Mobile, Social, Sharing = Cell Phones
In case you haven’t noticed, nearly every one of your students is has a cell phone and is using it in ways that you may not be aware of. Check out these highlights of upcoming uses from Next Great Thing.
Digital Out of Home (DOOH) is any public, on-screen content. This includes digital billboards, jukebox screens, elevator networks, concert screens, and in-store TVs. Anywhere you put a screen, there can be action, interaction and reaction. We’re seeing this more often at live events through text-to-screen technology. Here are some more examples out there now:
- Akoo’s Music ID and Discovery lets you find out what song is playing or pick the next one through SMS or WAP. Companies can sponsor Akoo’s program in stores and have specific messages sent to consumers who submit music selection suggestions.
- Locamoda’s FotoWall is a photo upload application that can send photos MMS to digital screens in bars, restaurants, cafes and other venues. Their Jumbli application lets you play games on a billboard in Times Square using your PC or phone.
- Screenvision runs interactive polls in movie theaters. The audience can text in their answers and the results are displayed to everyone before the movie starts. link
Question: How do you see your students connecting with their mobile phones? How do you connect with them?
HT to Ypulse
October 16th, 2008 - Posted By: Adam McLane in Culture | |
on October 17th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Hi Adam,
Thanks for the mention of LocaModa! Great blog- will definitely add you to my reading list.
-Jayne