My Take
Remind 101 is a great tool for communicating with students and parents. I can send reminders about upcoming assignments and events. It allows me to also communicate to small groups and is anonymous.
How I Use It
I find this tool to be a great resource for field trips. I can form groups based on the students who are attending, and I can send out messages reminding them to turn in permission slips,and when the bus has arrived. On the trip itself, when we split into small groups, I can send reminders about when and where to regroup or point out specific things on the trip that the students may have missed ("Make sure you ask the docent in the White Sands area to tell you his WWII story.").
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Amanda H.
Teacher
March 12, 2022
New limits have ruined the free service
They've recently changed the character count so even individual messages are limited to 140 characters. The 140 character limit for whole group announcements was Remind's biggest flaw - making that applicable to individual messages as well means it is not longer useful at all. I can't limit all my communications with students to 140 characters and I can't ask them to receive 2 or 3 or more texts every time we communicate. I will be researching and finding another service for the fall. (It also sucks that they are implementing this in the middle of the school year. :/)
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AVA W.
September 27, 2021
Great way to keep in contact with your class outside of the classroom!
I really like how this sends reminders out to students cell phones rather than in email format. I think it's a more effective way of communicating with students because they are always on their phones and so they're more likely to see it. It's great because you can do this without giving out your phone number to students!
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Mandy F.
Teacher
Sheep Harney Elementary
Elizabeth City, NC
February 13, 2019
Great for Parent Communication
I love Remind for simply keeping in touch with Parents. it is especially helpful to communicate with my Parents who speak a different language. I love that it has a translator for both myself and the parent to use. The only con I have is when I am sending a group message to inform ALL parents, there is a limit on how may characters may be used. I usually have to send multiple messages to get out what I am trying to tell the whole class.
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