Using WhatsApp to teach students
Practically everyone in school uses WhatsApp today .
Teachers use WhatsApp to connect with their students and parents ;
School management uses it to send notices and reminders about bills ;
Students use it to share homework assignments; and
Parents use it to brag about how well their children are doing !
However, they often don’t do a good job !
Rather than get people to download a new app, startups need to build an edutech platform on WhatsApp , so that it can be used for educating students efficiently.
Along with sorting out the routine administrative chores, it can also be used to deliver educational videos and links to websites , so students can learn to explore the wealth of digital resources for themselves !
Good suggestions by Dr. I do agree with you and I have been practicing those said method’s of sharing website link with the members of the chat groups. It’s very easy, portable and convenient to the user in the other end.
Entrepreneurs need to create tools to make it even easier for students and teachers and parents to share information!
Using WhatsApp will solve the problem of communication. However, I feel a dedicated app will keep all the information organized and help institution to analyse performance of individual. This will further help parents and students to gather information and give feedback in a systemized form.
Yes, and a customised platform can be built on top of WhatsApp. People suffer from app fatigue !
Yes, and it’s so much easier to piggyback onto an existing platform !