00:40:46 jpankow: Hello from Lansing, MI 00:41:06 Rachel Pierson: Captions are working 00:41:08 Ann: yes 00:41:09 Mike Ross: yes 00:41:09 Beth Sternhagen: yes 00:41:09 Michelle: yes 00:41:10 Greta: yes 00:41:11 jvonstein: Hi Rachel getting see you two summers in a row. 00:41:11 Kelley Randall: yes 00:41:13 Heather Sulzle: Yes 00:41:13 jodibailey: yes 00:41:14 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: captions are visibile 00:41:14 Chad Grambsch: Yes 00:41:16 Mr. Putz: captions are good 00:41:16 Suzanne Hough: yes 00:41:17 Glenn: yes 00:41:19 stacy: yes 00:41:20 Mark Boileau: Yes 00:41:23 Anne D.: captions are awesome! 00:41:24 Michel Krebs: Yes! 00:41:25 Nicki: yes! 00:41:47 George Kellermann: captions work, but why are we talking about Munich? 00:42:08 Andrea Dorn: absolutely! 00:42:14 Lisa Kerr: YES!! PS...love the Bitmoji! :) 00:42:14 Kelley Randall: I recently used that bitmoji! 00:42:21 Jen Kellermann: Definitely! 00:42:29 RSternaman: YES! 00:42:34 Michelle: It's missing the Zoom screen on the teacher desk! 00:42:35 Evie Ostrander: I can't see any captions... 00:42:52 Stephanie Moran: Captions are at the top of the screen 00:43:10 James Brohn: Right above her slides 00:43:12 Jared Brennan: Never question Google...it can hear you 00:43:18 Robert Martens: Quite literally right now. ;-) 00:43:30 Kristin Knickelbein: Can you share how you did the captions? 00:43:31 Evie Ostrander: I see no slides 00:43:39 jvonstein: Google knows...…. 00:43:45 Dan Fenske: I'll get a link ready 00:44:30 Perry Lund: Captions are in PPT - you speak in Engish and it translates to other languages as well. Spanish is helpful in presenting to ESL students. 00:44:34 Mark Koelpin: 6 00:44:35 Rachel Pierson: 6 00:44:37 Cori Humann: 6 00:44:39 Joshua Schoeneck: 8 00:44:39 Suzanne Hough: 5 00:44:43 LSatorius: 5 00:44:43 Mrs. Baird: 6 00:44:44 Lisa Kerr: 7.5 00:44:44 Jim Henrickson: 8 00:44:45 Crystal Kramer: 7 00:44:45 Phil Gieschen: 6 00:44:46 Mark Kutz: 7 00:44:48 Rachel Schroeder: 7 00:44:48 Keri Patterson: 6 00:44:48 hwels: 6 00:44:49 Beth Sternhagen: 7 00:44:49 nmcneill: 4 00:44:50 Melissa Berg: 7 00:44:51 jvonstein: 5-6 00:44:51 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: 7 00:44:51 RSternaman: 7 00:44:52 Paul: 7 00:44:53 ALS 1st Grade: 8 00:44:53 Jen Kellermann: 5 00:44:53 Amy B: 6 00:44:53 bravok: 5 00:44:53 Mr. Kerr: 4 00:44:53 Scott Beyersdorf: 7 00:44:55 Hannah Compton: 5 00:44:55 James Carlovsky: The Lutheran Middle.. 00:44:55 Joni Rupnow: 7 00:44:55 Michele Diener: 7 00:44:57 Matt: 2 00:44:57 Stephanie Moran: 7 00:44:57 Greta: 7 00:44:58 Ann Ponath: 7 00:44:58 Chad Grambsch: 7 00:44:58 Ann: 7 00:44:58 George Kellermann: 6 in general, 2 if we're talking about plans for next fall... 00:44:58 Karen Tenyer: 7 00:44:58 Anne D.: 4 00:44:59 rebeccak: 7 00:44:59 szeitler: 4 00:44:59 Katie Schiferl: 6 00:44:59 Karen Ninmann: 7 00:44:59 stacy: 7 00:44:59 Karrie Race: 5 00:44:59 jschleis: 8 00:44:59 Adam Bohl: 6 00:44:59 Jared Brennan: 6.5 00:45:00 Hannah Mueller: 8 00:45:00 Wendy G: 5 00:45:00 Scheuerleinjm: 5 00:45:00 Ahnsharee Klusmeyer: 6 00:45:00 Kelley Randall: 6 00:45:00 Terri Elder: 7 00:45:01 Deanna: 5 00:45:02 jodibailey: 7 00:45:02 Nickie: 7 00:45:02 Bryan Schneck: 7 00:45:03 sandra B.: 5 00:45:03 Joy Dorn: 6-7 00:45:03 Darla: 7 00:45:04 Renee Witte: 7 00:45:05 Andrea Dorn: 5-6 00:45:05 Monica Rehberger: 8 00:45:05 Jason Gibson: 7 00:45:05 Jennifer Riebe: 7 00:45:05 Melissa Bickelhaupt: 7 00:45:05 jschn: 6 00:45:05 Heather Sulzle: 7 00:45:06 AMarquardt: 5 00:45:06 Michel Krebs: 4 00:45:06 Dan: 5 00:45:06 kathy: 7 00:45:08 Tammy: 7 00:45:08 Cole Biesterfeld: 7 00:45:09 Nate Menges: 8 00:45:09 Michelle Kom: 7 00:45:12 Laptop: 6 00:45:12 Remedial: 7 00:45:13 Naomi: 7 00:45:14 Mr. P: 6 00:45:17 lwiles: 7 00:45:22 Randy Watts: 6 00:45:23 tlindwurm: 5 00:45:25 Michael Albrecht: 5 00:45:44 Matt: the remind app 00:45:45 Karrie Race: Remind 00:45:47 Michele Diener: Remind App 00:45:48 Amy B: daily email 00:45:48 Michael Vlieger: Bloomz 00:45:49 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: email; Class Dojo; 00:45:49 RSternaman: facebook, website, remind 00:45:49 Jeff Wetzel: Group Me 00:45:49 Michelle: Bloomz/Zoom 00:45:50 Stephanie Moran: Newsletter, emails, texting, phone calls, Google Classroom, Remind app 00:45:50 Lauren Mantz: Class Dojo 00:45:51 Jennifer Adelmeyer: text, email, class Dojo 00:45:51 Beth Sternhagen: Bloomz 00:45:52 Scott Beyersdorf: Google Classroom, Zoom 00:45:53 Cori Humann: Just email. 00:45:54 Yvonda Hirsch: Class Dojo 00:45:55 Jared Brennan: hangouts 00:45:55 Cindy Weigand: seesaw, weekly newsletter, blog 00:45:55 Renee Witte: Google Classroom, Zoom, Kahoot, 00:45:56 Crystal Kramer: Google Sites 00:45:56 Nate Menges: Newsletter, 00:45:56 Michelle Dobberstein: mailchimp 00:45:56 bravok: weekly principal video emails. this just started with distance learning 00:45:56 Keri Patterson: ClassDojo 00:45:57 Monica Rehberger: Scheduled emails on Gmail 00:45:57 Nate Menges: App 00:45:57 Lynn Affeldt: Bloomz 00:45:58 Deanna: blogs, emails, texts 00:45:58 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: text 00:45:59 jschn: email, text 00:45:59 Hannah Mueller: Bloomz, paper, Facebook, Google Classroom 00:45:59 leanne.prange: Seesaw 00:46:00 Joshua Schoeneck: Email, Google Classroom 00:46:01 Lisa Kerr: Newsletters, emails, notes home, post its on folders, Google Classroom (LOVE It) 00:46:01 Kristin Knickelbein: Remind, Facebook, Zoom, Classroom 00:46:01 Joyce John: Google classroom 00:46:01 Chad Grambsch: Face to face talking. Texting. 