Speedtexting at Jonesieblog

Speedtexting

Comments Published December 15th, 2007 in Education

I was talking to my S3 class the other week, and one of the girls revealed that she can text much more quickly than she can handwrite. She didn’t get the chance to demonstrate, what with the school rule on mobile phones, but her friends confirmed the fact. I don’t suppose that she is unusual.

Interesting. I tend to take talk about mobile phones as the next big thing in education with a big pinch of salt, but I think I’ve based my cynicism on an assumption that the keypads are awkward, slow input devices. Apparently that is not the case if you are 14 and female.

Stumble it!

Tags: mobile+phones education

Viewing 9 Comments

Ewan McIntosh 1 year ago 1 point
Please login to rate.

Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.

Do you want a loan of a Cre8txt next week to have a competition and see?
http://ltsblogs.org.uk/connected/2007/09/18/cr8...

reply edit reblog flag

http://edu.blogs.com

jonesieboy 1 year ago 1 point
Please login to rate.

Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.

Yes please - that sounds like an ideal last-week-of-term activity :)

reply edit reblog flag

1 /people/jonesieboy/ /people/jonesieboy/following/ http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog jonesieboy

John Johnston 1 year ago 1 point
Please login to rate.

Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.

I think i read about a korean boy who can text in class in his pocket. My daughter seems to be able to text, talk and walk all at the same time. I am always hoping for a full-sized roll-up keyboard like the one ab blogs last week that plugs into your phone;-)
In my experience primary children are as slow as me at texting which stopped me doing much mobloging in class. I must try again this year as they get faster all the time.

reply edit reblog flag

http://johnjohnston.myopenid.com/

Tess Watson 1 year ago 1 point
Please login to rate.

Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.

I will be very interested to hear how you get on with this next week Jonsie.

Merry Christmas,

Tess :-)

reply edit reblog flag

http://www.tessawatson.com

Alan Coady 1 year ago 1 point
Please login to rate.

Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.

I'm sure I can text faster (and neater) than I can write - and without looking, a feat I wouldn't try if I had to try to write in a straight line. According to my birth certificate, I am neither 14 nor female. I don't even particularly like texting.

I tried Cre8txt at the Scottish Learning Festival. The predictive element of it is not the same as the T9 system on most mobile phones. I wasn't overly impressed by it - but they didn't really give me a decent shot. I'd be interested to hear how it goes in class.

reply edit reblog flag

http://www.alancoady.com

jonesieboy 1 year ago 1 point
Please login to rate.

Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.

It doesn't surprise me that you can text quickly Alan - I've had the pleasure of seeing your nimble fingers playing the guitar. As an independent observer I can confirm that you are not 14, and almost certainly not female!

My texting is very poor. I use predictive texting, but get completely tangled up when the thing I am trying to text isn't picked up by the system. Without predictive texting, I am even slower. I've never worked out how you quickly select 2 letters from the same key, and never cared enough to find out!

I can touch type though. Not really relevant, but I feel the need to make myself sound a bit less lame :)

I'll let everyone know how the trial goes - provided I can sort out the loan from Ewan. Better email now...

reply edit reblog flag

1 /people/jonesieboy/ /people/jonesieboy/following/ http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog jonesieboy

jonesieboy 1 year ago 1 point
Please login to rate.

Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.

Don't think I'm going to be able to pick up the input device from Ewan before the end of term, so I'll just have to do the experiment with real mobile phones. More realistic anyway :)

reply edit reblog flag

1 /people/jonesieboy/ /people/jonesieboy/following/ http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog jonesieboy

Tess Watson 1 year ago 1 point
Please login to rate.

Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.

As the Support Officer for East Lothian, I could pick up the device from Ewan and take it out to you at NB if that would help?

:-)

reply edit reblog flag

http://www.tessawatson.com

jonesieboy 1 year ago 1 point
Please login to rate.

Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.

That would be awesome Tess :)

reply edit reblog flag

1 /people/jonesieboy/ /people/jonesieboy/following/ http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog jonesieboy