Oito

Today we worked on making web pages for our classrooms. These I thought were extremely helpful because it covered a multitude of things that a parent would want to know. It has a calendar, announcements, contact information for the teacher etc. These are all things that parents should know, and it is all right there whenever they want it.
One thing that I might do in my classroom is periodically take a survey to see how much parents are utilizing the website. It is a lot of work for the teacher to create and to keep updated, but I think it is worth it if the parents are using it frequently.
Also, I think it is good to continue to send some things home with the kids because they need that sense of responsibility. Sheets like spelling lists, permission slips etc. could be signed by parents so kids learn how to bring things to home from school and then bring it back. The website would also be good because it would cut down on costs to the school.