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He also had a much simpler take on it...

    I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.
    
    - Richard Feynman

Thanks! Yes, I've been talking with some college professors, and it looks like the software would work well there too.

There may need to be some customization of the analytics to handle their larger classes, which we're open to -- we've basically just been building features based on the requests from our teachers.

Feel free to pass on my email -- m [at] classpager.com -- if the teachers/professors have any questions.

Hmm, thanks. We'll have to work on the front page copy.

Do her students never reply to the text messages she sends out? That's the core of the value-add -- whether inside or outside of class, students can reply to ClassPager and we show it to the teacher on the web site.

If she doesn't want students to be able to reply at all (i.e. she wants it to be totally 1-way communication) then I'm actually inclined to agree -- Remind101 is definitely the best and most cost-effective choice there.

Thanks! Yeah, we hate those clickers too.

Thanks for catching that.

Thanks!

If she or other teachers have any questions, they're welcome to email me: m [at] classpager.com.

We've been piloting with teachers, so we're starting by marketing to teachers directly. The goal is to have a product that's both useful at the free level and affordable at the premium level, given teachers' budgets.

We've started talking to schools, too, but I think it will be some time before we really target the marketing there.

Yes, that's very true. It's going to take a while to convince schools to change all these entrenched behaviors and policies.

But, as you're getting at, it's also obvious that technology should be -- and will be -- an integral part of the classroom in the future. So we're hoping that, by making it as easy as possible to get on board, and by making the tech usable both inside and outside the classroom, we'll help teachers and classrooms move towards this future.