Remind 101 Parent Letter

Alright, here I go with the Remind 101 parent letter, tips, and a bunch of other info.  First off, here is what the app looks like

When you download the FREE (who doesn't love free?!) app, you will create a group.  Each group that you create will be given a phone number and special message that parents will use to subscribe to the text reminders.  

You will need to write that information on the parent letter.  

Since I will be teaching half day Kindergarten this year (yikes!), I was able to create a group for both my AM and PM sessions.  Remember, you will be given different messages for each group so be sure to write the correct message for each group on the parent letter.  

A few notes about the app that I’ve learned so far.... 

One, you can schedule reminders to be sent out in the future so that YOU don’t have to remember to send out reminders!  If your memory is anything like mine, this is an Uh-Mazing feature!

Two, when parents choose to receive text reminders they simply become part of the group you created, so you can’t respond to individual parents/questions.  I personally think this is a great feature in order to maintain the purpose of the text (reminder only).  Don't forget to grab the parent letter below on my TPT page and add it to your beginning of the year parent packet.

Remind 101

If you haven't heard about the Remind 101 app for the iphone, you need to check it out.  I learned all about it at the ITeachK conference (which, by the way, was awesome)!  I tested it out this past weekend and think it is going to be fantastic for keeping parents in the loop about school events and deadlines.  When you get the app, a letter for parents is emailed to you.  It wasn't thorough enough for my liking, so I typed up a different letter.  I will post the letter as soon as I figure out how! So...off I go to read some more tutorials. :)

Let's give this a go...

Nobody likes to be left out of the fun, so I decided that I HAD to have a blog.  I thought I was pretty computer savvy...and then I tried to set up a blog.  Phew!  Thank goodness for all the blogs about blogging.  I thank you all for your 'blogging for dummies' posts tutorials.  I've already decided that blogging is going to be complete awesome sauce.  Stay tuned for all things KINDERGARTEN!