00:46:02 George Kellermann: newsletter, texting 00:46:02 Melissa Bickelhaupt: Bright Wheel 00:46:03 Mark Koelpin: weekly group email 00:46:03 Michelle Kom: The Remind app 00:46:03 Josephine Avery: Classtag 00:46:04 Ann: online, paper, verbal 00:46:05 Nickie: Facebook Messenger Classroom Group, Google Classrooms 00:46:06 Phil Gieschen: phone calls 00:46:06 Melissa Berg: Seesaw 00:46:07 Mark Koelpin: remind 00:46:08 stacy: Class Tag 00:46:08 nmcneill: Newsletters, phone calls, text, seesaw 00:46:09 Joyce John: email, whatsapp 00:46:09 Beth Messman: facebook, email, text 00:46:11 Beth Sternhagen: Email, texts 00:46:12 LSatorius: email, car line face-to-face 00:46:13 Jason Gibson: Mail Chimp; One Call Now 00:46:14 Michelle Schliewe: weekly group email 00:46:15 LSatorius: texting 00:46:15 ALS 1st Grade: Video links emailed to parents 00:46:16 Katrina Brohn: Distance Learning: A Weekly Math Lesson Plan shared with Students so they could see where they are going (in a Google Doc). 00:46:17 Jared Christensen: OneCall 00:46:17 Naomi Evenson: email, texts, video,pics 00:46:18 LSatorius: phone calls 00:46:19 Hannah Compton: google classroom 00:46:21 Kelley Randall: Taking photos/videos and sharing through Google Photos, mass email through Gradelink, call/text/email 00:46:27 Michelle Schliewe: texting 00:46:28 stacy: text, email, phone calls, google hangouts 00:46:30 jvonstein: Duo 00:46:34 LSatorius: Google Meet 00:46:36 Connie Krueger: Class Tag 00:46:38 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: chat on Go Guardian 00:46:39 Deanna: private Facebook group 00:46:43 Randy Watts: email, text, and phone 00:46:50 Scott Beyersdorf: Facetime, Instagram video chat, facebook chat 00:46:51 LSatorius: chat on Go Guardian as well! 00:46:58 Melanie Schoeneck: Email, Facebook, Instagram (from an admin assistant) 00:47:09 Michael Vlieger: one call 00:47:59 Dan Fenske: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXGJQ5UO2Bk 00:48:25 Rachel Pierson: We love your criticism, Prof. Feld. 00:48:42 James Carlovsky: Dan's link leads to how to add CC to Google Slides presentations. 00:49:04 jvonstein: Yes criticism is critical constructive of course 00:49:29 jschleis: tl;dr :) 00:49:50 Melanie Schoeneck: Agreed! Concise VERY important! 00:49:54 Kelley Randall: Being concise was a struggle in the transition to distance learning. 00:50:16 Laura Balza: Yes. It was hard not to have information overload. 00:50:18 Lisa Kerr: Yes, Kelley...great point! 00:50:25 Perry Lund: If you use PPT - captions - https://youtu.be/zE40Iejzh0U 00:50:30 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: Agreed, Kelley 00:50:40 James Brohn: But yet to get everyone on the same page in the beginning, probably a necessary evil. 00:50:55 Michele: Our office manager, Rebecca Feld, checks my texts!! 00:51:14 ALS 1st Grade: Yes! I tried to limit the length... But it was hard to list all the assignments for the day without making it long! 00:51:31 Heidi Plocher: Lots of short, to-the-point messages vs one, long, "touch on everything" message 00:51:32 Beth Sternhagen: Rebecca Feld is the best! 00:51:41 Joshua Schoeneck: Differentiated communication - I love it. 00:52:35 Perry Lund: Our school made conscience effort to use uniform way to communicate course content, assignments in weekly format. Made channels for each week in our platform. 00:52:59 ALS 1st Grade: Ah okay! It would be interesting to ask parents- would you rather get one long email each day, or multiple short emails each day? Or maybe just link them to a Google Classroom list. 00:53:23 Matt: I posted a weekly "class meeting" video every Monday. They were usually 15 to 20 mins long, but most people only watched 6 mins (according to YouTube's reports) 00:53:24 Michelle Schliewe: als, yes 00:53:39 Stephanie Moran: ALS, yup! Survey time with that 00:53:52 Perry Lund: We tried daily communication for a few weeks, but parents and teachers were overloaded. 00:54:03 David Liebhard: I would also say timing is important too. When you send out info is just as important to the content of the message. 00:54:19 Kelley Randall: David L, YES! 00:54:25 jvonstein: Good point David 00:54:26 Melanie Schoeneck: ALS, or one email with short info about different things with links to place with more info. 00:54:28 Wendy G: google sheets with weekly assignments and links - worked great for teachers who taught in multiple classrooms 00:54:36 Melissa Berg: Yes-delaying a gmail to a certain time rather than sending it during parent prime working errors helped! 00:55:00 Beth Messman: First 2 weeks of quarantine, I emailed daily. I learned from a survey that parents couldn't keep up with that many, so I dropped to 2 a week. 00:55:14 Mrs. Krouse: concise 00:55:16 AnnieG: Concise 00:55:17 Lisa Kerr: concise....I have SO much to say 00:55:18 Noelle Boucher: concise 00:55:19 Michelle: consice 00:55:20 jschleis: Concise 00:55:21 Mike Barksdale: concise 00:55:21 Perry Lund: I taught multiple sections of a course and having ability to post messages and announcement across them with one post was important. 00:55:21 Rachel Wordell: Concise! There was so much information to share! 