Below are some links other students have found useful. The tables for posting your URL and signing up for presentations and Web 2.0 tools can be found below this information.

Visual Literacy

Creative Commons Links:

The Creative Commons website provides easy to understand licensing that generally allows others to use your work and/or modify.  Various licenses are available under Creative Commons and on this site you can generate your license for posting on your website or on work you have created.

http://ccmixter.org - ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. Unlike freeplaymusic (which is often used as a source of music for educators), this site offers open source music that can be used in podcasts, on websites, etc.

http://www.freesound.org/ - The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focuses only on sound, not songs.

http://openclipart.org/ - Open clip art with a very nice library of clipart that is high quality

Photo Sites - safe photos

Some free photos- Some are free and some cost (but are cheap). Photos are high quality and large so do not pixelate on photo stories, etc.

http://sxc.hu - one of my favorite copyright free photo sites; great quality and resolution.

Photo Sharing in Plain English - from Common Craft

http://flickr.com - loads of photos on this site.  Be sure to check copyright before using.

If you want to see all my links and add some of your own, go here:  http://butleratutb.pbworks.com/w/page/15207951/List-of-Links

http://bit.ly/6340caulder

natalie.cepeda1@utb.edu 

nataliecepeda12@yahoo.com

http://nataliecepeda6340coursework.pbworks.com/w/page/81627599/FrontPage

rcepeda610@gmail.com

https://my.pbworks.com/  

http://myeportfoliorosecepeda.pbworks.com/w/page/81584624/EDTC%206340

 keith.Dauphiney125@utb.edu

kdauphiney@gmail.com

sean.getchell120@utb.edu

sgetchel@yahoo.com 

http://sgedtc6340.pbworks.com/w/page/80836346/Home 

http://cleeedtc6340.pbworks.com/w/page/81488915/Home

 nora.medrano1@utb.edu

noramedrano85@hotmail.com

http://noramedrano.pbworks.com/w/page/81328967/EDTC6340

Cinthia.Sierra3@utb.edu

cinthialsierra@gmail.com

http://cinthiasierra1986.pbworks.com/w/page/81930641/EDTC%206340

Student  Name

Three (3) Web 2.0 Technologies

Approved by JWB

Quizlet - makes it easy to create and share flash cards or mock test materials, whether studying with a few friends or an entire class. It works fine studying almost any subject you can think of, from languages and vocabulary to history, science, or the arts. If you need to learn or review a subject, chances are Quizlet would be an invaluable addition to your learning repertoire.  

• Link to site: http://www.quizlet.com
• Tutorial video:  Quizlet tutorial
• Pros: Free (may pay for Teacher upgrade), students can study on their own without the assistance of an adult, create tests/quizzes, mobile device compatibility, no software installation, and study games.  
• Cons: Ads for a free account, be aware that since the flash cards are made by other users, the information might not always be correct. 
• Ease of Use: Very easy to learn 
• Student Account: Yes
• Math: Teachers or students alike could create a set of flashcards for math problems, and students could review them alone, share and review as a small group or class. Not limited to just classroom...may be shared through quizlet.com. 
• Science: A teacher could create flash cards for the planets in our solar system. The students could use them to review for a test, create sample tests to acclimate them to the content, and study alone or in groups. 
• Social Studies: A teacher could create flash cards for the 50 states in the United States to help the class prepare for an upcoming test. Students could then review and/or share this resource, even creating their own quiz or tests to further prepare.
• Language Arts: The teacher could create flash cards for the main topics for an upcoming Spanish test. The class could use the teacher's cards, or they could create their own, create sample quizzes, and study alone or study with fellow classmates through quizlet.com.

Jing - A free and simple way to start sharing images and short videos. Whether work, home, or play, Jing gives you the ability to add basic visual elements, minor image editing, and the ability to share them through Screencast. 

