Erika Apathy EDET 636

I feel I learned a lot during this class, despite feeling quiet frustrated at times. I enjoyed completing the action research paper and feel like I am back up with fact if I want to incorporate smart phone apps into my own classroom. I am looking forward to using some of what I learned into my own classroom. It will be interesting to see if I am successful at incorporating a smart phone application like Remind.

Link to view recorded presentation of final paper.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4agv9ZEo9M

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...