Remind

Are you looking for new ways to communicate with your parents, and maybe even your students?  Well, I use Remind.  Remind is a communication tool that helps teachers communicate with parents and students.  You can send messages to any device.  Subscribers can receive messages by text or email.  Standard text messaging fees apply.

What do you do?

• Visit www.remind.com.
• Create an account.
• Create a class.
• A class code will be created for you. (Note: I always create a demo class first since a class code is created for me.  Then I create a "real" class so I can create my own code.)
• The class code is what people will text when they are signing up to join your group.
• Sign yourself up for your demo class so you can practice with the platform.
• Remind will assign you a short code and an actual phone number.
• Signing up parents/students
• Give them phone number or short code, or
• There is a place you can click to add "Add People".  Just click on the little person with the (+) plus sign next to it (next to "People").  Just type in their names and cell numbers or email addresses.
• You are now ready to send your text messages.
• You can send messages immediately, or
• You can schedule messages go out at a later date.
• If you have more than one teacher that shares your class, you can make them an owner so you both can send messages.
• Parents/students can send chat messages through the platform, but they do not have your number and you don't have theirs.  Be sure to set your office hours so parents aren't sending you chats at all hours of the night.
• There is a free mobile app on iOS or Android.