website<\/a>, uses FaceBook to communicate with families AND is readily accessible via email. It’s not the tools that impressed me so much as the mindset driving Mrs. Ryan’s choice to deliberately integrate these technologies into her pedagogical practice. Hooray!!!! As a parent, I already feel welcomed into Zo\u00eb’s classroom knowing that her teacher will post updates, send messages, and share important information regularly, reliably and in a medium that is immediately accessible to me anywhere, any time.<\/p>\nAnd so, as I wait it out until 3:35, I may just check for updates on the classroom snack calendar schedule or on Facebook for a glimpse into my little girl’s first day of Grade 2. I’ll hope to hear about the exciting activities directly from Zo\u00eb on the way home from school…but in the meantime, I love that her classroom is already open to the world…<\/p>\n
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