Date:Saturday March 18, 2017
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate
In our webinar this week we are really looking forward to learning about Bloomz, a fantastic, free, parent communication tool, from our special guest presenters: Laura Briggs and Horacio Ochoa. At ISTE 2016, Tech & Learning recognized Bloomz with the Best of Show award. Bloomz was also recently honored by the AASL. ISTE celebrates those products and services that show the greatest promise according to the country’s most tech-savvy educators. An anonymous panel of these educator judges selected products by scouring the exhibit hall floor during ISTE 2016, which featured 500 companies sharing solutions with more than 16,000 educators. The judges rated products on quality, effectiveness, ease of use, and creative use of technology.
Webinar Description
Every day we see hundreds of missed connections between teachers and parents. Between reminders, meetings, event signups, all flying around in hard copy, digital and verbal formats, teachers and parents can’t keep up. On the other hand, social networks and mobile phones have redefined how we connect. Facebook for friendships, LinkedIn for careers; it seems as if there was a social network for every aspect of life. Almost. Bloomz is a new mobile and web app that helps teachers save a great deal of time in their communication with parents, by providing a powerful set of tools to connect, coordinate and communicate with parents, all in one beautifully designed app that is easy (and free) for teachers to use. From messaging, media sharing, and event and volunteer signups, to student portfolios and behavior management, Bloomz provides all the right tools to increase parental engagement and helps build school and classroom community. Join this interactive webinar to learn more about this app and how it works. To get the most of this webinar, please have a second device ready with the Bloomz app installed to interact during the webinar.
Laura Briggs is a 1st Grade Teacher in Ashburn, VA at Cedar Lane School. She has taught K-5 technology, full day kindergarten, first grade, and fifth grade. She has a Masters of Science degree in Curriculum and Instruction from George Mason University. Mrs. Briggs is also the director of STAR Summer Camp at Cedar Lane. She is a Bloomz Ambassador, Online Course Design/Facilitator, ISTE Mobile Learning Network Past President, ISTE Games&Sims Officer, and STEM Camp Director. Horacio Ochoa, as Growth Manager for Bloomz has responsibilities that include all areas of marketing, from consumer insights, to developing marketing plans and executing in all relevant channels - advertising, content marketing, community building, influencer marketing, public relations, events and more.
Blackboard Collaborate( full recording):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2017-03-18.0248.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350
Tiny URL for Full Recording:
http://tinyurl.com/Bloomz-3-18-17
Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/March18_2017
Audio Recording (mp3):
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2174468
(Note: Click on tab for "Bloomz for Parent Communication" in the Livebinder).
https://bloomz.net/ (Bloomz web site)
https://twitter.com/LauraBTRT (Follow Laura Briggs on Twitter)
https://twitter.com/Horacito (Follow Horacio Ochoa on Twitter)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1055370331194560/ (Bloomz Teacher Group on Facebook)
https://www.facebook.com/BloomzApp/ (Bloomz App on Facebook)
http://www.twitter.com/BloomzApp - (Follow Bloomz on Twitter)
https://blog.bloomz.net/ (Bloomz Blog)
http://bit.ly/GrowwithBloomzWebinars (Bloomz webinars)
http://bit.ly/BloomzChat (Bloomz chat on Twitter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yyObQ-g4K4 (Bloomz Overview with New Features
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXHWdQR4Q1k Choosing the Right Parent Communication App)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-MmPZlvcDk (Bloomz Helps Parents Connect with Their Kids’ World)
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/12487-2/ (Vicki Davis - My Favorite App for Communicating with Parents - Bloomz)
https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/bloomz/ (Angela Watson - My Favorite Free App for Parent Communication)
http://kleinspiration.com/one-app-for-all-your-parent-communication/ (Erin Klein - One App for All of Your Parent Communication)
http://bit.ly/BloomzTryByEndofSchool-CTT (5 Things You Can Try with Bloomz Before the End of the School Year by Monica Burns @ClassTechTips )
http://bit.ly/BloomzVolSignUpsPTConf-CTT (Bloomz App for Volunteer SignUps & Parent-Teacher Conference Scheduling by Monica Burns @ClassTechTips )
http://bit.ly/BloomzEducateParents-CTT (6 Ways Educating Parents Helps You Educate Kids by Monica Burns @ClassTechTips )
http://bit.ly/BloomzTranslationTransforms-CTT (5 Ways Bloomz Translation Can Transform Parent Communication by Monica Burns @ClassTechTips )
http://bit.ly/BloomzVideoEnergizes-CTT (6 Reasons Bloomz Video Tool Can Energize Parent Communication by Monica Burns @ClassTechTips )
http://bit.ly/BloomzParentSignUps-CTT (6 Ways to Use Bloomz Parent Sign-Ups for Classroom Events by Monica Burns @ClassTechTips )
http://bit.ly/BloomzBehaviorMgmt-CTT (Positive Behavior Management Tool from Bloomz Mobile & Web App - by Monica Burns @ClassTechTips )
https://blog.bloomz.net/?s=Parent+series+tip (Bloomz New Parent Series)
http://bit.ly/WebinarSeries2017 (Bloomz Expert Webinar Series)
http://bit.ly/Childcare_Partnership (Bloomz Adds Functionality to Serve Childcare Providers and Announces Content Partnership with Ohio Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics)
http://bit.ly/Bloomzbuildscommunity (How an App Helped Build Classroom Community)
Bloomz Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EDPaaL0pH9MW_LpGwKI_QGp7pGK-bv-YUgxJ0SEyvi0/edit?usp=sharing
Closing Slides:
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http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)