• Link to site: http://www.techsmith.com/jing
• Tutorial video:  Jing tutorial
• Pros: Free
• Cons: Requires software installation, not quite as robust as the paid version (SnagIt) 
• Ease of Use: If you have a background in image/video program, it is very easy to learn to use. Otherwise, I would an intermediate level of knowledge is needed. 
• Student Account: N/A - free download (or paid version named SnagIt...yes, I love SnagIt, so sue me).
• Math: Teachers or students alike could use the video creation tool to show how to perform a certain math problem, or students could show their work.  
• Science: A teacher or student could quickly get images to include in a presentation, or simply create a short video on a specific scientific topic to share with their fellow students or instructor.  
• Social Studies: A teacher or student could use either the video or image capturing capability to create a presentation to better illustrate Social Studies concepts being discussed in class. Perhaps the teacher requests pictures of the last five presidents for five assigned countries in the world. The tool could take screenshots and you could then upload them to share online, or paste them into a presentation. 
• Language Arts: The teacher or student alike could use the image capturing or video tool to show how how to use a specific language concept, or better illustrate how a tool should be used in class. 

PollDaddy - A tool that allows you to create surveys and polls for whatever you need answers to, whether you are a student or a teacher, this will serve you well.

• Link to site: http://www.polldaddy.com
• Tutorial video:  Polldaddy tutorial
• Pros: Free, no software installation, unlimited usage, collect feedback (from web, e-mail, iPad, or social), and easy to generate and share reports. 
• Cons: Requires software installation, not quite as robust as the paid version (SnagIt) 
• Ease of Use: If you can enter questions, you can use the software. 
• Student Account: Yes - you have the option to pay or use the free version. 
• Math: Teachers could quickly get feedback from students on how well they understood certain topics or sections of content.   
• Science: A teacher could quickly get input from students or parents on what would interest them for special topics or presentation ideas. Think science fairs or end-of-year presentations. The more the students are engaged, the more they will want to learn.   
• Social Studies: A teacher could ask students how much they know about particular study topics, and allow the teacher to focus as much or as little, as needed. This could save the teacher time to focus on other topics that might need more time or attention. 
• Language Arts: The teacher in an ESL classroom could ask students about their comfort level in the language and pinpoint potential areas that could use more (or less) attention.

Glogster EDU 

Demo of tool- https://www.youtube.com/watchv=MvC47fUANLk

Pros: relevant digital content and easy to use interface inside a classroom, digital paper for mixing text, images, audio and videos, Glogster on the go it can be used on your smartphone and tablet.

Cons: not free

Cost: Elementary 30 students 1 teacher $39.00 per year/ Secondary 125 students 1 teacher $95.00 per year/ Faculty 250 students 10 teachers $390.00 per year

Ease of Learning: Easy

Student Accounts: Yes

Versatility: Can it be used in many ways or does it have many features that offer variety

Links to Tutorials:  http://youtu.be/ij7KTcl0QEk 

How it could be used in Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, others (A one liner for each subject area will suffice)

Anything else you may want to add.

Cel.ly - Celly is a platform for ad-hoc social networks that is accessible via iPhone, Android, Web, SMS text and even email. Our emergent networks connect individuals and communities for instant and easy communication. With Celly, educators can exchange group messages, send quizzes, and create school wide alerts. 

Demo of tool - http://youtu.be/0A5Gp58qr08 

Pros: easy set up, Communicate with others instantly, App available for tablets and smartphones.

Cons: 

Cost: free

Ease of Learning: Easy

Student Accounts: Yes 

Versatility: Can it be used in many ways or does it have many features that offer variety. 

Links to Tutorials http://youtu.be/0A5Gp58qr08 

How it could be used in Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, others (A one liner for each subject area will suffice)

Anything else you may want to add.

jwb

Collaborize Classroom 

Demo of tool - http://bit.ly/o0EKLg 

Pros:  deeper participation inside and outside the classroom, engage students in online activities and assignments. Detailed student participation for easy grading. It’s Free.

Cons: None

Cost: Free

Ease of Learning: Easy

Student Accounts: Yes

Versatility: Can it be used in many ways or does it have many features that offer variety The question-answer-result format makes this online education platform versatile. 

English teachers can facilitate discussions and literature circles.

Science teachers can allow lab groups to collaborate on experiments conducted in class.

Foreign Language teachers can create a venue for students to practice their language skills with online dialogue and question/answer drills

History teachers can incorporate current events into their curriculum for discussion.

