Monday, October 14, 2013

Guest Post: Remind 101 in Elementary



Today's guest post is brought to you by 5th Grade teacher, Olivia Alkema.  

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I attended Elayna Durso's session in RebelU about her use of Remind 101. I had already signed up for an account but was excited to see how I could use this system in an elementary classroom. Elayna used the program mainly with students as most of her students had their own cell phones. In elementary, I was curious to see the response. I pushed hard for sign ups at the beginning of the year. I had students bring in their device to show them how to sign up. Only 5 of my students had personal cell phones and we found out that an iMessage account was not compatible with the program therefore an iPod account with iMessage could not sign up. However, in that "in-class" mini-lesson, I got these 5 students signed up, and I also showed the whole class how to teach their parents how to sign up. If their parents signed up, I would give them a "Bee Cool" slip or a reward "ticket" the next day at school. I continued daily reminders for the first week of school and then I tried to sign the parents who had not yet signed up at open house. One problem I had, was that my Spanish speaking parents do not find this very usable, as the texts will be written by me, in English, and there is not a translation option available at this time. I currently have 20 out of 28 parents signed up to the Remind 101 program. This allows me to send group texts directly to the parents cell phones regarding important school reminders. I have sent reminders about field trip permission slips, due dates, early release, snack sales, pictures, and MEAP testing. The program only allows group texts and I cannot individually text parents with personalized reminders. The program says that it is a "public" safety net to protect both the program and its participants. I was very happy with how many parents I was able to get signed up, and I feel it is an excellent and convenient tool to use for parent communication, in all grade levels.

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