Authors: Nakia Gavin (WSU) & Jessica Maynard (WSU)


Overview of Text Messaging/SMS

Text messaging is a way to stay connected to family and friends nationwide and internationally. It has become the fastest growing mobile device feature and has no age limit. Text messages can be sent in a variety of ways ranging from mobile to mobile, PC to mobile and E-mail to mobile.

Text messaging, also called SMS (short messaging service), allows for short text messaging to be sent and received on mobile phones, PDA's or pagers. Text messaging is used for messages that are usually no longer than 500 characters. Messages can be sent from one phone to another by addressing the message to the recipient's phone number. Messages can also be sent via phone to a special email address through the carrier's website and through instant messaging using a pin (such as using a Blackberry).

SMS (short messaging service), usually meant for pagers, is a service that allows users to send and receive short hand text messages.


Youth Marketing Statistics

According to the Nielsen Wire, during the second quarter of 2008, a typical U.S. mobile subscriber placed or received 204 phone calls each month. In comparison, the average mobile customer sent or received 357 text messages per month — a 450% increase over the number of text messages circulated monthly during the same period in 2006.


Example of Texting/SMS

SMS Tutorial - Example applications of SMS messaging

WikiHow - Step by step manual on how to send a text message

Text Message Abbreviations - Confused by all those characters and abbreviations? Look here for a quick guide to text messaging

Text in the Classroom - One teacher's method of incorporating texting into her classroom as a motivational tool for students


Popular Texting Devices/Services

More Than a Phone - Nu-wave devices of the future

iPhone Texting Made Easy



Getting Started
How to guides and tutorials relating to text messaging/SMS

SMS Glossary - Free how-to-guide

Top Texting Tips (T9) - Tutotiral on how to text using T9 mode





Teacher References
How texting has become part of education

PBS Teachers - Should schools teach SMS text messaging?

This Week In Education - Article in This Week in Education

Sex Education via Texting - A method of delivering what usually is an uncomfortable topic for most teens

Texting, Twitter and Facebook in the Classroom - Should these technological tools be implemented in the classroom?


Text Messaging in Educational Settings
Ways to use texting as a positive tool for teaching and learning

Texting and Behavioral Management - How can we use texting as a behavioral management tool?

Learning Using Texts - One teacher's lesson incorporating text messaging

Text Messaging Lesson Plans - 50+ lessons using texting as a tool



References/Acknowledgments

Sept. 22nd, 2008, Posted in Nielsen News, Online and Mobile
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/in-us-text-messaging-tops-mobile-phone-calling/

SMS Glossry - A Comprehensive Guide to Text Messaging
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/in-us-text-messaging-tops-mobile-phone-calling/

Text Messaging Abbreviations - Part 1: Guide to Understanding Online Chat Acronyms and Smiley Faces
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp

Focus on Effectiveness - Classroom Examples, High School: Messaging Shakespeare
http://www.netc.org/focus/examples/messag.php

YouTube video - Iphone Texting Made Easy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX_gplcbY8A

You Tube video - Top Texting Tips (T9) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN_MdBtRS8M&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fclifmims%2Ewetpaint%2Ecom%2Fpage%2FText%2BMessaging%252FSMS%3Fmail%3D1130&feature=player_embedded

1995-2009 Public Broadcasting Services (PBS).
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2006/10/do_students_need_to_learn_text.html

Feb. 10, 2009, Posted at 9:37 AM, Alexander Russo's This Week in Education: Tech: Texting.....Sexting.....Sextortion?
http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2009/02/tech-textingsextingsextortion.html

May 6, 2009, My Fox Houston - Group offers sex Education via Texting
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/090506_sex_education_texting

Mar. 10, 2009, Bea Fields: Should Teachers Incorporate Texting and Twitter Into the Classroom?
http://beafields.com/2009/03/should-teachers-incorporate-texting-and-twitter-into-the-classroom/

Jun. 2, 2009, Websterine: How to Use Texting for Classroom Management and Discipline in the Middle School Classroom
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1790244/how_to_use_text_messaging_for_classroom.html?cat=4

Cell Phone Lesson 2 - Text Messaging
http://www.pass-ed.com/CellPhone/TextMessaging.html

Lesson Planet: The Search Engine for Teachers - 53 Text Messaging Lessons
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?grade=all&keywords=%22text+messaging%22&rating=3&search_type=narrow