Its simplicity provides infinite possibilities for a blended-learning environment that supports many subject areas.

Links to Tutorials http://youtu.be/jj1WlXjpyzg http://www.collaborizeclassroom.com/resources

educreations- is a community used globally with the purpose for ANYONE to share what they know or learn from others. This is like a white board that lets you present what you need to share with others. 

• Pros: Create short video tutorials, free, add pictures, save, and share 
• Cons: To save work you need an account with educreations.
• Cost: Free
• Ease of learning: Very Easy
• Student Accounts: No 
• Versatility: educreations is versatile as it allows the user to upload pictures from the library or take pictures of something else to explain a certain concept. 
• Link: http://www.educreations.co 
• Tutorial Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oer20QtZdMo
• Math:  you can have the students write the problem and solve it while they record themselves. They can share it with their partner and give each other feedback.
• Science: Student is able to upload the picture of, let's say, the heart and label the parts of the heart while recording their findings.
• Social Studies: students can label the map of the United States.
• Language Arts: Student can defend the character of a story or share their view on them and then share with the rest of the class.

Google Sites- Google Sites serves as a wiki and allows students to collaborate and share webpages.

• Pros: access from school or home, free, allows collaboration,  administrator can limit access, schools have used it before
• Cons: requires account, need to be age 13 to use, school has no control of site, need gmail account.
• Cost: Free
• Ease of Learning: Somewhat difficult
• Student Accounts: No 
• Versatility: many features that offer variety
• Link: https://sites.google.com/
• Tutorial Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md5YK_CxD3s 
•  Math- Teacher can upload videos to Google sites allowing students to review the steps. Students can then comment and create a discussion. 
• Science- teacher can create teams through Google sites. Each team will create a page and work on part of the experiment or assignment. Students can comment on each others work and give ideas on how to improve it or make it look more appealing. 
• Social Studies- Teacher can create a Google sites page and add games for students to review various wars and about the government. such as https://sites.google.com/site/gameonlearning/social-studies-ms-games 
• Language Arts- Teacher can upload games for students to review and also can add a paragraph to be edited. Students will need to go into google sites, edit the paragraph, and comment on 2-3 of their peers editing. 

• Pros: no drawing needed to make a cartoon comic, drag and drop characters and backgrounds to story board, you can add your own dialogue and share them.
• Cons: no drawing to show artistic side, have to make an account.
• Cost: Free
• Ease of Learning: somewhat easy
• Student Accounts: No 
• Versatility: many features that offer variety
• Link: http://www.toondoo.com
• Link to Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgPTMP82-Hg 
•  Math-students can work in groups to show the steps to work on solving a problem. 
• Science- students can reflect on the experiment or assignment by creating a comic strip.
• Social Studies- students can work in groups to show their interpretation of a war or even in history 
• Language Arts- students can create a story board and have other groups edit the comics. 

Mindmeister allows for the creation of collaborative mind maps. 

• Pros: Students are able to work together and see real-time editing.  Available as a website, iOS, and Android platforms.  Online account is not needed.  Users are able to share and export maps as MS Word and PPT files.
• Cons: Users are able to edit each others' posts.  A design template should be established before mind mapping so that the design is not chaotic and confused. Communication is limited to small chunks of text to avoid redundancy.
• Cost: Free; upgrades available to purchase.  Upgrades offer the ability to create more maps and more ways to share.
• Ease of Learning:  Moderately easy, particularly for those who are familiar with the structure of a mind map.  
• Student Accounts: No
• Versatility: Versatility is offered in the design of the mind map, but it does not offer extra features beyond the mind mapping.
• Tutorials:  http://www.mindmeister.com/blog/tutorial-videos/
• Math:  Students could create a map for a word problem with multiple possible solutions. Create nodes for each solution, then create child nodes to outline the steps/strategies. 
• Social Studies/Science:  Mind map sequential properties can be used for note taking; ideas can be linked together.  
• Language Arts:  Could be used for literature study to create a timeline of the story, characters and their links to one another, etc.   
• Technology/Auto Mechanics:  Maps could be used as a comprehensive database/knowledge inventory of equipment that students have had experience with.  Type of equipment --> Brand --> Model --> Specifications. 

