Digital Parent Newsletters
LIDS Training 3.24.2015
Options for Creating a Digital Newsletter
Smore (Freemium)
A digital flyer with a free (5 Smores) or paid ($39/yr for educators).
Click here for Making a New Flyer.
Click here for Getting Started help.
Click here for Email Your Smore Flyer.
Tackk (Free)
Tackk is a ridiculously simple content creation tool that makes creating a one-pager on the web easy as typing an email. Even easier? Sharing it across nine social networks when you're done.
Click here for Tackk's FAQ page.
Resources for Sharing Your Digital Newsletters
Remind (formerly Remind 101)
A powerful tool for texting parents without giving them your personal phone number. You can send texts, attachments, links, and audio messages. It's free.
Click here for the Apple App.
Click here for the Andriod App.
Click here for Remind's FAQs.
QR Codes
Click here for some further resources for teachers using QR codes.
QR Extensions for Google Chrome
Here is the complete list of QR extensions for Chrome.
My preferred QR extensions are:
QR Anything and
Websites for Creating QR Codes
My preferred site is: www.qrstuff.com
The downloaded image and then be put in a doc (Google or Word) and then printed. Consider using them for homework help on an assignment; directions to field trips; links to parenting videos; your class webpage; transition services resources; ETC, ETC, ETC
How Does a Person Scan a QR code?
A QR Reader
My preferred QR reader is i-nigma. It is very user friendly and will track the websites visited.
Click here for the Apple App for i-nigma.
Click here for the Android App for i-nigma.
Andy Adams
Region 7 ESC