Multimedia Tools

Multimedia tools can help communication with parents in a few ways. Use of things like animation sites and video making sites can make school webpages and electronic newsletters more engaging and motivating to read for parents. Also sites like teachertube provide free video resources for parents on things they can do at home to help their child as well as inform them of the types of things the teachers are doing in the classroom. Video sites would be very helpful communication tools in my school as so many of our parents have limited reading skills and might feel more comfortable viewing a video rather than reading a lenthy letter on how to help with spelling or something.