Here's the link to my stupendously created newsletter!
http://www.letterpop.com/newsletters/MRSK/90645/
Please visit and let me know what you think. All constructive criticism is welcome.
Communication between teachers and parents is crucial because it prevents the problems that can occur when information is not shared in a timely manner. I believe communication is so important that I request e-mail addresses from the parents of all my students so that I can send both individual and group messages as necessary. I also send weekly or monthly grade reports to parents of students at risk. On my website I post a wide variety of useful information so that students and parents are well informed.
I like the idea of creating a newletter for each unit and it is something that the students themselves could actually create. This would give them the opportunity to present what they have learned in an authentic manner.
I'm not yet convinced of the value of wikis in the Regents level chemistry classroom but I am open to blogging in which the students and I can communicate. I'd like to try it but I am very concerned about the lack of face to face contact in which the students and I now communicate by speaking as well as drawing stuctures to help explain concepts. I am very comfortable using blogger.com. I think this could be a useful alternate assessment tool to a traditional paper and pencil quiz/test. The students would be forced to explain things in their own words and in addition they could use their creativity to add pictures, animations, etc. (Those are the things I'm still not comfortable doing myself).
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