Remind App

[Anonymous]

Just wondering if folks like the remind app and feel it has increased communication between parents and teachers

[Anonymous]

I can't seem to communicate with other parents in Remind app. Bad

[Anonymous]

Our elementary school is using it to communicate quick reminders/announcements home and it has worked great for us. The ability for the messages to translate to the parents' preferred language has been very helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't seem to communicate with other parents in Remind app. Bad

It was never intended to be a parent to parent communication app. It is a school to parent - parent to school app.

MCPS has its issues but paying for an app for you to contact other parents isn't one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't seem to communicate with other parents in Remind app. Bad

It was never intended to be a parent to parent communication app. It is a school to parent - parent to school app.

MCPS has its issues but paying for an app for you to contact other parents isn't one of them.

But how can I set up Larla's birthday party?

[Anonymous]

I have no idea what it is - there are way too many communications "tools" MCPS has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our elementary school is using it to communicate quick reminders/announcements home and it has worked great for us. The ability for the messages to translate to the parents' preferred language has been very helpful.

Our HS uses it this way too. It's great.

[Anonymous]

Does mcps have a list of apps it uses similar to the list in the link below?

Http://Del.fcps.edu

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our elementary school is using it to communicate quick reminders/announcements home and it has worked great for us. The ability for the messages to translate to the parents' preferred language has been very helpful.

Same. It’s also great that it doesn’t require me to download anything. And that it is separate from Synergy, which is terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does mcps have a list of apps it uses similar to the list in the link below?

Http://Del.fcps.edu

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/data-privacy-security/technology/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering if folks like the remind app and feel it has increased communication between parents and teachers

It could be good potentially but we need to streamline the methods of communication. Keep Remind and let people get used to it for several years. Cut one of the emails and eliminate the contact options through Synergy and Canvas. One email and Remind.

[Anonymous]

It works great for necessary messages, but it shouldnt be forced upon teachers to use it on a regular basis for things that don't actually require it.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think we are using it yet?
We have parentvue, canvas, teachers have two email addresses but you never know if you are supposed to use org or net, we get a smite newsletter, there’s a listserv, we get texts and I think some administrators and guidance use twitter. We don’t yet have carrier pigeon or the very expensive bus tracking app I thought they said we were getting.

Surely there is a way to streamline all of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think we are using it yet?
We have parentvue, canvas, teachers have two email addresses but you never know if you are supposed to use org or net, we get a smite newsletter, there’s a listserv, we get texts and I think some administrators and guidance use twitter. We don’t yet have carrier pigeon or the very expensive bus tracking app I thought they said we were getting.

Surely there is a way to streamline all of this.

Lucky. Our principal is forcing it down our throats. We HAVE to send at LEAST one weekly message. I had a parent angrily write back (even though she signed up for it but regardless). I don't need this extra BS on my plate in order to maintain some MCPS quota so they can justify buying yet something else. If a teacher WANTS to use it, they should. Like the above poster said, no one should be forced to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think we are using it yet?
We have parentvue, canvas, teachers have two email addresses but you never know if you are supposed to use org or net, we get a smite newsletter, there’s a listserv, we get texts and I think some administrators and guidance use twitter. We don’t yet have carrier pigeon or the very expensive bus tracking app I thought they said we were getting.

Surely there is a way to streamline all of this.

Lucky. Our principal is forcing it down our throats. We HAVE to send at LEAST one weekly message. I had a parent angrily write back (even though she signed up for it but regardless). I don't need this extra BS on my plate in order to maintain some MCPS quota so they can justify buying yet something else. If a teacher WANTS to use it, they should. Like the above poster said, no one should be forced to do so.

Once a week is crazy. Is this for elementary school?