00:55:21 Sarah B: concise 00:55:22 Renee Witte: Concise 00:55:22 Michael Vlieger: concise 00:55:22 Jennifer Riebe: correct...things change! 00:55:22 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: concise. I like words 00:55:22 Ann: concise 00:55:22 Andrea: Concise 00:55:23 Beth Messman: concise 00:55:24 Jim Henrickson: consie 00:55:24 Rau: clear 00:55:24 LSatorius: complete 00:55:24 Stephanie Moran: Concise! I don’t want questions! 00:55:24 Karla Leitz: concise 00:55:25 Rachel Schroeder: concise 00:55:25 Noreen Wilson: concise 00:55:25 Cole Biesterfeld: concise 00:55:26 Lauren Mantz: Concise - feel like I need to make sure that I give all the details to everything 00:55:26 Phil Gieschen: concise 00:55:26 Hannah Mueller: concise 00:55:26 Naomi Boerner: concise 00:55:26 mlober: Concise 00:55:27 Miss Hardman: concise - I'm a words girl 00:55:27 nmcneill: Concise 00:55:27 Ann Ponath: concise 00:55:27 Jen Kellermann: Complete 00:55:28 ginar_000: concise 00:55:28 Hillary: concise 00:55:28 ALS 1st Grade: concise 00:55:28 lwiles: concise 00:55:29 Cori Humann: Being courteous--I tend to just get to the point. 00:55:29 rhaugly: Concise 00:55:29 Michelle Schliewe: consice 00:55:30 Karrie Race: concise 00:55:30 Andrea Dorn: concise and complete 00:55:30 Laptop: concise 00:55:30 Naomi: complete 00:55:30 Julie’s iPhone: concise 00:55:30 Jared Brennan: Concise VS Complete 00:55:32 sarah mose: concise while being complete 00:55:32 szeitler: concise 00:55:32 Jenny Schopper: Concise Vs. Complete 00:55:32 Mark Koelpin: consice; because I want to be clear 00:55:32 Emily: concise 00:55:33 Cristine Ladwig: Being clear and concise at the same time. 00:55:34 kristenmiller: being concise 00:55:34 Joanne Mattes: consice 00:55:34 Tim Payne: concise 00:55:34 Lisa Schmugge: Concise 00:55:35 Bekemeyer: concise while still complete 00:55:37 Beth Kramp: everthing 00:55:37 Robert Martens: Complete snuck in there 00:55:38 Mom: concise - I'm too wordy! 00:55:39 pmoll: concise 00:55:41 Sara Makinen: complete 00:55:41 jodibailey: concise. I feel like texts are easy to misunderstand 00:55:42 Suzanne Hough: clear 00:55:43 Jen Kellermann: concise vs. complete 00:55:46 Claire Rehberger: clear 00:55:48 Melissa Bickelhaupt: Correct, so many different areas where information is communicated. 00:55:50 Amy B: concise I want to be sure parents are feeling a part of their child's learning 00:55:51 Heidi Plocher: Conciseness 00:55:51 hwels: Concise! 00:55:52 Karen Ninmann: balancing concise vs complete 00:55:53 Lynn Affeldt: concise 00:55:55 Caley Ellenberger: clear 00:55:56 Heather Sulzle: Being too concise just created more questions. 00:55:57 Karleen Oppermann: Correct is the most important 00:55:57 Sara Isom: concise 00:55:57 Paul: concise - how much is too much, how much is too little 00:55:59 Chad Grambsch: Correct. We have too many posting info and it doesn't always match. We tell our families to go to the school website, but it doesn't match out newsletter info. 00:56:03 Alanna Walker: Clear 00:56:04 Joey: concise (also consistent @Prof. Feld) 00:56:06 Joshua Schoeneck: I want to say concise, but I can't think of a way to say it without using a bunch of words... 00:56:10 Michelle Schliewe: concise with complete 00:56:10 Perry Lund: At times sounding courteous in concise communications is tough. Need that filter. 00:56:11 Karrie Race: Remind has a limit on group texts which drove me crazy. 00:56:17 Ahnsharee Klusmeyer: concise 00:56:23 Hannah Compton: concise: trying to over explain things and make sure there are no questions coming back 00:56:41 mlober: if it's too concise it often leads to misinterpretation 00:56:41 stacy: Clear especially with language barriers 00:56:41 Dorothy Grivno: concise and consistent 00:56:49 Katie Schiferl: Correct, everything changes so often and we have too many sources for information 00:56:58 Miss S: During C-19 in April, parents requested one email/Google Assignment list per week from teachers 00:56:58 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: Agreeing, Peggy that concise and courteous are a tricky balance 00:57:01 Robert Martens: Congregations as well. 00:57:06 Robert Martens: Or the community at large. 00:57:10 James Brohn: Break out communications with Headers rather than one long communication. 00:57:16 Kelley Randall: stacy, yes being concise while also being clear due to lang. barrier was a real issue 00:57:36 L Schultz: Bullet Points vs. Paragraphs 00:57:37 Beth Messman: Departmentalized teachers have their own audience, too. 00:58:57 Robert Martens: That’s mainly my fault. 00:59:07 Naomi Evenson: bullet points, highlighting 00:59:18 Mrs. Baird: or they stop picking up the phone 00:59:22 Kelley Randall: Reply to All is the bane of my inbox 00:59:37 Matt Nottling: Use bcc please! 00:59:41 David Liebhard: BBC would be your ally in that. 00:59:44 David Liebhard: BCC* 00:59:53 Perry Lund: Blitz of email and communication can be mentally taxing if not dealt with in some way. 00:59:59 Kelley Randall: Is BCC possible if I'm not the email author? 01:00:06 Hannah Holzhueter: BCC yes!!! 01:00:11 Perry Lund: bcc: is your best friend. :-) 01:00:15 Robert Martens: It really is. 01:00:21 Robert Martens: I use it heavily. 