Texts, Calls, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube.. How do you prefer to stay informed on your child?
School districts are resorting to using social media as the main way to communicate with parents. Many websites and mobile apps are being taken advantage of by schools and teachers to promote ideas and to inform parents and guardians of upcoming events. Although most districts are using these methods now, some disagree with the idea stating that "not all parents have easy internet access". I believe this is a debatable topic. I think that through the use of social media and mobile apps information can be related to parents in bulk and quickly rather than teachers and schools having the send information individually to each household. However, I also agree with the statement made in the article about not all parents having easy internet access. To address the situation teachers could make exceptions for the few students that have parents not accessible to internet connection. Teachers could create flyers having all important dates and information composed together each month to send out to those that aren't internet accessible. With the use of smart phones and cellphones growing exponentially, I feel as if social media and mobile app usage will spread even further than it already is. Using these as a way to communicate will be far more beneficial for teachers and most parents.
Schools in our area are using Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and other sites to keep up to date information readily available to parents as well as students. Facebook posts are made regularly regarding upcoming events. Twitter includes tweets directed towards high school students for important reminders. I think this is awesome considering not all older students live with their parents. In this case, those that are more independent can receive the same notifications as most parents would. By giving teacher candidates a voice in the construction of social media sites for the Department of Elementary and Special Education we can send out updates of what we are learning as well as list events where the community can be involved in order to give us students more practice in our fields. This will be a great way to encourage students to step out and take initiative for what they hope to become. Parents and others in the community will hopefully see these events and wants to participate and encourage their children to participate to help better prepare us students.
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