Jason Rhode wrote a great post on SMS in higher ed, "Text messaging students while maintaining privacy". A few interesting statistics on mobile penetration in schools:
Jason does a live demo of remind101 at 32 minutes, check it out!
It's obvious that students-both high school and highered alike are using mobile phones to communicate but the privacy concerns become an issue when teachers and professors are involved. "Valid concerns exist concerning how to do so in a manner that protects the privacy of both the students and the faculty or staff member."
Jason Rhode is the Assistant Director of the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center at Northern Illinois University
A big thank you to the 100's of teachers who spoke about us at conferences or schools. We want to help you share remind101. Download, share, or print this Scribd PDF! We'll be coming out with more how to's and tutorials soon:
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-Brett, cofounder remind101
p.s. You can view the presentation on Slideshare here. Thanks to @KatieRegan for pointing that out!
Darcy Esparza teaches 7th grade math (regular and Pre-AP) at Vernon Middle School
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