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I TEXT MY PARENTS. DO YOU?

Favorite Technology Finds EVER!
@Remind101 



#1  Remind 101 is a great way to communicate with parents and students. The best part -it's FREE! Remind 101 allows you to send a quick text message to your parents or students without ever revealing your personal contact information. Parents can sign up to receive your messages by text or email. I've used this service for two years as reminders of important class events. I would remind parents of assignments due or special days at school! My parents loved Remind 101. It's so user friendly. It will not disappoint!

Here's an overview:



# 2 WordMark.It
This technology find is a lifesaver.  I **ALWAYS*** use Wordmark.it first before designing items for my room. I use wordmark.it for finding the perfect font for titles, student handouts, newsletters, sight word cards and more. This program is awesome!!! I highly suggest using it. It's super easy. All you do is type in a word, phrase, or set of characters and it displays your text in all the possibilities of fonts that are loaded on your computer. It's pure genius. Yes, I have the ability to hover over the text in powerpoint but this is much better. I'm such a visual person so it allows me to see ALL of my options. Why is this so cool? This comes in handy because some fonts are only lowercase, some are a mixture and some fonts do not make certain characters. Check it out and let me know what you think.


I seriously love fonts!!! It's a problem. I know there have been tons of font linky parties but I'm always finding more fonts. What's your new favorite font?

Here is my list of favorites **right now**

A Legacy of Relationships


I have watched many videos but this one is the best! I must have been living under a rock. I had never heard of Rita Pierson before this video. Please take 7 minutes to watch this powerful video.

I'm going to be using Rita's quotes on a motivational wall in my supply closet. 


“Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.”
“I gave [my students] a saying to say: ‘I am somebody. I was somebody when I came. I’ll be a better somebody when I leave. I am powerful, and I am strong. I deserve the education that I get here.’”




Pierson quotes others in her talk as well:



Stephen Covey had the right idea…’Seek first to understand as opposed to being understood.’”


“James Comer says that no significant learning can occur without a significant relationship.”


George Washington Carver says all learning is understanding relationships.”


What are you doing to build relationships with your students and parents? Leave me a comment and I'll pick 2 winners to win a pack of smiles, happy notes and behavior badges/beads 







Ways I'm building relationships- I try really hard at building relationships. I love this quote.