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One pleasure of our modern world is every once in a while an app comes along that solves problems you didn’t even know you had and that is so easy to use you can’t imagine why someone didn’t think of it a long time ago. Remind 101 is one. This texting app is designed for teachers to text message reminders and updates to parents and students either spontaneously or scheduled ahead.
- messages are outgoing only
- no replies are enabled
- all cell numbers remain hidden from view
- no messages can be deleted
- messages can be resent or tweeted instantly.
Some terrific examples of K to 12 classroom use can be seen here and here and here.