01:00:27 Michael Vlieger: Digital signage in the church and school 01:01:01 Lisa Kerr: Daily communication is hard on teachers, too....we found that out :) 01:01:13 Jared Brennan: live/living documents 01:01:16 bravok: overwhelming especially for families with 4-5 siblings in the school 01:01:22 Perry Lund: We posted weekly expectations and notes and followed up with updates twice a week. 01:01:23 Matt Nottling: Do you make use of a digital message board at your school? If you do, what do you use? 01:01:27 Matt: I sent "reminds" daily. During the first few weeks, people responded and liked the messages. During the last few weeks, it was obvious most people were ignoring them. 01:01:27 Beth Messman: Question: How often do teachers communicate with parents/students during the summer break? 01:01:36 Kirk Schauland: If you would communicate daily, do it once, not multiple times a day 01:01:53 Jennifer Adelmeyer: Done that more than once Rachel!! 01:01:56 hwels: If you use Google Classroom, you can add guardians, which allows parents/guardians to receive a weekly summary of assignments. 01:02:18 Perry Lund: In teacher to student communication, I did a single announcement with the daily tasks and reminders. 01:02:49 bravok: Yes! We just learned about the Google Guardian feature! 01:02:52 Jeremiah Drews: Our church and school uses Flocknote, which divided communication into different groups, classrooms, and activities. It helps with relevant information. 01:03:17 Nickie: Verbal too ;) 01:03:35 Beth Messman: face-to-face is nice, isn't it 01:03:41 rebeccak: Remind Ap works really well to text the whole class. Also able to send pictures. 01:03:43 Dan Fenske: https://flocknote.com/ 01:03:45 James Carlovsky: As a parent, too, great point about having one common place to find all necessary information and not just in a "hidden" spot. 01:03:59 Phil Gieschen: face-to -face is preferred! 01:04:39 Dan Fenske: https://www.remind.com/ 01:04:39 Paul Leifer: I love using MailChimp because it helps me identify who I need to make a point to talk with face-to-face. 01:04:39 Perry Lund: MS Teams allow parent - guardian to look at teacher to student communication in channels. Good for assignments. Prior to remote learning but still digital, we used PlanBook lesson planner. Linked into Teams. 01:04:44 Mike Barksdale: language different than english 01:04:45 Jennifer Adelmeyer: Someone share more about the Google Guardian feature when you have time thanks! 01:04:46 Cristine Ladwig: Parents that don’t check email. 01:04:46 Beth Messman: Parents don't check emails 01:04:46 Mrs. Baird: Language/ ESL 01:04:49 Michelle Schliewe: First and second grade: Sent a Google Doc link to my weekly newsletter on Monday that included announcements and an assignment list of math, reading, memory treasure assignments that were always in the same spot in my newsletter in a heading format 01:04:49 Suzanne Hough: spanish speaking parents 01:04:49 Stephanie Moran: Parents ignoring messages, internet issues 01:04:50 kante: Cultural differences 01:04:52 Miss S: ESL 01:04:53 Beth Sternhagen: Parents not reading the communication. 01:04:55 Michael Vlieger: English as a second language 01:04:56 Mark Koelpin: too many emails 01:04:56 Cori Humann: Confusion about when and where to communicate. 01:04:57 Leah: tech divide 01:04:59 Lisa Kerr: Time....not enough to check in with parents, they have no time to check in with me. 01:04:59 jschleis: Ignoring messages 01:05:00 Alanna Walker: language 01:05:00 Rau: Parents don't read email 01:05:00 Hannah Compton: split families 01:05:01 Miss S: time to read 01:05:02 nmcneill: ESL 01:05:02 rhaugly: Parents don't respond 01:05:02 bravok: We have a number of parents that do not speak English fluently 01:05:03 Laura Balza: Lots of parents like to communicate heavily through text 01:05:05 Stephanie Moran: Too many sources of info 01:05:05 hwels: Students and parents aren't reading communications! 01:05:06 sandra B.: language 01:05:07 Emma: No response 01:05:09 Mrs. Baird: We don't have current numbers or emails 01:05:12 Karla Leitz: no one reading the newsletter 01:05:12 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: split families 01:05:13 Katrina Brohn: Age of students-young ones don't check email 01:05:15 Beth Kramp: technology challenged teacher 01:05:15 Remedial: Too many messages 01:05:16 jvonstein: parents changing phone numbers or email and notifying no one. 01:05:19 Darla: Parents lack of connection to messaging 01:05:19 Beth Messman: parents wnat to communicate only through Facebook 01:05:19 Mom: Parents that speak another language at home. 01:05:20 Michelle Schliewe: parents don't read 01:05:20 Laptop: Not reading what is sent. 01:05:20 Jared Brennan: time 01:05:20 Jodi Bailey: Ignoring communication/or missing it 01:05:20 James Carlovsky: Upper, middle, and lower grade teachers have different preferred methods. 01:05:21 David Liebhard: Too many communication platforms. 01:05:21 Mark Boileau: Split families. 01:05:23 Karen Tenyer: Parents don't check the folder or email 01:05:24 Heidi Plocher: Lack of response to emails 01:05:24 Andrea Dorn: up to date information 01:05:25 Melissa Bickelhaupt: Lack of parent effort 01:05:26 Jason Gibson: Language barrier/lack of parent engagement 01:05:26 Heather Sulzle: Getting parents to regularly check emails. 01:05:26 Noreen Wilson: parents not reading communication 01:05:28 kristenmiller: I teach K-8 Spanish is three schools. Tough to keep everyone in touch. 01:05:28 Beth Messman: time 01:05:31 Melanie Schoeneck: Info in more than one place so if info is updated in one place, it also needs to be updated in multiple places. 