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		<title>Texting reminders to students</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Many of Todd McCann&#8217;s students suffer from a chronic disease. Call it CRS: Can&#8217;t Remember Squat. Now they have no excuse. Mr. McCann, an English instructor at Bay College, in Michigan, is deploying students&#8217; own favorite technology to burn away the memory fog. He blasts his classes text-message reminders using Broadtexter, a free software program used [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Many of Todd McCann&#8217;s students suffer from a chronic disease.</p>
<p>Call it CRS: Can&#8217;t Remember Squat.</p>
<p>Now they have no excuse.</p>
<p>Mr. McCann, an English instructor at Bay College, in Michigan, is deploying students&#8217; own favorite technology to burn away the memory fog. He blasts his classes text-message reminders using <a href="http://www.broadtexter.com/">Broadtexter</a>, a free software program used by bands to create <a href="http://www.cordmag.com/blog/2007/05/next-wave-of-musician-to-fan-technology.html">mobile fan clubs</a>. Rather than texting tour dates, he keeps the phones in students&#8217; pockets buzzing with regular reminders like &#8216;Paper 4 is due tomorrow.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Professor-Textblaster/21451/?sid=wc&amp;utm_source=wc&amp;utm_medium=en">Read more at The Chronicle</a></p>
<p>I, too, was on the fence with this but it is another tool that some students will find beneficial, especially, if they are prone to forgetting things. In today&#8217;s hectic life of multitasking, having this option could save you from a lot of stress.</p>
<p>&#8230;except that now you&#8217;ll know the deadline is tomorrow.</p>

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