Linoit is a very robust organization/brain storming/collaboration app that allows users to utilize the familiar “sticky notes” concept to post ideas onto a virtual bulletin board.  In addition, users can also post image files, video clips, documents, and simple text.  The app also allows the creation of groups to share a board.  For example, a student might have several individual boards for personal use/independent projects, a board shared with their history class, another with a chess group, etc. 

• Pros:  Allows users to maintain individual, private boards, as well as share boards with different groups of other users.  Available as a website, iOS, and Android platforms.  The app allows users a limited amount of downloads of attachments posted by others.
• Cons: Space is limited to 10mb per sticky note and 50mb total storage per month.  More space is available through a premium account.  
• Cost: Free; upgrade to premium available to purchase.  Premium account offers 100mb per sticky, 1gb monthly storage, search options, and no ads.
• Ease of Learning:  Very easy.  Very little to no learning curve.
• Student Accounts: No
• Versatility: Very versatile in the types of attachments that can be uploaded/posted.
• Tutorials:  http://linoit.com/users/linoit-com/canvases/How%20to%20lino; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhGcCX3iXWc
• All core areas:  The app’s strengths is as a community bulletin board when used by a group.  Classes/groups would use this when working on a project that may involve more than just ideas committed to paper, such as on a mind map.  The capabilities of Linoit to add various attachments provides a more visual experience to collaboration. 

Penzu 

Popplet

Popplet is a thinking map application available on the web and as an iPad app.

Pro: visual; insert images; collaborative; expansive

Cons: students not connected to teacher

Cost: free for education

Ease of learning: easy

Student accounts: N/A

Versatility: it is what it is

Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxLDsWHsQ1g

UTellStory is a multimedia storytelling and sharing community where you can easily create and share stories with audio, image, video and words

Demo of tool on UTellStory website-http://www.utellstory.com/# 

Pros: Allows students to tell their own story and allows other students to collaborate with you to add, comment or revise their story, has specific search engines for Creative Commons and Public Domain 

Cons: Could incorporate more into the free version, only 30 seconds of audio per slide, younger students will need adult support

Cost: Free or an upgraded version for educators is $50/year. 

Ease of Learning:  Easy

Student Accounts: Yes

Versatility: You can use different types of media to create your story 

Links to Tutorials: http://youtu.be/MCc4iqOVq2g

http://youtu.be/BkacL7U7DwU   http://youtu.be/znSsikQFPGM

How it could be used in Science-can have students take videos or photos of science projects and the narrate to explain procedure, Social Studies-photos of people from different lands and can provide text to elaborate on images, Language Arts-students can view a presentation and then create a narrative to express their feelings about the images or their experiences from the images, History-create stories retelling different events in history or create a newscast for today's occurring history

Anything else you may want to add. UTellStory allows teachers to reward students with stickers for completing tasks

StoryJumper is a website where teachers, parents or even children can publish their own children’s books.

Demo of tool at the website--http://www.storyjumper.com/

Pros: Students can lead with a great idea or illustration, There is many prompts to help students get start on their book

Cons: Younger students might need a little more hands-on guidance throughout the book-making process. Once you're actually creating the book, there isn't much technical assistance unless you refer back to the main help page. No way for collaborative learning

Cost: Free but to purchase a printed book is $24.95

Ease of Learning:   Easy,

Student Accounts: Classroom accounts are set up by the teacher for storage of each student's work

Versatility: not much versaility, you are pretty much creating a book each time, but students can upload their own art or choose from insisting art 

Links to Tutorials:http://youtu.be/DPRjr2aijzM

How it could be used in

Science--create a story about a scientist and what new discoveries they find

Social Studies-create a story of how the pioneers lived

Language Arts--creative writing

Anything else you want to add:

Kidblog is a site for K-12 blog site used by teachers and students

Demo of tool from website--http://kidblog.org/home/

Pros: Safe and easy to moderate, easy interface, you can have a unique URL, great amount of help from website

Cons: not enough storage space, templates and other features are limited

Cost: Free

Ease of Learning:  Very Easy

Student Accounts: Yes

Versatility: Can it be used in many ways or does it have many features that offer variety

Links to Tutorials: http://yhoo.it/1i2ouVj

How it could be used in Math---teachers can post examples of difficult problems and students can comment on different ways to do the same problem

Science---students are able to talk about what they have observed and build on what others have observed through scientific inquiry 

Social Studies---You can upload photos and images about people and culture and have your students blog about it 

Language Arts---helps students to practice learned literacy skills

Anything else you want to add: is not published publicly on the web, every post must go to the teacher before being published

Time Toast

Demo of Tool: http://www.timetoast.com

 Pros: Students are able to chronologically align their work to keep a visual of data, historical events, or even events in a play, novel, etc.