01:05:31 Matt: as time went on, more students stopped doing the school work. They were embarrassed when Icalled them, so some didn't pick up 01:05:32 Rau: refusing to use technology 01:05:33 Sara Makinen: Students using the bus so I never see the parents in person 01:05:35 Mrs. Krouse: Parent's are busy 01:05:35 Jen Kellermann: Split families, parents who don't check email, 01:05:39 rhaugly: Parent effort 01:05:39 lguthmiller: all the time zones and different countries our students are in 01:05:41 Michelle: Families seem to prefer different forms of communication. As hard as I try, they will not all use the same one! 01:05:41 Perry Lund: Often communication happen after a problem exists. Reactive and not proactive at times. 01:05:41 Anna White: Have you heard of the rule of 1/3s? 01:05:42 bravok: Yes, parent info changing a lot like numbers and emails 01:05:42 Bekemeyer: Not enough time…either for parents to read/respond or for me as a teacher to type up. 01:05:43 Dorothy Grivno: communication fatigue....too many messages from school then classroom messages start getting ignored 01:05:45 Jared Brennan: different levels of tech skills 01:05:47 stacy: phone calls and texts not returned 01:05:53 Robert Martens: Communication fatigue is a real thing. 01:05:55 Ann: two households for one child 01:05:55 Judy: Parents overwhelmed with life and just can't get to everything. 01:05:57 Lisa Kerr: Great one, Dorothy 01:05:57 Anne D.: lack of correct technology 01:06:01 Matt: disconnected phone lines 01:06:02 Heidi Plocher: by the end of the day, I'm exhausted... 01:06:03 Owner: Parents don't keep track of their child's info and are always re-asking...:( 01:06:04 Jen Kellermann: figuring out how much to communicate 01:06:04 Anna White: 1/3 will get it right away, 1/3 will get it eventually, and 1/3 will always be clueless 01:06:05 Nickie: Need to make sure info is shared with everyone...figuring out best source for all 01:06:05 jschleis: Preach! 01:06:05 Ann Moeller: Sometimes people just do not read (regularly check) the messages school is sharing with families. 01:06:08 jschn: #1 F to F, #2 phone. Frustration in that many won't pick up a phone call and then text back what do I want. 01:06:09 Cristine Ladwig: Lack of technology in the homes. 01:06:16 Matt: families moving out of town without notice 01:06:19 Beth Messman: more than 1 teacher sending out information for each student in 1 family 01:06:22 debbiespriggs: multiple students in a family all getting different communication from all their children’s teachers 01:06:22 tlindwurm: Children in many classrooms and too much info if in different locations. 01:06:22 Michael Albrecht: in a departmentalized setting getting teachers and parents together on room/grade information 01:06:23 Wendy G: parents don't read anything and then ask questions about things already shared 01:06:26 Andrea: Multiple kids in each family. 01:06:26 bravok: Thank you to whoever shared the Flocknote idea. Definitely looking into that 01:06:53 Ann Moeller: "What do you want?" "I want to TALK to you!" 01:06:56 Robert Martens: Being able to segment into different groups easily is important. 01:07:10 Heather Sulzle: What is Flocknote? 01:07:10 Perry Lund: Cultural difference - in Doral students communicate frequently from 10 pm to 3 am when then are up and working remotely. ;-) 01:07:23 Miss S: bettter than nothing...ok 01:07:56 Lisa Kerr: Perry, we found that too during virtual learning. Teens have different schedules. I guess we all kind of do. 01:08:00 Matt: I teach multi-grade, the students I have had for more than one year were much easier to connect with than the ones I had for less than a year. So relationship is key 01:08:37 Perry Lund: We learn how to adapt to those differences. 01:08:38 Karleen Oppermann: Teachers need to follow through to make sure the messages have been received. That is a different form of barrier. 01:08:44 Beth Messman: split families 01:08:48 James Carlovsky: Great thought about creating relationships, first, Matt! 01:09:30 Robert Martens: Important to set some expectations from the start, even if schools are able to go back to “normal". 01:09:33 Rachel Pierson: (Maslow before Bloom) 01:09:48 rhaugly: Non-member families 01:10:05 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: This was my first year in a new school - they don't know me yet. Those relationships are so important! 01:10:23 Kari Deglow: making relationships is key 01:10:26 Judy: Talk to parents upfront and ask them to please ask again if something isn't clear...don't be afraid to ask, and I won't either 01:10:28 Robert Martens: Here is a link for some information on guardians using Google Classroom: https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6388136?hl=en 01:10:28 Beth Kramp: So hard when you teach preschool and get the new families 01:10:38 Michelle: Home visits!! 01:10:45 Robert Martens: Communication needs to probably be a more important part of the onboarding for both member and non-member families. 