What's New in Newsletters

Wakelet for Newsletters

Wakelet is a free curation tool that enables you to save, organize and share information. It is very versatile and can even be used for weekly/monthly school newsletters. Here is a blog post from Wakelet with more information.

Erintegration provides free Wakelet classroom newsletter templates that can easily be modified for school-wide use. Included in this blog post with the templates are 10 reasons why you should use Wakelet for newsletters and comprehensive step-by-step tutorials.

Video Newsletters

From Your School Rocks...So Tell People: Passionately Pitch and Promote the Positives Happening on Your Campus by Ryan McLane and Eric Lowe

Tutorial Videos for using iMovie and green screen to create your video newsletters.

Check out an example video newsletter from Ryan McLane.

Smore for Newsletters

Smore is a web-based platform you can use to create versatile newsletters that can include pictures, video, links, documents, and more. Check out this example:

Flipgrid Shorts for Newsletters

Record a short video on Flipgrid that recaps the week in your classroom or school. Share it with families via email or text. You can even embed the video on your website. Share it on social media to shout-out the great things happening at your school. Not familiar with Flipgrid? Flipgrid has so many fun and easy tools to jazz up your video, but if you would rather not use Flipgrid, any video application will work. You can even use your phone or tablet.