WSU Education & Teaching Classroom Communication Tools Question

Spend some time researching various tools found in the list below, each one of these tools can be used in the classroom to improve communication with students and parents. After reading chapter 3 and choosing one of these options, please respond to the following questions.

 Make sure to include the questions with your responses, so you will not lose points!

Choose one of the sites/apps listed below, explore the app, explain how you would use the site/app you’ve chosen in the classroom.  (Please do not use the same site/app as your friends, or one you have used before.)

List 2 objectives you hope to accomplish using this site/app. (When writing an objective, it needs to include measurable goals and should include an action verb like, understand, apply, evaluate, analyze…)  

List the 3 communication patterns, Point to Point, One-to-Many, and Many-to-Many,  that are used in the classroom, found in the chapter. Describe what each one means and how you would use each of these with the site/app you’ve chosen? 

Does this site/app help with communication from teacher to parent, or teacher to student or both? Please explain. 

Describe the difference between Asynchronous versus Synchronous communication? Discuss how this site/app uses one or the other or both and how it uses these forms of communication.  

Is this site/app user-friendly? Please explain. 

1. Describe the safeguards would you put in place to protect your students from harmful online information and cyberbullying?

Classroom Communication, parent/teacher tools

1. (Elementary)  Class Dojo, https://www.classdojo.com  (Links to an external site.)
2. (Middle-High School) Class Craft https://www.classcraft.com (Links to an external site.) 

Class Tag https://home.classtag.com (Links to an external site.) 

1. Talking Points https://talkingpts.org (Links to an external site.) 
2. Bloomz https://www.bloomz.com (Links to an external site.) 

Edmodo https://www.edmodo.com/teachers  (Links to an external site.)