Cons: Students may believe doing this is understanding the entire work but that is not necessarily the case.

Cost: Free

Ease of Learning: Easy

Student Accounts: Yes

Versatility: Very straightforward in terms of its use.

Links to Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjkEEiuYcFI

How it can be used in Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, others: Science teachers can go through many creating processes or lab guidelines using this timeline; social studies teachers can use it to map events of a war; Language Arts teachers can use it to guide expository reading, novels, or even to map author's biographies.

Anything else:

Animoto

Demo of Tool: http://www.animoto.com

Pros: Allows students to express themselves through various forms of media: pictures, music, text.

Cons: It is a great tool, but in order for it to remain free, it only allows 30 free seconds.

Cost: Free when used for 30 seconds; anything else is an upgrade

Ease of Learning: Very easy

Student Accounts: Yes along with school accounts

Versatility: Versatile in terms of its media but rather standard in terms of possible classroom use.

Links to Tutorials: http://help.animoto.com/entries/20461613-The-New-Animoto-Video-Creation-Process-A-Video-Tutorial-Guide

How it can be used in Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, others: English classes can use it for book trailers; others can use it for vocabulary or review of certain concepts, etc.

Anything else: 

Pinwords

Demo of Tool: http://www.pinwords.com

Pros: Students can use this app to create a review of a particular lesson in order to prove comprehension. Students can also use this to promote a product when practicing rhetorical appeals.

Cons: May pose copyright issues for students when using someone else's quotes or pictures for printing

Cost: Free

Ease of Learning: Very easy

Student Accounts: Yes

Versatility: Pretty straight forward in its abilities (combination of pics and text)

Links to Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElzAsefrPZI

How it can be used in Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, others: It can be used for reviews; vocabulary; display of important moments in history along with a caption, etc.

Anything else:

Mind42

• Demo of tool: http://mind42.com/
• Pros: It allows students to include links to photos, videos, and websites.
• Cons:
• Cost: Free
• Ease of Learning:  Somewhat Difficult
• Student Accounts: Yes
• Versatility: many features that offer variety
• Links to Tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pP183te4NQ
• How it could be used in: It can be used in Language Arts for a brainstorming tool for students and writing essays.

Wiggio

• Demo of tool – http://wiggio.com/ 
• Pros: It is an online storage tool that allows multiple users to collaborate with each other for project.
• Cons: No teacher/student accounts.  
• Cost: Free
• Ease of Learning:  Somewhat Difficult
• Student Accounts: No. Everyone uses the same account settings.
• Versatility: many features that offer variety
• Links to Tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5gL2EEpqcw 
• How it could be used in: It can be used in any subject where group work is required.  

NoRedInk

• Demo of tool – https://www.noredink.com/ 
• Pros: It individualizes the program for each student’s interests for the questions and reviews.
• Cons: It gives students several opportunities and a clue to answer the question correctly.
• Cost: Free
• Ease of Learning:  Somewhat Difficult
• Student Accounts: Yes
• Versatility: many features that offer variety
• Links to Tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VegB6_EKQU 
• How it could be used in: It can be used in English to improve grammar.

