassTag

Bloomz

ParentSquare

Bindr

FreshGrade

SeeSaw

Peach Jar

Talking Points

Don't forget to check out the free SchoolHQ app that you can customize for your school through the Glide App platform!

Click here to check it out!

Information for Teachers

Information for Students

Information for Guardians

Setup Guardian Email Summaries

Guardian Email Summaries FAQ

Guardian Email Summaries from Google Classroom

Leverage the power of Google Classroom to communicate with families about what their child is doing in school. Guardian Email Summaries, along with information from your schools grading software, provide parents the information they need to help students keep up with their work and provide at home support. From my own experience, this is particularly useful with middle school students. Just another reason to get your teachers up and running with Google Classroom if they are not already.

Guardian summaries include:

Missing work
Upcoming work
Class activity

(All information links to the left include an example report.)