This week, ParentCamp team member, Jeremy Bond (@JeremyDBond) is back with us talking about Communication – but with a focus on the high school level. He will be fresh off of a parent/teacher night with his daughter who is in high school. Jeremy Bond attended his first ParentCamp at the U.S. Department of Education in 2015, moderated a packed breakout session and would return the following years as a ParentCamp Board member and facilitator. During this same period, in 2015 Jeremy joined the first global Digital Citizenship Summit in his…
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#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 11/13 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 22 – Starting a Parent Organization
#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 11/13 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 22 – Starting a Parent Organization The most common question the ParentCamp team is asked is: How do we hold a ParentCamp at our school? The second most common question we are asked is: How do we start a parent organization at our school? This week we are going to tackle the second question. Julie Pile (@juliepile), ParentCamp team member is going to lead the discussion of how to start a parent organization at your school. Julie was…
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#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 11/6 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 21 – Critically At-Risk: There is no job description for this! We have a very special guest this week. Dr. Joe Hibbett (@joeymh) of the Boone County Schools in Boone County, KY. Joe is the principal of the Alternative School and does a phenomenal job of engaged students and families back into education who we have previously lost. Every educator has head the term “at-risk.” Have parents/guardians? It is interesting to note that caretakers of at-risk students report…
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#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 10/30 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 19 – Designing for Equity in Schools We are going to be splitting our Recap and Previews up into two separate postings for #ParentCampChat. We have so many great things to share, we wanted to make it easier for you to read. This week’s chat was inspired by a conversation started by Paul Gorski (@pgorski) on Twitter. You can view the conversation at http://bit.ly/2q5T37g. Often we are “blind” to understanding things from other’s perspectives, especially if we do…
Read More#ParentCampChat Week 18 Recap – Using Technology to Engage & Improve Communities – Wednesday 10/23 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 19 – Dyslexia Awareness Month
#ParentCampChat Week 18 Recap – Using Technology to Engage & Improve Communities – Wednesday 10/23 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 19 – Dyslexia Awareness Month Did you miss #ParentCampChat Week 18 – Using Technology to Engage and Improve Communities – You can catch up by scrolling through all of the tweets on our Wakelet summary: https://wakelet.com/wake/ee97e734-b25b-4cfc-afcc-cc12b3c77242 We would like to give a HUGE ParentCamp thank you to our own Jerry Bond (@JeremyDBond) who lead a lively discussion on Helping Families Use Tech to Engage with &…
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