Any issue, problem or announcement can be communicated at the required time without waiting for a later scheduled meeting so that the issue can be addressed immediately. Parents can monitor the progress of their child.
Having a blog that talks about teaching and learning, with the aim of sharing knowledge with parents, is a great way for a teacher to help parents deal with issues that affect their children and to support them by helping them support their children’s learning. Parents appreciate getting to know their child’s teacher as a person.
Parents and teachers can use these tools to set up a convenient time to meet online to avoid schedule clashes and unnecessary travel to video conference.
Twitter can be used to post reminders about events, share news of the day, share photographs and information about school-wide class trips, and has a message feature that allows parents and teachers to communicate.
Weekly or fortnightly class newsletters could be created as a joint effort, to include examples of student work, and upcoming assignments. Such newsletters can be made a class assignment and include the syllabi in it, in terms of quizzes and creative assignments. Parents would see them and communicate with their student and teacher about them.