virtual communication tour [Talkingpoints App]

#talkingpoints #classroommanagement #zoommetting

Dear Beautiful students' parents,

I am Grade 6 Teacher Sharon, and I will introduce you to an innovative app that benefits all parents and students in this virtual communication tour through zoom meetings. Here is my link below. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/2976046453pwd=ditHTXVMcWdsRi90dDk0bDVVYkYzZz09

This is talkingpoints app website: https://www.commonsense.org/education/reviews/talkingpoints

-Safety 84%

-Free registration

-message from the teacher 1:1

-alert important school event

-track students' academic progress

-ELL Family group: No translation! Use your language

-Special needs parents: No worries!

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If you have any questions, just let me know, and it's time to start a new app for scaffolding students' learning. I will post more about this app's benefits through my blog. Please feel free to leave a message here. I will be looking forward to seeing you.

Sharon

How can this app help students, teachers, and parents communicate effectively?

This app's safety is 84% as a high level of security. If parents do not send the link and code, parents can not register for this app. When somebody unrelated to students, like relatives or parents, it is impossible to get the access code to start the application. There are three benefits to this app. First, this app promotes ELL students and students have more communication with parents because parents can check the child's progress the updates from the school. When parents send the message to school in their language, parents can get the message in their language. This can make it easy for parents to be inclusive and genuinely scaffold what students need and how they can help students in learning environments. Parents' high understanding of current students' academic situation can prevent students' bad behaviour because students can also recognize parents can know about where their learning is in their parents' language. Students are more likely to have conversations with parents. Second, parents effectively communicate with parents about school events or students' milestones. According to the school schedule, parents and teachers can openly discuss whether participation in the seminars is like the authentic way of growth mindset and positive discipline. They will exchange genuine messages for home school support with students' academic track, and it will be a great way of learning about students' family's worlds and cultivating partnerships. Lastly, it is free to use this app, and you can create a poll to listen to the parents' feedback. Teachers and parents can share their different ideas. The teacher can reflect the feedback into classroom management. This way can give the impression to parents how they build up trust through the private text message for the students. It will promote the parents' engagement in the school events and build another learning environment between the parents and the teacher. For example, Teachers can invite parents as assistant teachers to scaffold students to cultivate self-management and awareness skills in the home learning environment after meaningful interactions and feedback with teachers.