Mrs. Lukas & Mrs. Edmond, Kindergarten Teachers, Rocky Point School District, NY

This Kindergarten eBoard features links, curriculum info, District news, homework, and weekly updates. The site is chock full of great information and links. In addition to all this great information, Ms. Lukas and Mrs. Edmonds have fun adding age-appropriate images. Parents and students enjoy visiting this eBoard and keeping current on what is going on in kindergarten!

Deborah Erne, Kindergarten Teacher, St. Peter School, OH

E-Board has been incredible in connecting parents to my classroom! My Kindergartners, too, have ownership in the tabs I created where they can practice skills. Parents have shared with me that their children beg daily to play on the webpage! This brings mom and dad to the webpage, too!

Beth Borland, 1st Grade Teacher, South Huntington School District, NY

My eBoard has proven to be priceless. Through incorporating my eBoard into my classroom, communication between school and my families has been made much easier. My eBoard helps to keep parents up to date on projects, and reminds students and parents of classroom events, schedules and calendars. My students enjoy navigating my eBoard to play helpful educational websites that coincide with the topics and concepts we are learning in school. My students love viewing pictures that I post of our parties and field trips. They truly enjoy sharing their special memories with their families. My eBoard is truly a home – school connection!

Carol Serrano, 2nd Grade Teacher, Longwood School District, NY

eBoard has allowed for our classroom community to extend beyond the four walls of our classroom. Parents get a peek at what their children are engaged in as we update classroom activities regularly. Students love going home, signing on, and sharing what they have been doing in school.

Alice Macner, 2nd Grade Teacher, South Huntington School District, NY

I enjoy maintaining and updating my classroom e-board because I believe that it shares with parents their childrens' creativity and the fun that students have as they learn new things during their school day. Parents can find information on the latest class field trips, pictures of classroom projects and even information on various units being studied in class. Children who are absent can find their spelling words and homework assignments so that they don't fall behind in their schoolwork due to illness. I also maintain a useful set of educational websites for students and parents to access from home.

Beth Singer Menis, 3rd Grade Teacher, Riverhead School District, NY

It has been an outstanding tool to communicate up to the minute information to the parents. To ease 1st day of school jitters, I even put a video clip – Virtual Tour of our classroom. Parents can contact me, get overviews of everything going in the classroom, and can even get necessary forms that they might need for life in our school and district. I cannot say enough about how much the families of my students love my Eboard. It’s so easy to stay on top of what is going on in our class…even if they have been absent or can’t read their handwriting in their homework notebook, they are just one click away from getting right on track.

Deborah Goldfarb, 3rd Grade Teacher, Half Hollow Hills School District, NY

I'm having a blast and so are my students and their parents. We share websites to enhance and enrich our curriculum, and showcase events and activities happening in the classroom. An eBoard is a wonderful vehicle for communication and information. Aren't we lucky to have this valuable and interactive tool, literally at our fingertips! Motivating, reinforcing, creating, and captivating -the world of technology intrigues us all and pushes us to continue to raise our bars as our adventure to the 21st century happens.

Beth Ann Vahle, 3rd Grade Teacher, Deer Park School District, NY

As a working parent, I know how important it is to stay involved with my child’s school academics and activities. My e-board enables the parents in my class to stay informed and updated with the many things we are doing in our class. I enjoy updating it frequently while adding pictures of my students, current websites, activities, etc. I especially cherish reading notes from my previous students on an i-note.

Joanne McGuinness-Tures, 3rd Grade Teacher, Huntington School District, NY

The eBoard has motivated my children to extend learning beyond the school day. It encourages my children to investigate and interact with technology as they eagerly await my response to their submissions on iNotes. An eBoard course will be conducted by me for Huntington to hopefully motivate others.

Melissa Lay, 4th Grade Math Teacher, Jefferson Parish School District, LA

Having eBoard provides parents, students, and myself with an ongoing communication tool. Parents are made aware of what is being taught within the classroom. Additionally, parents and students can eliminate tireless searching of on-line activities to help learn subject matter. Those involved in the learning process can only benefit from my eBoard.

Nancy Holmes & Jocelyn Schwarz, 4th Grade Teachers, Half Hollow Hills School District, NY

It has added so much to our classroom! It has enhanced parent involvement, given students a sense of ownership and made them more responsible for their materials. It has also made our jobs easier in that students can get answers to east questions like “I was absent and missed the science notes! What do I do now?” These students can access notes from home whether it was due to absence or if they had left their notes in school. Parents feel more connected to what we are doing and extended family member can see what students are working on, see pictures and samples of their work. Its truly been a wonderful enhancement to our class and our teaching!

Donna Aiosa, 4th Grade Teacher, Half Hollow Hills School District, NY

The e Board is an extremely valuable tool in my classroom. The students use the e Board to be directed to appropriate web sites and interesting web quests. The students can access the e Board at home to see Homework assignments, vocabulary words, and even class notes. Students have a vested interest in our e Board because they participate in I Notes, wikispaces, and voice threads. The greatest aspect of the e Board is the home-school connection it creates. Parents can stay involved and up to date with what their children are doing in class. The e Board is invaluable to our class.

Mrs. Fox, 5th Grade Language Arts, Harmony Township School, NJ

My students and I have been using the eBoard as a literature response tool. The students posted a prompt about a book they have been reading. In the four days since their prompts have been posted, I have seen an overwhelming response. My students are all excited to respond to literature in this new way.

Christine Amodeo, Library Media Specialist, Huntington School District, NY

Students use my eBoard to access Internet sites they use when conducting research for projects. It is a more efficient way for students to access the sites. The eBoard also provides a means for me to keep students and parents updated on lessons and events from the media center.

Maryann Daly, SEARCH Program Coordinator, Huntington School District, NY

I am the chairperson for a Gifted and Talented program for children in Grades K-6 in the Huntington School district. The SEARCH Program has many facets to it and communication has always been key in reaching out to the community members. The program encompasses enrichment programs, pull-out programs including scheduled trips relative to the units presently being studied and special workshops and labs scheduled for all children. Additionally, I teach Math Olympiad classes to students in Grades 4, 5 & 6 district-wide. This site enabled me to post the problems we are currently using each week. Students who needed extra practice or were absent can view the curriculum that was covered during that week and practice at home. Parents are also able to view the work being covered on a weekly basis. From my eBoard, I have also been able to attach permission slips the parents can download. On each grade level, I have included a “What my parents need to know” section. This is the place where I can summarize on a weekly basis; the curriculums taught and discussed and note any reports and/or work due the following week. This is a great way to communicate to everyone. I have over 6,000 hits!

Michael Nadeau, Elementary Band Teacher, Commack School District, NY

I use my e-board for announcements, posting letters, posting the practice chart, motivational ideas, recruitment, etc.