Baumgartner

At the one of the last Elite sessions I had set up a Twitter account.  My idea was to use this to inform parents and remind students of the daily assignments done in class.  I sent out an email to all parents on our team to inform them of the Twitter account and what was going to be posted.  I am still not sure how many parents are using this to stay informed, but I have been reminding students daily to check the account. The account address is www.twitter.com/baumscience6

Now that second semester has started, I have started attaching any powerpoints that includes notes, pictures, or any information needed for class.   This way, if a student is absent, they can access the notes they missed through Twitter.  Parents can also double check their son's/daughter's work that was done in class.  I do know that the notes have been used by two students and my hope is that it catches on with all students.

At the middle school, student devices are far and few between so I haven't had an assignment geared toward student devices.  If more student devices show up in the future, I am more than willing to start using those types of assignments.