TEACHERS | TalkingPoints vs Preducation

The TalkingPoints Teacher app helps teachers reach all parents and guardians, regardless of language, via text messages in 100+ languages. Our translation is done by a combination of human translators and machines, allowing for seamless communication with all of your families. TalkingPoints helps teachers • Communicate with non-English speaking parents through automatic 2-way translation • Quickly send messages to one parent, a group of parents or to the whole class • Keep their cell phone numbers private by sending text messages through the app • Attach pictures, videos, polls, and files to text messages to share what students are learning in school • Preschedule messages to go out when parents are available to read them "Teachers have busy schedules and don't have a lot of time to learn how to use a new tool, but what I want other educators to know is how easy it is to communicate with parents through TalkingPoints. I love it and use it everyday!” - Ms. Cardenas, ESL teacher TalkingPoints is free for teachers in the U.S./Canada. Sign up today!

A program that equips teachers, educators, and parents with tools to enhance children's understanding and tolerance of the unfamiliar, while aiming to reduce the inclination towards violence. Receive access to 5 modules with resources and tools covering multiple diversity topics including: Prejudice & Discrimination Ethnicity Culture Gender Identity Disabilities Bonus: Tolerance Coaching Handbook Backed by Research Each learning module was designed by experts with modern research-backed insights to ensure the content is age-appropriate for the students and serves as an effective toolbox for educators with over 50+ extended resources readily available. 35+ Class Activities for Students Gain over 35 free class activities for students to participate in to help expand their understanding of all the diversity topics covered in the modules. And More Features! Educational Videos Receive a catalog of educational and age-appropriate videos to share with your class Guides & Tips for Teachers Read collections of short articles and quick tips to help guide your teaching on sensitive topics Class Discussion Questions Help guide a positive class discussion with a focus question and related discussion question Assessments Test student learning and knowledge with pre- and post-assessments tailored to each module Our Purpose - Our Promise Our goal: Protecting Children from the Impact of Violence Our children live in a world filled with hateful words, bias, intolerance, and violent interactions. This hate-filled world is constantly reinvigorated by extremist rhetoric, hate group actions, public exhibitions of bias, and in-home prejudice-based modeling against: Religions Cultures Disabilities Physical Appearance Ethnicity Gender Among the many repercussions of this escalating online and public exposure of children to statements and actions of bias is the initiation of the cycle of prejudice and as a result–its partner–violence. Partners Funded by the Department of Homeland Security and federal Emergency Management Administration's non-emergency anti-terrorism effort. Created and implemented by the University of Central Oklahoma Department of Mass Communications under the direction of Sandra Martin and the Department of Educational Sciences, Foundations & Research under the direction of Dr. Tyler Weldon.