Prompt: Create a table that assesses the benefits and drawbacks of the following types of technology for communicating with parents: Emailing Newsletters, Phone Blasts (Mass Recorded Phone Calls), Mail Merging Letters, Parent Video Conferences, or Social Media.
My Response:
| Method | Advantage | Disadvantage |
| Emailing Newsletters | Quick and easy way to keep parents up to date on classroom activities
Simple and efficient |
Possibility of ending up in the spam folder due to some keywords in the email (Migrator 2019).
Communication is one way and parents can’t respond or have no input |
| Phone Blasts | Very easy to deliver classroom notifications to parents
Notifications can be done in multiple languages for non-English speaking parents. |
If school number is not saved by the parent, the call can most likely be denied
Also one-way communication with no parent input |
| Mail Merging | Adds a personalized touch to each email sent out to parents | Has the possibility of being marked as spam |
| Parent Video Conferences | Convenient for parents and teachers to have a chat face to face without the need to travel to school. | Scheduling with parents that work double shifts or late night shifts can be difficult. |
| Social Media | Get more engagements from parents on their child’s performance | Relying on an open service where the child’s and parent’s personal data can be at risk |
Resources:
Migrator. (2019, November 28). Advantages and disadvantages of email marketing. Retrieved from https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/advantages-and-disadvantages-email-marketing
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