Wordle.net 

• Demo--http://www.wordle.net/gallery  
• Pros--fast, quick to set up as a walk in/visual warm-up for students
• Cons--leans towards elementary age students mostly
• Cost--free
• Ease--simple, very easy to set up
• Student accounts--yes, students may create accounts
• Versatility--although one dimensional, it can be adapted throughout the school year
• Links to tutorial--http://www.wordle.net
• Usability--can be used in any subject to demonstrate the building blocks of knowledge to be obtained

Voki.com 

• Demo---http://voki.com/  
• Pros-good for presentations
• Cons-students must be 13 years of age which limits it to upper grades 
• Cost--free
• Ease--simple, easy to set up
• Student accounts--yes, but students must be 13 years of age
• Versatility--one dimensional but has great animation and voice
• Links to tutorial--http://www.voki.com/learn/Voki_Getting_Started.pdf
• Usability--can be used in multiple contents to present material

Brainshark.com

• Demo-http://www.brainshark.com/see-a-demo.aspx?ref=home  
• Pros--very professional, corporate based; higher education
• Cons--more corporate than education based; not for early education
• Cost--free
• Ease--moderate ability but requires some business skill set
• Student accounts--yes, but higher education students
• Versatility--yes but requires some skill of use
• Tutorial--http://www.brainshark.com/build-it/index.aspx?ref=BSKtry 
• Usability--deliver impactful, measurable communication

wevideo education: a collaborative online video creation

http://www.wevideo.com/schools 

Pros:

• Free personal accounts
• Cloud-based can be accessed and used from any web browser
• Saves automatically
• Supports both photos and videos
• Large selection of features (themes, etc)
• can edit even from 
• WeVideo can help you produce high quality, professional looking videos in almost no time at all
• Three separate video creation modes offer video editing novices and champions alike to create good content
• The themes and visual effects offered by WeVideo make the editing process enjoyable
• Seamless connections between Facebook, Google and YouTube gives WeVideo a much-needed social dimension
• The ability to access content from Google Drive, Dropbox, Flickr, Instagram and more make the speedy nature of WeVideo even faster and more convenient
• WeVideo has a clean, easily navigable interface and menu system which is a joy to use

Cons: 

• Need reliable internet service
• school account $250 p/y

Student accounts -  Yes

• wevideo offers personal, business, school and higher education accounts.
  
• students can access at any time on any web browser
  

Ease

• Easy access, everything is saved on cloud and can be accessed from any computer

Cost

• Free personal accounts
• $4 monthly rate for premium account 
• school accounts 250 per year

Versatility /Usability 

student 8th grade video project example: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxPPtZboXJc

studystack.com  an online study resource that gives users different ways to create a personalized review tool.

video- short introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geOJmK-7zgU#t=19 

Pros

• awesome review tool 
• site automatically creates a variety of games using the information needed to review
• includes quizzes and comprehension tests that can be taken online or printed
• grades are provided for online quizzes and tests 
• provides a useful service for all teachers and students regardless of grade level or subject
• engaging and beneficial  
• quick and easy access anywhere
• students can create their own stacks
• teachers can create classroom stacks
• stacks are stored in users account 
• you can add or delete material at any time 
• can sign in using a facebook account

Cons

• Need reliable internet service
• The application is visually crowded

Student account - Yes

• each student can create their own account 

Ease

• simple to navigate
• fun and easy to use

Cost 

• its FREE! 

Versatility / Usability

• Create a set of flashcards for any subject or class
• Search a long list of popular subject categories
• Builds review games using traditional game formats
• Study online without creating paper waste
• Explore a handful of brain teaser games

Links to Tutorial 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmcUZK-kxA#t=34

Remind.com (previously known as remind101)

• provides immediate and direct contact with parents and students

video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enZv8FXanHs 

Pros

• You can pre-schedule all your messages to be sent at a later date or time!  
• fast, effective, ans SAFE!!
• does not require a smart phone for usage, can be accessed through email
• Communicate with everyone in the class at the same time.
•  Send reminders to all students about class work and assignments

Cons 

• Can not send messages to individuals, only to an entire class.
•  Students can not send messages to the teacher.

Student account

• student and parent accounts available
• information to set up accounts  https://d3498ple9xfqkw.cloudfront.net/marketing/pdfs/remind-best-practices.pdf  

Ease

• Easy to use and navigate

Cost 

• free!! 

Versatility/Usability 

• provides a safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents for free.
• set up and requirements https://d3498ple9xfqkw.cloudfront.net/marketing/pdfs/what-is-remind.pdf 

Links to tutorial

https://www.remind.com/about