Is anyone successfully using Twitter as a means of creating a school/home connection? I've considered it, but I have many concerns. Anyone willing to share their opinions or experiences?
How about give Remind101 a try? It's safe. Effective. And, even helps with that school/home connection. If parents have questions, they can email directly or send a note with the child.
I am sure there are teachers out there who use it, but I would be concerned with the number of parents who don't have Twitter. I know there are billions of users or whatever, but it seems like I don't know very many of them!
I have a classroom Twitter account (as do many teachers in my building), but I use it mostly for teacher-student communications. While I always make parents aware of my account (at Open House, Conferences, etc), very few follow me. Many students, however, seem to like to follow me for updates/class info/etc (as well as my snow-day predictions, which are near perfect!!). I've also answered more than one homework question via Twitter. I agree that Remind is probably a better way to go if you're wanting parent involvement.
Our school has a Twitter account that shares updates. It has some parent/community followers and a TON of student followers. I don't use it for my class because we have a platform (Canvas) that lets me communicate with students. Some of our school clubs use Twitter to keep students updated.
