There's "Smore" the STUDENTS can do!
How can students use SMORE?
- Create a report project on a subject, era, or concept, embedding photos, audio, video
- Create/maintain a "Current Events" newsletter for their class
- Have student-leaders create/maintain weekly updates for clubs/teams
With the SMORE analytics, students can share with other students in the classroom and gauge peer-interest and engagement!
INVITE your audience!
Parent Open House, Charity Events, Field Trips, Performances! Instead of the usual email blast, why not create more appeal with a visual invite? SMORE provides option to create RSVP responses right in the invite!
SHOWCASE your students!
Why wait for your families to visit your class website when you can bring your class to your families? Place all the images/videos from this week's class in one newsletter! Parents can choose to follow you and can share links to your newsletter with relatives! You can control the privacy settings!
Get INSPIRED by other educators!
SMORE offers individual educator licenses ($59/annual) and building/district licenses. This gives you access to The Educator Hive where you can see how other teachers, coaches, and administrators are using Smore. What's great about this, is you can even follow teachers or download their newsletter templates to help get you started!
Faculty Newsletters
Do you communicate weekly with your faculty? Instead of the lengthy emails, use a newsletter. You can link faculty to resources, videos, surveys, etc. By enabling the "Comments" option, you can encourage PLNs by starting a discussion!
Here's a great example of a Faculty Newsletter
Host a weekly "Appy Hour"
Instead of bombarding faculty with different apps and tech resources, have your Educational Technologist try this for "Tech Tuesdays" and faculty can explore at their own pace!
In Analytics, you can track how many links are opened within your newsletter so you can gauge which apps or resources generated the most faculty interest.
