Does SMS technology give us the tool to deliver education? In Europe, 90 – 100% of the high school students own mobile devices and use SMS more frequently than voice calls. If we want to engage a student perhaps its time to figure out where they spend their time- on the mobile.
There is an extensive movement in Europe regarding mobile practice and mobile delivery of content and SMS use within education.
Voice messages and SMS
When your phone rings, do you pick it up? Do you look who’s calling. Pretty interactive and we all consider this to be a priority. Students in high school live with their phones powered up. Their lives would not be the same without them. They are more mobile savvy today than any being on the planet.
Imagine a targeted SMS message with short clips of audio content – maybe one minute. If Ford Truck can sell me on a 60,000.00 truck in 15 seconds of a TV commercial, is it possible to construct SMS based mobile messages that link to a recorded dial in message?
PDA Courseware?
Today we know – you can not just send a mobile device the PowerPoint presentation used on your desktop or a Flash designed for a desktop. The screen and navigation is not designed for the same purpose. We provide step by step methodology to determining what technologies are used for mobile delivery and the best content practices.
PDA, Smart Phone, Java, Windows Media, Verizon networks, Cingular, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T all create a unique problem and a challege for mobile education.
