123 Consultants & Clickatell launch Schools-SMS service
Link: webitpr | Parents find out if children are playing truant via SMS
Launched today, ‘Schools-SMS’ is an information and communication service for schools provided by 123 Consultants and Clickatell, the world’s leading messaging provider. Schools-SMS utilises the power and popularity of SMS text messaging to inform parents if their children are playing truant, as well as providing educational tools and services.
Parents can register with their child’s school to receive a truant alert SMS. If a pupil does not turn up for school, teachers can then inform the parent with an SMS message; a convenient and discreet method of communication. The system can deliver texts in several languages and also to landlines via text translation for parents who do not have a mobile phone.
I’ve always been a fan of this kind of service — for Universities, Colleges and Schools. Anything that gives a degree of transparency to students and/or parents.
I’m going to see if I can talk to Clickatell and get some screenshots. I’d like to understand how exactly this integrates into a school’s registration system.
Hmm….will be watching this one with interest.
Posted by David McQueen on December 12th, 2006 at 5:50 pm.Wonder what the cost is?
Check out Keep Kids Safe - they already have a large number of schools signed up for the system. The savings in admin time for schools has been around 50% and as well as 1-2-1 voice, text and email messaging, it can be used in broadcast mode. The system integrates directly with the school attendance system.
Seems like a well thought out and robust system.
It’s a pay as you go system and they offer schools a 3 month free trial - apparantly nearly every school who has trialed the system has signed up for it.
Jim
http://www.cmmtechnologyllp.com/keep_kids_safe.php
Jim
Posted by Jim Black on December 13th, 2006 at 12:46 pm.