This is a must have tool for teachers, students, and families!

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Community Review for ClassTag

Tameria B.
Tameria B.
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My Take

My overall take is that this product is a wonderful app to communicate with parents and students. I've used it on the parent side and educator side. This app allows students to learn how to upload their work and submit. As an educator, this app is a great way to remind students of homework assignment, reminders, even projects! The students were eager is use this app to show their parents their progress. Students were able to chat with one another using the app as well. When I monitored their usage, they asked questions to one another and also used it as a buddy system.

How I Use It

As a parent and educator, I highly recommend ClassTag for everyone! As a parent, this app allows teachers to communicate with parents/families and keep us in the know. At the end of the school day, I receive messages, via ClassTag, from my daughter's teacher/principal. You can send message to a group, the teacher only, or to a particular parent. I also like the app because it's easy to use. It is like a social media page. There is a stream which loads all announcements. I also enjoy that there is not a word count limit and attachments (pictures, lunch menus, flyers) can be included!

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LU W.
LU W.
May 4, 2021

Great experience

The class tag might need some optimization of uploading photos and video. I think sometimes it takes some time.
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Tanya L.
Tanya L. Teacher Leland P Brown Elementary School Olympia, WA
May 23, 2019

ClassTag vs. Bloomz

This year I decided to switch to ClassTag after using Bloomz for a year. I really liked the ease of use of Bloomz, but I had read that ClassTag had some features that would make my communication more equitable (better translation features and ability to print out automated newsletters for parents that don’t sign up), so I made the switch. For photo and video handling, I prefer Bloomz. ClassTag seems like it takes forever to load and then upload pictures, but it seemed almost instant in Bloomz. The conference option is also better in Bloomz as the teacher is able to assign slots if parents call or have already made plans with you. ClassTag only lets the parents sign up and therefore I did not use this option for my conferences. ClassTag also doesn't have a portfolio option for individual students like Bloomz. ClassTag did have a number of options that I really liked and saved me time. One option is you can delay the time of your posts, therefore working in advance. For example, if you wanted to set a reminder an event for parents, you could set the time you post it for the night before. Also if you put things in the calendar it will automatically generate a summary of the coming week. There are quite a few advertisements in ClassTag which can be annoying. There is also a coin reward system for using the platform. This was not my primary motivation for using the app, but I did get about $20 worth of Teachers Pay Teachers gift certificates this year which was a bonus.
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Stacy K.
Stacy K. Teacher Julia R Masterman Secondary School Philadelphia, PA
October 17, 2018

Awesome free parent-teacher communication tool!

This is an awesome way to keep parents up to date so they can support their kids with work and planning. It saves me a lot of time from back and forth emails and phone calls that don't always go through. My students know their parents are in the loop. The only thing I would try to improve is that they send us an email every time new free rewards are added to the free Rewards page. Check it out!
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