July 23, 2009
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. Cellular News reports.
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 programs.
Although the Global Teenager Project was already widely spread throughout the world, the program was only accessible for schools with access to the internet.
Through the internet, classes around the world ask each other questions about a certain theme (such as 'politics in my country', 'teen life' and 'how HIV/AIDS affects the world') that they also talked about in class. This way they earn from each others cultures.
With the new SMS component, it is now also possible for schools in rural areas with very limited or no access to the internet at all to participate in the project.
... The first countries that will use SMS for learning in the Global Teenager Project are most likely Zambia, Ghana, South-Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada, Romania and the Netherlands.
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