As
a student at Michigan State University, Brett Kopf struggled with dyslexia and ADD. Likely during a class in which he
should have been paying attention, his mind wandered to a potential solution
for his resulting disorganization - if there was a service that could send him
a text message every time he had an assignment due, test, or schedule related
announcement, his status as a student could dramatically improve. At that
moment, Remind101 was born, or at least the concept. It wasn’t until Brett
shared his idea with his brother David that the product came to be.
Now
co-founders of one of the leading companies in mobile education, the Kopf
brothers have found how truly impactful their product can be in the lives of
educators.
Remind101
is a free, safe messaging service for teachers to communicate with students and
parents via text or email. Teachers sign up for an account, create classes or
groups, gather subscribers, and start messaging. All without ever sharing their
personal cell phone number, or collecting phone numbers from their students or
parents.
How?
I've been working with Brett from remind101's infancy and my students and parents rave about the service. They say it's the easiest and fastest way to get the pulse of the classroom. They don't need to log onto a computer to see our class website or look up what's happening on Twitter or Facebook or our class blog. A text messaging and email alert service is exactly what students and parents need in this digital age.
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