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tinyurl.com/mrsmink my search engine for parent resources for reading and writing

[|www.mrsminksmustangs.weebly.com] I created a website for my classroom. Some of the things I was able to do were:
 * keep parents informed of what is going on in our class
 * Inform parents of upcoming events in class or/and school
 * list homework assignments and spelling words in case student had misplaced
 * post pictures of activities in class
 * let parents know more about me since I am with their child 7 hours a day
 * give parent resources to go along with what we are doing in class
 * create a blog with at least a weekly update of goings on

I found it to be very helpful and the parents enjoyed it as well. I've always done a weekly newsletter, made 26 copies, sent home, find 7 on the floor that never made it home.........The website was a wonderful alternative to that and parents were much more apt to use it, and could access me any time. It was also helpful when parents said they didn'tknow about such and such I could point them to the webpage. I absolutely loved having the weebly and am going to continue using it and have strongly encouraged other staff to create one, willing to help them, as well. It really makes you look updated as well.

Next year I plan on using wordle more for projects. I am resolving to use diigo and get my favorites all in one spot and easier to access. I started audio taping my readers with audacity this year but had background noise problems...I am going to work on perfecting that next year. I will work more diligently on teaching searching on the web...how to search in a better way Kahn academy use

Thank you for some great information and work time each session.l found it very helpful to have time to practice what we had learned.