Districts Deploy Digital Tools to Engage Parents

Autor/in	Fleming, Nora
Titel	Districts Deploy Digital Tools to Engage Parents
Quelle	In: Education Week, 32 (2012) 11, S.1 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	School Districts; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Parent School Relationship; Parent Participation; Computer Literacy; Differences; Limited English Speaking; Non English Speaking; Assignments; Multilingualism; Access to Information; Internet; Social Networks; Access to Computers; Barriers; Rural Areas; California; Georgia; Massachusetts; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; United States; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School district; Schulbezirk; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Unterrichtsmedien; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Computerkenntnisse; Unterscheiden; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Kalifornien; Master-Studiengang; USA
Abstract	Digital technology is providing a growing variety of methods for school leaders to connect with parents anywhere, anytime--a tactic mirroring how technology is used to engage students. Through Twitter feeds, Facebook pages, and text messages sent in multiple languages, school staff members are giving parents instant updates, news, and information about their children's schools. Not only that, but a number of districts are also providing parents access to Web portals where they can see everything from their children's grades on school assignments to their locker combinations and what they're served for lunch. Socioeconomic disparities in Internet access can make such digital-outreach efforts challenging and even divisive, however; some parents have many options for connecting digitally, and others don't. Yet some school leaders are meeting that challenge head-on by teaching parents how they can use technology to become more engaged in their children's education, and in some cases, by providing them with access to it in their own homes. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10