Text+and+Instant+Messaging

[|My Prezi Presentation]

Above is a link towards my actual Prezi Presentation. Below is a quick overview of how text/instant messaging could benefit the classroom.

Text Messaging
 * Poll Everywhere
 * A website that allows students to use their cell phones to respond to polls for answers
 * Its free of charge, only problem is what text plans you are on for the services
 * TextMarks
 * Students subscribe free of charge to this website so that the instructor could send out important information to each student. Important information like when a test is, if school is delayed or cancelled, etc.
 * Completely free, and only thing is what text plan you are on
 * Google SMS
 * Students can text this for class participation points on finding an answer that the teacher talks about during class time
 * Google SMS only costs as much as your text plans are
 * Other popular uses:
 * Scavenger Hunts, Communication between parents and teachers, etc.

Instant Messaging
 * Free to sign up for any of the following to help communication between parents and teachers, or teachers and students
 * AIM, iChat, Yahoo, MSN, etc.
 * Popular forms:
 * Office hours
 * Help students with homework or preparing for tests
 * Parent/Teacher Conferences
 * Meeting with parents over IM to talk about their student more often then once every couple of months. See how each student is doing and how parents could help with homework
 * Chatrooms
 * Chatzy
 * Everyone signs up for a free account and at a certain time the entire class signs on for some peer help with figuring out problems, tests, or to communicate with the teacher on homework help.

Resources: www.chatzy.com www.textmarks.com www.polleverywhere.com www.google.com/sms www.techlearning.com