01:10:48 Miss S: that was the challenge we communicate face to face in so many ways that helps to break the barriers 01:11:06 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: Thanks for that link, Bob. This was new info for me. 01:11:18 stacy: Face to face is so important but this may change this year. 01:11:18 jschleis: "No significant learning can occur without a significant relationship" -James Comer 01:11:20 Robert Martens: No problem. Pay attention that there are links for teachers in that document as well. 01:11:40 James Carlovsky: 1st year teachers have a potentially bigger challenge of not having face to face to before this first year, too, due to COVID-19. 01:11:55 Kelley Randall: My parent relationships actually grew with distance learning. Parents were teaching the Bible Lessons I sent home to K4. It opened up honest and impactful comradery. 01:12:00 Judy: Trying to send a quick "good news" text every couple weeks or so helps build relationships 01:12:03 Ann Ponath: We had a 7/8 grade Zoom every Friday just to talk and answer any questions they had. 01:12:05 Karleen Oppermann: Many families would prefer visits at school instead of in the home. You can then reference things they can see at school and give them TIME to digest what they see. 01:12:54 Robert Martens: Being intentional is vital. 01:12:59 Cristine Ladwig: Yes, but with a large faculty we have never been able to come to a consensus of what form to use. 01:13:07 Miss S: I find that second language parents were more willing to ask if the relationship is good 01:13:08 leanne.prange: Home visits may not be possible this fall. How will we build the relationships without this vital part? 01:13:16 Dorothy Grivno: I agree that I have encountered families who are not comfortable with home visits especially when they live in a different neighborhood that the majority of families. 01:13:28 Michelle Schliewe: Leanne.prange Zoom home visits! 01:13:39 Claire Rehberger: Leanne-we are going to have parents come byappt to the classroom 01:13:39 Deanna: As a preschool teacher, I gave them the option of meeting at their home, at school or at a local park near them and we had "Tea with Teacher". I brought some cookies and drink and we just got to know each other a bit. I generally had it after the beginning of school. 01:13:44 Matt: our community is still under stay-at-home orders...so not home visits this year 01:13:54 mlober: True Karleen, but doing the visit at their home gives valuable insight to what your students home situations are like. 01:14:09 Robert Martens: Challenging to be certain when being kept from some of the most effective tools in the toolbox. 01:14:44 Michele: Bottom of the Backpack would be a great title for a classroom newsletter! 01:14:46 RSLS Sandi: Upper grade teachers can check in with lower level teachers...What did you find is the best way for this family? 01:15:02 Melissa Berg: I like the idea of being intentional about the when. Our staff has talked about what/how but not when on our weekly things. 01:15:07 Robert Martens: Collaboration across the faculty is an amazing opportunity. 01:15:11 Robert Martens: Or it can be, 01:15:19 Lisa Kerr: We offer both home and school visits, depending on preference. I do like the school, because it gets so many families together at once. However, seeing their homes is important to creating relationships 01:15:23 Karleen Oppermann: I got more cooperation when the visit was on neutral ground. 01:15:31 David Liebhard: Keeping it simple. Love it. 01:15:32 Michelle Schliewe: Robert Martens, I agree 01:15:43 Robert Martens: They probably already did this Spring. 01:15:54 Perry Lund: Tool standardization is important at a school 01:15:57 Owner: During our virtual event, I emailed parents Sunday night with assignment information and then emailed every morning with a different Bible passage every day. 01:16:55 Perry Lund: We kept touch with our homeroom periods by sharing Bible devotions each day in our LMS. Nice to stay in touch with group of kids. 01:17:20 David Liebhard: Videos! 01:18:12 Hannah Holzhueter: and how do you best ask families this? hard to get families surveys AND to actually get them to fill them out 01:18:44 Robert Martens: Surveying is a great opportunity, but the old fashion call-and-ask might work best as well. 01:18:51 James Brohn: As part of our registration, we create a Google Form asking parents which communication groups they want to be part of. 01:18:53 Robert Martens: Might even make the ask a part of registration. 01:18:54 Deanna: Google forms are pretty good for surveys 01:18:56 Paul: We generally get about 10% of our parent surveys taken. Anyone have a good way to push them? 01:18:57 jeremybakken: And Whole Ministry (include church) 01:19:10 Cori Humann: Constant Contact. 01:19:18 Emily: How do I know which tools are easy for parents to read/access on a phone? 01:19:33 Dan Witte: d6 -- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.d6.schools&hl=en_US 01:19:34 Robert Martens: Emily, try them. 01:19:50 Robert Martens: Any tool you want your parents to use, test them yourself on a device. 01:19:54 George Kellermann: We have a weekly newsletter that's emailed and printed for those that want a hard copy. Each teacher includes a classroom newsletter that's a hyperlink in the online version. It seems to work well for us 01:20:07 Beth Messman: Does anyone else communicate through the daily student assignment planners? 01:20:38 Claire Rehberger: I like the classroom hyperlink idea,George! 