TEACHERS | TalkingPoints vs ILTexas

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!

The International Leadership of Texas (ILTexas) app provides parents, students, and faculty with all the information they need in one place, conveniently accessible and explicitly formatted for mobile devices. The App includes: - Blogs, news, and announcements - Pictures and documents - Calendar events - Constituent directory and more Download the app today to stay informed about the most important news, announcements, and calendar events, and to access the most current community directory. Users can: - Browse the latest published photos - Filter content and store those preferences for subsequent use - Catch up on current news - Browse calendars for information about upcoming events. Filter calendars to see the events most relevant to their interests - Quickly find faculty, parent, and student contact information - Email a constituent directly from your device The information in the International Leadership of Texas (ILTexas) app is drawn from the same source as the International Leadership of Texas (ILTexas) website. Privacy controls restrict sensitive information only to authorized users.