Thursday, August 11, 2011

Students in USA are messaging 3 hours per day!

I was surprised recently that big telephone companies like Vodafone and KPN (The Netherlands) didn't foresee the fact that apps could gradually make certain functions of their business proposition redundant. To name one example: texting / messaging. Since Whatsapp (do we still remember Budweiser's Wassup) telephone companies are loosing loads and loads of turnover...
And it must have been their biggest chunk of turnover if you take a look at this Infographic from OnlineEducation.net According to this research students spend 3 HOURS (on average) PER DAY sending text messages to each other...!!!

This is incredible, that's even more than watching TV!

I recently received a hand-written note from a guy aged 25... it was illegible and looked like the handwriting of my grandfather AFTER he died... If 82% of all students prefer to use digital tools to learn, why are we still not using games as a training tool on schools I wonder. Are teachers really that terrified that they will lose their jobs? I think teachers will become the admins of the future teaching playground, but that's another subject. For now, go check out this great infographic - and a BIG thanks to Lessie for keeping me posted on interesting shizzle for the peepz!



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