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This collection highlights nine technology tools that support both classroom learning and community engagement, with a special focus on English Language Learners (ELLs) and their families.

Why These Tools?

Integrating technology in education enhances student learning by promoting engagement, differentiation, and accessibility. At the same time, strong home-school communication is essential for student success—especially for ELL families who may face language barriers.

How These Tools Help:

🖥️ Educational Tools: Help students build skills, interact with content, and receive meaningful feedback.

📢 Community Engagement Tools: Foster collaboration between teachers, students, and parents through communication and shared learning experiences.

🚀 ELL-Friendly Features: Many of these tools include translation, multimedia, and interactive options to support diverse learners.

Each tool in this collection includes a description, educational use case, community engagement potential, and possible challenges to consider.

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(Communication & Outreach)

Description: Remind is a messaging app designed for educators to communicate with students and parents via text messages, ensuring real-time updates.

Educational Use: Teachers can send assignment reminders, class announcements, and learning resources directly to students.

Community Engagement: Parents receive real-time updates in their preferred language (Remind offers translation features), keeping them involved in their child’s learning.

Challenges: Some parents might not check messages frequently or may need assistance setting up the app.

Link: https://www.remind.com/

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Adoption and usage

Simple, effective, and surprisingly easy to use

With nearly 30 million users in 80% of US schools, the numbers speak for themselves: students, families, and educators love using Remind.

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Remind | Communication Platform for Education

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Remind is a communication platform that reaches students and families where they are and supports learning wherever it happens. Millions of educators, students, and parents use Remind to connect with the people and resources that help them teach and learn.

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Description: Seesaw is a digital learning portfolio where students can submit work, and teachers can provide feedback.

Educational Use: Students upload assignments (drawings, videos, audio recordings), fostering creativity and engagement.

Community Engagement: Parents can view their child’s progress, receive translated teacher comments, and interact with student work.

Challenges: Requires parental tech access and comfort with digital platforms.

Link: https://seesaw.com/

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Seesaw | Elementary Learning Experience Platform

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Elementary Learning Experience Platform | Seesaw

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Seesaw is a Learning Experience Platform with 25M+ users, enhancing elementary education, engagement, and school culture while improving academic success.

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(Collaboration & Project Sharing)

Description: A digital bulletin board where users can post text, images, videos, and links for interactive collaboration.

Educational Use: Students create collaborative projects, brainstorm ideas, and organize information visually.

Community Engagement: Parents can view and comment on student work, fostering involvement.

Challenges: Free accounts have limited Padlet boards, which may be restrictive for classrooms.

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(Visual Communication & Community Engagement)

Description: A user-friendly design platform for creating presentations, flyers, infographics, and social media posts.

Educational Use: Students design visual projects, such as posters or presentations, enhancing creativity.

Community Engagement: Schools can use Canva to create translated newsletters, event invitations, and parent guides.

Challenges: Free accounts have limited templates, and some parents may need tech assistance to create or access materials.

Link: https://www.canva.com/

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Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

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(Interactive eBooks & Literacy Development)

Description: A digital tool that allows students to create their own eBooks with text, images, and audio.

Educational Use: Encourages ELLs to practice writing and storytelling with multimedia support.

Community Engagement: Students can create bilingual books to share their culture, which families can access and read at home.

Challenges: Some parents may struggle with digital tools and need support accessing their child’s work.

Link: https://bookcreator.com/

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Book Creator - Love Learning - Book Creator app

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Teachers love it. Students love it. Book Creator is the simplest, most inclusive way to create content in the classroom.

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(Interactive Video Lessons & Parent Engagement)

Description: A video-based learning tool that allows teachers to create interactive lessons by embedding quizzes, notes, and voice explanations into videos.

Educational Use: Teachers can assign video lessons with built-in questions to check for student understanding.

Community Engagement: Parents can watch assigned videos with their children, reinforcing learning at home.

Challenges: Requires internet access, and some parents may need guidance on how to access and use the platform.

Link: https://edpuzzle.com/

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students' progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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(Parent-Teacher Communication in Multiple Languages)

Description: A messaging app that automatically translates messages between teachers and non-English-speaking parents.

Educational Use: Enables teachers to send homework, reminders, and school updates in families’ native languages.

Community Engagement: Helps bridge language barriers for ELL families, fostering strong school-home connections.

Challenges: Automated translations may occasionally result in misinterpretations.

Link: https://talkingpts.org/

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TalkingPoints - Improving student outcomes through meaningful school-family partnerships.

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TalkingPoints - Improving student outcomes through meaningful school-family partnerships.

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(Behavior Management & Parent Communication)

Description: A classroom management tool that tracks student behavior and engagement while allowing parent-teacher interaction.

Educational Use: Teachers can give positive reinforcement points and send direct messages to families.

Community Engagement: Parents receive daily updates on their child’s behavior and progress with translated messages.

Challenges: Some parents may feel overwhelmed by frequent updates or notifications.

Link: https://www.classdojo.com/

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ClassDojo helps teachers, parents, and students build amazing classroom communities.

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Description: Newsela is an online platform that provides current event articles at different reading levels, ensuring accessibility for diverse learners.

Educational Use: Teachers can assign articles with built-in reading comprehension quizzes, annotations, and discussion prompts. It’s especially helpful for ELLs, as articles can be adjusted to their proficiency level.

Community Engagement: Parents can read the same articles with their children at home, helping to develop literacy skills and awareness of current events in an accessible way.

Challenges: Free accounts offer limited access to articles, and some parents may need guidance on how to use the platform effectively.

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Newsela | Content and assessment platform

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Content Aligned To National & State Standard, Flexible To Support Relevant Curriculum. Find the Perfect Piece Of Content For Lessons. Go beyond the book.