To communicate with parents, I will use Google Sites to create a sort of ongoing newsletter. It will be used as a central location for parents to get information about our class. At the beginning of the year, I will share the Google Site with all parents so that they may access it at any time.
I will have a page for our class Google Calendar that would include student holidays, tests, field trips, etc
There will be a page for Upcoming Events, Field Trips and more.
I will have a place for information about what we are studying in each class
I will have a link on the Site to our school’s website.
I will have link on there to our county website.
I will have a link to our school’s PTA
I will use Google Forms at the beginning of the year to collect pertinent information from parents. I will also use it throughout the year for surveys and as a way to collect information.
The benefits to using Google Sites is that there will be a central location for information to our class. As a parent, I am forever losing important papers, digging through old emails to find a Signup Genius for a class party, etc. It would be so good to have everything in an organized place so it’s easy to find. There would be less shuffling of papers around and this would (hopefully) result in less things being lost and having to be resent.
A challenge would be that some parents prefer the old fashioned way of communicating. Some parents may not check the Site regularly.
