April 30, 2007 at 11:55 pm · Authored by Ewan · Filed under Mobile, SMS

The education market is certainly hotting up. More and more institutions seem to FINALLY be recognising that the medium of text is a rather useful one.

Witness:

Link: Anti-truancy SMS system sold to US schools. 30/04/2007. ABC News Online

A South Australian company has signed its first deal to supply three schools in the United States with software to curb truancy.

MGM Wireless created its ‘message you’ software about five years ago.

It uses text messaging to send an alert to parents whenever their child is absent from school.

I think it’s a wicked idea. Brilliant. You can catch MGM’s site here.