Systems And Methods For Facilitating Classroom Interaction

• US 20110300526A1
• Filed: 06/07/2011
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
• Inventors: McDonald, David
• Application Number:
  US13/154,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20110300526A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/12 different stations being capable of presenting different information simultaneously G09B5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/14 with provision for individual teacher-student communication

Abstract

In one embodiment, facilitating classroom interaction includes sending a message containing a question to be answered from a mobile device located within a classroom at which a class is being taught, receiving the message with a central server and identifying the class to which the message pertains, and displaying the question on a display device located within the classroom.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating classroom interaction comprising:

sending a message containing a question to be answered from a mobile device located within a classroom at which a class is being taught;

receiving the message with a central server and the central server identifying the class to which the message pertains; and

displaying the question on a display device located within the classroom.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending a message comprises sending a text message with a mobile phone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the central server identifying the class comprises the central server identifying a phone number to which the message was sent, the phone number being unique to the class.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the central server identifying the class comprises the central server identifying a code associated with the message that is unique to the class.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the question on a display device comprises the central server transmitting the question to a local computer associated with the class and the local computer displaying the question on the display device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the question on a display device comprises scrolling the question across the display device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the central server storing the question in association with the class.

8. The method of claim 1. further comprising the central server posting the question on a web site or an online feed reader in association with the class.

9. A system for interacting comprising:

means for sending a message containing a question from within a classroom at which a class is being taught;

means for remotely receiving the message

means for identifying the class to which the message pertains; and

means for displaying the question within the classroom.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the means for sending a message comprises a mobile device of a student of the class, the mobile device being configured to send a text message containing the question.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the means for remotely receiving the message comprises a server computer.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the server computer is configured to identify the class by identifying a phone number to which the message was sent, the phone number being unique to the class.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the server computer is configured to identify the class by identifying a code associated with the message that is unique to the class.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the server computer is further configured to transmit the question to the means for displaying the question within the classroom.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the server computer is further configured to post the question on a web site or an online feed reader in association with the class.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the means for displaying comprise a local computer associated with the class and a display device located within the class.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the display device is configured to scroll the question across the display device.

18. A computer comprising:

a processing device; and

a memory that stores a classroom interaction application, the classroom interaction application being configured to receive messages sent from mobile devices located within a classroom at which a class is being taught, to identify the class to which the message pertains, and to transmit the question to display means for displaying the question located within the classroom.

19. The computer of claim 18, wherein the classroom interaction application is configured to identify the class by identifying a phone number to which the message was sent, the phone number being unique to the class.

20. The computer of claim 18, wherein the classroom interaction application is configured to identify the class by identifying a code associated with the message that is unique to the class.

21. The computer of claim 18, wherein the classroom interaction application is further configured to post the question on a web site or an online feed reader in association with the class.