Friendship Club Planning ...With Technology Stacey VanLaan Jenison High School

What is Friendship Club? “Growing inclusive relationships outside of the classroom” An extracurricular club with the purpose of exploring the many different ways for our students with disabilities to participate in Jenison High School events or other events outside of school The “general education” students meet once a month to plan a monthly calendar of events The calendar is sent home for students with disabilities and their parents to decide what events they might be interested in attending The events chosen are communicated with the club administrator The technology begins....

Technology Used: Google Classroom School server is Gmail? Then you most likely have access to Google Classroom. Created a “Classroom” with all of the “general education” students that signed up for Friendship Club at the beginning of the year. Google Classroom is connected with student’s email addresses. If I post a comment in the Classroom, they get an email. Most students will also download the app to their phones, so then they receive a notification when I post in the Classroom. The monthly calendar is uploaded into the Classroom each month.

I can post to Google Classroom either from my computer or from an app on my phone I post Friendship Club needs within the Classroom Ex: John is wanting to attend the girls varsity soccer game this coming Friday night. Is anyone able to go with him? Students will either respond on the post or come and see me throughout the day to let me know if they are available and planning on it.

Technology Used... Remind App An app that allows you (as a teacher, coach, administrator, club leader, etc.) to communicate through texts with groups or individual students at your school Both you and students do not have to reveal phone numbers. You also have the ability to set “office hours” and settings so that students can or cannot communicate with each other. When the class is done or students no longer want to be communicated about a certain group, the group leader may “close” the group or the student may “leave” the group. The app also allows you to have 1-on-1 conversations with students or to create small student groups that may need to communicate. I post the events in my Friendship Club group in the Remind App and students can individually respond to me if they choose to sign up for that event.

Download the Remind App to your phone Create a “Class”

3. Once your class has been created and your students or club members have joined, you may give class announcements, group announcements or individual messages.

4. You may also make announcements to more than one class or club

Questions or comments? Suggestions?