01:20:39 Andrea: YES! I felt like we couldn't keep track of all the accounts and I only had 1 child in school. (3 more little at home didn't help.) 01:20:46 Leah: Beth, yes. 01:21:33 Chad Grambsch: Beth- I have a binder that goes home everyday and there is a bullet point of future items they need to know, like field trip money due, meetings, etc. It's set up for the week. 01:21:51 Jen Kellermann: I use daily planners for specific homework assignments. If there is a bigger project than I also include information in the weekly school newsletter. 01:22:32 David Liebhard: Passive communication could be a Google Calendar shared with your groups. Updating it and keeping it accurate is the key. 01:23:18 Rachel Pierson: It's also important for people to set limits on when they will respond. You do not need to be checking your email/texts at all hours of the night. 01:23:35 Robert Martens: Yes, be clear with what the limits are you are setting in order to take care of yourself and your family. 01:23:36 Stephanie Moran: Rachel Pierson, agreed! 01:24:06 David Liebhard: Fencing off time is important. Intentional honest rules are okay with office hours. 01:24:08 Lisa Kerr: we have time stipulations in our communication plan. how long teachers have to answer, times when parents will get responses more immediately than others, how to get in touch in an emergency.... 01:24:09 Michelle Schliewe: Rachel Feld, YES!!! 01:24:10 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: Agreed, Rachel Pierson. That was hard - families had very different hours when their kids were doing schoolwork. 01:24:13 Darin Stewart: We use Remind quite a bit in our school. It sends a text to parents' phones. We have found they are 90% more viewed than emails. 01:24:21 Heidi Plocher: I write so many emails at 5am, BUT I use the scheduling option to send them at a "normal" hour so that people don't think I am ALWAYS free. 01:24:29 Michelle Schliewe: I have communicated the same things, and still people thingk they can text and get a response! 01:24:30 Stephanie Moran: I can’t stand when parents call and expect me to pick up during the day 01:24:45 Karleen Oppermann: Yup Rachel. I always told them "I am busy teaching" and I will respond when I am able or after school hours. 01:24:46 Robert Martens: It actually goes hand-in-hand with what was talked about in Session 1. Timming the amount of work and being more flexible allows parents to be flexible with communication. 01:24:51 RSLS Sandi: no secretary 01:24:53 Melissa Berg: During covid, the teachers had office hours on zoom-just an open meeting where kids/parents could hop on anytime in that hour (twice each day). Some parents still texted, but it was rare. 01:25:28 James Carlovsky: Melissa, how well was that utilized on a daily basis? 01:25:35 wordellkaren@gmail.com: Yes !!! Not the end of the world!! Hard for some parents to realize that. It is OK to let me know in the morning, we will fix it tomorrow. 01:25:40 Jacob Steinmetz: During distance learning, the expectation we established was that teachers would respond to emails within 2 hours during "normal" school hours. Outside of school hours, they could respond, or wait until the next day. 01:26:06 Melissa Berg: I usually had 1 or 2 students come on at least twice/week. For awhile, I had one student meeting with me during that time every day, just to assist their family. 01:26:08 Heather Sulzle: Jacob- I like that idea. 01:26:14 Cristine Ladwig: You have to train yourself to look at texts or emails or phone messages. 01:26:35 Robert Martens: Yes! Continual improvement! 01:27:00 Jeremiah Drews: Be open to feedback! 01:27:02 Perry Lund: Looks like SLC diagram from software development ;-) 01:27:07 Claire Rehberger: The school plan on hours for communication will definitely be a point to talk about at home/school visits 01:27:20 Joshua Schoeneck: Be careful that you take a parent's viewpoint on this. They may prefer texting rather than talking to you. When they call in the middle of the day, it may be because that is when they are free. In the age of cell phones, they may not expect you to answer right then, but it is a way for them to leave you a voicemail. 01:27:21 James Carlovsky: The challenge as a teacher is to be willing to pivot away from your personal preferred methods of communication. 01:27:23 Michelle Schliewe: Yes, Christine 01:27:45 Michelle Schliewe: James, Yes! 01:27:52 Heather Sulzle: Most of my communication during distance learning was directly with students- chat room, email, & text. 01:29:17 Heather Sulzle: Communicating directly with middle school students was often more effective than through parents. We made sure that the kids received the school newsletter through email as well as the parents. 01:29:24 David Liebhard: Nothing is ever "free." What are you selling or giving up to use it. 01:29:53 Robert Martens: Also, consider the amount of work to keep a tool current with families, groups, students, different divisions, etc. 01:30:07 Sara Makinen: We use schoolspeak 01:30:14 Michelle Dobberstein: I love Mailchimp because of the tracking features, I can see who opens and clicks! 01:30:17 Robert Martens: Things that integrate with your student information system, or learning management system, might be worth paying for just so that you are not duplicating the management. 01:30:25 Mike Ross: SMORE is good, we like it and looks a bit more professional, easy to use as well 01:30:35 James Brohn: Can you include links in Smore? 