The BBC reports that “pupils at a school in Buckinghamshire have been getting extra help with GCSE revision by texting their teachers.Far from banning mobile phones,Cottesloe School in Wing has decided to turn modern technology to its advantage in an attempt to improve results.Since Easter,Year 11 pupils have been able to message teachers from home with revision queries and get a text answer.The school said “text mentoring” had also seen teachers messaging pupils with revision prompts and exam tips”.
Texting teacher
- June 12th, 2006
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by Jim_Downing
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@ 12:41
I find the whole texting thing intriguing. The devices being used are all cell phones or Instant Messenger services; ie. AOL, yahoo, MSN?
Are PocketPCs or Palms being uses? Would you consider this to be ‘Mobile or Distance Learning?’ Are these Teachers creating ‘content’ and using these technics in regular class time?
Are they seeing a need for portable mobile content in the form of learning, reference, testing? This is all so interesting. I’ll be looking for a follow-up.