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Revision as of 13:47, 28 April 2011
We've found that texting can be a private backchannel for rapid student support.
In the texting pilot we've been working with students and teachers at Somerville's alternative school to explore how texting can be a private backchannel for rapid student support. This fall, we gave two teachers Google Voice accounts, linked to phone numbers private from their separate phones. Students who wanted to participate gave their teachers their cell phone numbers. We set basic ground rules, and then allowed the group to text when and about what they wanted. In all XX students received and sent texts over the X months.