All the google applications are great. I currently have an igoogle home page that sets as my screen when I get on the web. It has my email, quotes, recipes, newsfeeds, and a photograph from a beautiful place to visit. I also use the google calendar to communicate with my classroom parents. I can put events such as parent readers, PTA meetings, and other school activities. The parents have open access to this calendar and can view it by going to the site. The google alert is a neat feature to add to my plethora of google tools. I would be interested in following some friends blogs this way instead of just always checking. I am adding a photo from the Flickr-Color fields, you can also put a Category of colors and I chose "crayon box", these photo's have multiple colors in each picture instead of just one solid color.
I love your idea about using Google Calendar to communicate with parents. My favorite Google tool is Google Earth. My students are amazed when we zoom in on our school campus or their home address. It's also a wonderful resource when teaching geography or landmarks - great for visual learners.
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I like the idea of using Google Calendar to share with your parents as a way of communication..I may have to try that.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the Google Calendar inspiration! It seems as if several of us hadn't thought of using it to communicate with parents. What a great idea! I'll put that on my list.
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