Net Buddy Nights
You and a partner are to hold two
Net Buddy events for your students to
“buddy” with their parents.
Your events could be in the afternoon or in the evening, whichever will
better match your population. The length of time is up to you, but an
hour seems to be the very minimum time to really allow time for the kids
to explain and parents to explore!
Things you Must Do:
- Reserve the Lab.
- Create a flyer or invitation (or
have the kids create it!) to advertise your event. You should Include an
“RSVP” slip so you know which parents plan to attend. A day or so
before the event, send home a reminder to the parents.
- Have an agenda.
- Tell the parents about the Ed
Tech – No Child Left Behind Grant and how your students are benefiting
from your participation
- Create an attendance Sheet
- Send Peggy the invitation,
agenda, and the attendance sheet.
Things to Think About
- Decide if you want this to be a family event including
siblings and include that information in your flyer. Make sure to ask
for the number of people attending so you can plan accordingly!
- Set a limit of number of people who can attend and include
that information also—you don’t want so many people that they can’t all
have access to the computers.
- Do you want students to demonstrate lessons or will you
demonstrate?
- Do you want to give them some specific sites to visit?
(share the educational sites you use with your students)
- Decide if you will serve refreshments. (Sorry, we have no
budget for this.)
- Try to build this around another event that parents will
already be at school so you can increase attendance.
- Create incentives for students and parents to want to attend.