Parent Communication and Smart Phone Application Erika Apathy EDET 636 University of Alaska Southeast Introduction Last semester during my student teaching I was in one classroom where the teacher tried to implement a parent communication app to increase parent involvement. I noticed that this teacher was not successful getting parents signed up for the smart phone app. There is another teacher in the same school that has very successfully implemented the Remind app in her class. When I began looking into topics for this paper I wanted to look more into how these applications are helpful when they are implemented correctly. I am also interested in how to increase parent involvement and to find a more reliable communication method between parents and teachers. With the increased use of technology in the classroom there are many different options, so some may work better than others. Research Question Does technology including smart phone applications like Remind inc...