色情导航

Keeping Parents in the Loop

a story from Bonnie Odd

鈥淧arents want to be involved, but they don鈥檛 always know how... This brings them right into the classroom, without embarrassing their kids.鈥
Bonnie Odd, 7th Grade Math Teacher
Spring Creek Middle School, Providence, UT

Explaining Math the 鈥淩ight Way鈥

As any parent who鈥檚 tried it will attest, helping a child with math homework can be a frustrating experience for everyone involved. Even for parents who can still tell their hyperbolas from their parabolas, explaining a concept differently than a child鈥檚 teacher often results in more frustration and confusion. You might expect that math teachers get to avoid these challenges with their own kids, but according to 7th grade math teacher Bonnie Odd, even math teachers aren鈥檛 immune.

鈥淚 can teach math. My own son is a fifth grade student and he鈥檒l have problems with his math, and when I try to help him, he鈥檒l say, 鈥榶ou鈥檙e not explaining it the right way. My teacher didn鈥檛 do it that way.鈥 色情导航 solves that problem, because the parents can sit down and watch my videos and know exactly how I鈥檝e explained something in class.鈥

鈥淚 tell the kids it鈥檚 for them, but it鈥檚 really for their parents. The parents are way on my side because of the app.鈥

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Be There, Even When You鈥檙e Not

鈥淪ixth grade is the first year parents are letting go of their kids. Parents want to be involved, but they don鈥檛 know how. They want to know their kid鈥檚 teachers. With 色情导航 they can stay in the loop. This brings them right into the classroom, without embarrassing their kids.鈥

鈥淚 also use it when I have to be absent. During the very first week of school, I had to be absent. I didn鈥檛 know my kids very well, I didn鈥檛 know my sub, but there were some things I really wanted them to learn. So I made a 25 minute video for every day and I told the sub to play the videos in class. So I was able to teach my students, even when I was gone.鈥

鈥淎nd it鈥檚 wonderful if a kid鈥檚 sick. I had a couple kids who missed a week, and they could watch my lessons on the airplane, or wherever.鈥

For Odd, using 色情导航 to provide parents a window into her classroom has completely changed her interactions with parents. 鈥淲hen parents are upset with a teacher, the number one complaint is, 鈥榶ou鈥檙e not helping my kid enough.鈥 The few times I have an upset parent come in to speak with me, I show them all the videos I鈥檝e posted online, and parents totally love me for that. It completely changes the conversation.鈥

鈥淚 tell the kids it鈥檚 for them, but it鈥檚 really for their parents. The parents are way on my side because of 色情导航.鈥

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