01:30:38 Robert Martens: With tracking technologies, just be aware that there may be some additional regulatory issues with tracking in the future. 01:30:41 Perry Lund: Yes Bob - integration to SIS is so nice when it exists for the LMS. 01:30:42 Paul Leifer: Agreed, Michelle D. 01:31:09 Mike Ross: $79 a year to have a dedicated newsletter creator is not that much I don’t think. 01:31:22 David Liebhard: If you live in CA, some things are against their digital privacy act. 01:31:30 Robert Martens: David, exactly. 01:31:43 Robert Martens: That is probably going to continue to spread across the US. 01:32:10 Andrea: So if our school uses remind, can I set up a classroom account within the school account? How does that work? 01:32:15 jschn: Unfortunately, I've found that some parents prefer to text because they feel allowed to use passive aggressive comments that they would never use when speaking to you on the phone. Then you need to take the time to get the message back to positive territory to get something done. 01:32:23 Jacob Steinmetz: Does anyone know if Remind or ClassTag have response tracking (how many people/what percentage read the message)? 01:33:00 Dan Witte: our international school uses d6 School Communicator -- very helpful https://d6.co.za/education/ 01:33:32 Cassie Doering: ClassTag shows you who has seen the messages. They can also pick whether to receive messages as texts or emails! 01:34:21 Matt: @Andrae if you get the basic school remind, it allows you to set up around 10 "classes". enough for our school, but it is about $700 for a year. We are upgrading this year to the premium package, more classes and advanced features, but it is about $2000 a year 01:34:30 Dan Fenske: Throw Edmodo into the mix 01:34:55 Andrea: Thanks @Matt for the Remind info! 01:35:43 Michelle Schliewe: LOL Rachel 01:36:18 Matt: @Jacob, the free remind and basic remind does not, but the advanced does 01:36:25 James Brohn: Careful with student privacy and sharing photos? 01:36:45 Robert Martens: Yes, you need to always be aware of student privacy. You should be getting permission from guardians to share their likeness. 01:37:04 leanne.prange: Seesaw is also very private and secure. 01:37:17 Cindy Weigand: I love Seesaw. 01:37:29 jschleis: ClassDojo is also very secure 01:37:56 Beth Kramp: Is Seesaw easy to use? 01:38:10 Sarah Sell: Seesaw is very easy to use. 01:38:10 leanne.prange: Yes, seesaw is very easy and they are also helpful! 01:38:19 Hannah Holzhueter: How are we getting clock hours? 01:38:24 jvonstein: Thank you thank you 01:38:26 Katie Schiferl: Does Seesaw cost anything? 01:38:28 tlindwurm: Thank you! 01:38:29 jschn: Thank you, Rachel. Lots of good ideas. 01:38:30 L Schultz: Seesaw is User friendly, parent friendly, student friendly, and teacher friendly 01:38:33 Robert Martens: Clock Hours: https://forms.gle/cz36Bbx1xXaHViJU8 01:38:35 David Liebhard: Star Trek > Star Trek. 01:38:36 Connie Krueger: Seesaw is wonderful! Very easy for teachers and parents. 01:38:37 Michelle Schliewe: Thank you! 01:38:37 Laura Balza: Thanks, Rachel! This was great! 01:38:39 leanne.prange: seesaw is free 01:38:39 Caley Ellenberger: I had great feedback from parents using Dojo this year. 01:38:40 Cori Humann: I thought the grade 7-12 session was tomorrow. 01:38:41 Michele: Very practical, thanks! 01:38:44 jessica.enter: Loved it! Thanks Rachel!!! 01:38:45 Alanna Walker: Thank you for all this information! 01:38:45 sarahgabb: Thank you! 01:38:47 Yvonda Hirsch: Thanks so much for your time!!! 01:38:48 ginar_000: thank you! 01:38:48 James Carlovsky: The next session is for Grades 3-6. 01:38:49 Nickie: THANK YOU!!!! 01:38:52 Heather Sulzle: I think 3-6 is next, 01:38:54 Lisa Schmugge: Thank you! 01:38:55 Karla Leitz: Thank you 01:38:56 Cristine Ladwig: Thanks for the info. 01:38:57 Amy B: Thank you!! 01:38:57 Owner: To be able to do everything on SeeSaw there is a fee 01:38:57 Julie’s iPhone: This was great! thank you! 01:38:57 Beth Kramp: Thank you! 01:38:57 wordellkaren@gmail.com: Is gr. 3-8 or 7-12 next? 01:38:58 Melissa Bickelhaupt: THANK YOU! 01:38:58 Anne D.: thank you for your wonderful presentation! 01:38:59 Karen Tenyer: Thanks Rachel! 01:38:59 James Carlovsky: 7-12 is tomorrow at 1:30 CT. 01:38:59 Karrie Race: Awesome presentation!! 01:39:00 Cindy Weigand: Seesaw is free. Use the Class App! 01:39:02 bravok: Thank you! 01:39:03 Jen Kellermann: Thank you! 01:39:05 Leah Qualmann: Thank you for all the great information. 01:39:05 Noelle Boucher: Thank you! 01:39:06 Noreen Wilson: Isn't next session grades 3-6? 01:39:06 Dan Fenske: Grades 7-12 is tomorrow. Grades 3-6 is coming next 01:39:09 hwels: Thank you! 01:39:09 Phil Gieschen: Great job! Very helpful! Lots to think about and discuss before the beginning of school. 01:39:10 sandra B.: Thank you so much, Prof. Feld! 01:39:11 Yvonda Hirsch: Jefferson, WI appreciates this! 01:39:13 Dorothy Grivno: Thank you for the great presentation! 01:39:14 Carolyn Henzi: Great job!! Thank you so much! 01:39:14 mlober: Thank you 01:39:14 Heidi Plocher: I have it that DL gr 7-12 is tomorrow? 01:39:16 AnnieG: Thank you! 01:39:17 MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMM: Thanks, Professor and Bob! 01:39:21 Jacob Steinmetz: SeeSaw is *free* up to a certain number of assignments. 01:39:22 Andrea Dorn: Thank you very much! 01:39:24 Hannah Compton: Thank you! 01:39:24 lwiles: Grades 3-6 next? 01:39:26 Beth Messman: Thanks Rachel!