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Articles tagged with: School and Sms
Texting, tweeting ought to be viewed as GR8 teaching tools, scholar says
.. Carol L. Tilley, a professor of library and information science at Illinois, says that schools and libraries should consider embracing texting and tweeting as a means of engagement rather than simply outlawing it. "I think if you're an edu more
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Open Wide - Dentists Urge Patents to Stop Texting During Treatment
..t because I know that there are parents with kids in school who need to be in touch with their kids at times," she said. "However, one young patient of mine had to interrupt me when his phone was buzzing in his pocket." Dr. Bogho more
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Students From Around The World Learn Through SMS
Students from around the world will be able to learn together by using SMS in the new school year 2009-2010. An IICD supported Global Teenager Project will experiment with using SMS to ensure that schools without internet access can also participate in one of the world's largest online learning programmes. more
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Teens Admit to Using Cell Phones to Cheat in School
..y has found that over a third of American teenagers will use their cell phone to help cheat in school - while half admit to using the internet to cheat. More importantly claims the survey, many students don't consider their actions to be cheati more
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Communicating with more than words
ICT is all about communication but it has never provided the semantic richness offered by the non-verbal cues that typically pepper face-to-face conversation. Thanks to European researchers, that is about to change. more
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When texting, eligible women express themselves better
The book "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" and its gender stereotypes on how the sexes communicate remains fodder for debate, but two Indiana University (IU) researchers have confirmed one thing: When men and women talk through technology, it's the women who are more expressive. more
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Report Says that SMS is Not Ideal for Emergency Communications
US trade group, 3G Americas has published a research report focusing on restrictions on the use of SMS as an emergency alert service. The use of text messaging or SMS has become ubiquitous and commonplace for recreational and business purposes. According to CTIA -The Wireless Association, text messaging has set new records in the United States, with 75 billion messages reported in the month of June 2008 alone -- about 2.5 billion messages a day. Accordingly, SMS messaging is now viewed by many as a reliable method of communication when all other means appear unavailable, and some third party companies are offering emergency notification services based on SMS. more
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British Parents Want Text Messages from their Children's Schools
.. Becta, the UK Government's education technology agency, over two-thirds of parents would like schools to use technologies such as SMS and the internet to communicate with them more frequently. Currently, only 8% of parents surveyed are kept in more
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