
EDUCATION RESOURCES 21
TOOLS TO ENHANCE TEACHING AND LEARNING
COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS

COMMUNICATIONS BEST PRACTICES
Great communication is at the heart of any great school. Improving your school communications while being realistic about your resources might be the greatest challenge facing you and just about every other school communicator. There are many free resources for educators that you can use. READ MORE HERE!
SOCIAL MEDIA - COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING TOOL
These popular social media channels are driving how many businesses and organizations are sharing information. They need to be a big part of your communications mix as well. Understanding which social media to use and when to use it requires understanding the limits and life cycle of the content posted to each of these channels.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and You tube are the key channels. The beauty of social media is how easily the content can be linked to other social media channels, and how easily it can be shared with many people.
CONNECT
Place social media badges and icons on select printed media (Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter, tune in our YouTube channel, etc. to show all your audiences that you’re doing all you can to reach them.
CREATE WITH FREE TOOLS!
Newsletter
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Great to create beautiful flyers, presentations, newsletters and more!
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Have them online in 1,2,3!
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Share them with your students, parents or colleagues!!
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Students can also use it to demonstrate mastery of content or make special projects! Smore makes it easy.
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It's also fun!
Blank Wall for your posts
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Picsearch.com
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Flickr.com (Be sure it is listed in creative commons area)
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Google.com (There is a way to filter creative common images)
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Images of Art That You Can Re-use for Free
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Pics4Learning - Safe, free image library for education.
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Picsearch.com
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Flickr.com (Be sure it is listed in creative commons area)
Poster and Quotes Creator
Photo Editors
Video
Avatars