Distance Learning: How TextNow Is Helping Teachers Maintain A High Submission Rate
As part of our #HelpingHands series, we are highlighting different ways you can stay connected, stay healthy, and stay safe. We will be publishing stories from real customers on how they found TextNow and how it’s helped them during these uncertain times.
This post is written by Brittany Keifer, a high school science teacher from Texas.
I heard about TextNow through one of my co-workers at school (she’s always on top of what’s new) and she suggested that since I wasn’t comfortable giving out my personal cell number that I should try out TextNow.
I use the app for another communication avenue (in addition to email, Google Classroom, and Remind101) for the parents and students in this current situation we’re in. COVID-19 has put a dent in my communication with students because I prefer in-person or face-to-face communication.
As I work in a rural school district in East Texas, I find it is very difficult for most of my students to get internet access to get on their email or Google Classroom. I am trying to meet them in the middle since most of them have a cell phone with decent service and with TextNow I can send and receive messages without using my own number! It’s great!
Mostly, I use TextNow for text message homework turn in. If they state they don’t have internet access to send images of their work via email, I am accepting text message images. This has helped get a lot of assignments turned in from kids who weren’t turning them in the first few weeks when I didn’t have this option.
I 100% believe that TextNow has changed the way I connect and communicate with parents, because NO ONE can live and thrive in today’s world without a cell phone!
