Getting ready for back to school and I am trying to find ways to connect with my students. YES, I will be Tweeting. YES, I will have posts on my Facebook page. I have also discovered Remind 101 to send out emails and text messages to students and to parents. I can provide them with test/quiz reminders, assignment clarifications/updates, homework reminders, etc.
Remind 101 provides a free service for teachers to be able to send text messages to students and parents quickly, easily, and NOT FROM YOUR OWN PHONE! Teachers, sign up with your name and email and create your classes. A special code is issued for each class and your students use the code to set up their accounts.
They get a return message that asks them to reply with their first and last name, and then voila, they are ready to receive messages. I intend to use it several times a week to remind them that:
- There is a study guide on the website that might help with homework.
- Don’t forget to bring in workbook pages tomorrow.
- Essay re-write is due in class tomorrow.
- You have 3 more days to prepare for your literary circle meeting.
- Don’t forget that we have a test on Friday.
The system is a convenient that will help to keep my students and their parents ‘in the know.’
