Gain parent interaction and participation

Bloomz is one of the most effective tools I’ve used to build strong communication with students and parents. It made such a difference this year, especially as a 1st year senior class sponsor. I could send polished, graphic-style posts that grabbed attention and helped keep families in the loop—something that’s always been a challenge in the past. I especially liked how easy it was to use and how professional the posts looked. Parents repeatedly told me how much they appreciated the consistent updates, and I saw a huge increase in engagement and participation. One of the biggest wins was Senior Awards Day—attendance jumped from around 30 families in past years to over 300 this year. Without a strong communication tool behind the scenes, that result wouldn't have happened. The one thing I didn’t love was the limitations on the free and Teacher Premium plans. My colleagues were excited to try Bloomz but felt discouraged by the caps on class size, storage, or number of students. More flexibility or tiered pricing would open this up for more educators—especially those with multiple classes or larger programs. Still, Bloomz is a powerful and reliable teaching tool that supports educators and strengthens family engagement.

The customer service end, so far, has not been very helpful. I have been locked out of my account for about a month now, ever since the new security update earlier this school year. The update just wanted to send a verification code to everyone's email with a security code. Once each teacher enters the code, your account would be unlocked. However, the code typically does not get sent to my email, at all. On the rare chance that it does, it does not get delivered until about an hour after I request it and the codes are only good for about 10 minutes. I've been emailing back and forth with customer for about a month now, and the issue still isn't resolved. I've gone over a week without hearing anything from customer service, most recently. When I do hear something, I typically get the same response that explains the security update, but it does not actually change/fix anything. One wonderful worker did manage to unlock my account on my phone (app), but I still am unable to use Bloomz on any computer (website). I've also tried searching for and requesting Bloomz's phone number, so I can just call in and do it all over the phone. That request has always been completely ignored each time. I usually love the app and so do my classroom parents, but I see no reason that this isn't shouldn't have been resolved by now.

Teacher can share assignments, post videos and monitor progresses with a virtual portfolio. All of this benefits both teachers and parents by showing a child's learning progression through pictures, videos and work. The app also has a behavior monitoring option as well. The greatest advantage to using this app is the ease of communication between parents and teachers. I highly recommend this app for any classroom.