Products to facilitate parental involvement and engagement in K-12 schools
These are some products that facilitate parental involvement in K-12 schools that were not described in Chapter 6:
AlertNow (http://www.alertnow.com/Solutions.aspx): part of Blackboard; Access Parent Portal allows parent to send brief messages to school
Blackboard Connect for Teachers (https://teacher.blackboardconnected.com/Login.aspx): allows teachers to contact parents
ITWorx CLG [Connected Learning Gateway] (http://www.itworx.com/Solutions/ConnectedLearningGateway/Pages/default.aspx): a social learning platform
Learner Journey (http://www.learnerjourney.com/): gives students a safe online space to show their achievements to teachers and peers
Parent Teacher Online (http://parentteacheronline.co.uk/): an online booking system for teachers and parents to make appointments
Samsung Mobile Parent-Teacher Collaboration: a social networking system for smartphones or tablet PCs. See Samsung (n.d.).
TeleParent (http://www.teleparent.net/): an automated notification system for teachers and administrators to send messages
UpToUs (http://www.uptous.com/uptous.htm?_flowld=login-flow): a place for parents to manage family activities online