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Teaching Generation Text

“Using cell phones as a tool to enhance teaching and increase student achievement”

Teaching Generation Text is a self-paced, online course designed for educators who are ready to explore how to capitalize on their student’s use of cell phones.

  • 94% of Americans under age 45 have a personal learning device that could greatly enrich the way teachers teach and students learn.

  • According to The Pew Research Center, “Nearly 100 percent of teens reported using text messaging” and numbers are on the rise for younger students as well.

  • Using research-based teaching and learning strategies, with a simple text capable phone, free web based tools, and your open mind; the content of Teaching Generation Text is immediately applicable.  

  • If we're not preparing students for the real world in which they live, then we're not preparing them for success.

  • Two semester credit hours: ISED 580, $299.00

To Register

1. Complete and return the registration form.

2. Submit Payment:

    a. Submit a check along with your registration form.

3. Access your course.  Upon your registration, you will receive instructions on how to access your online course.

4. If you need any assistance with accessing your course, please contact our Help Desk at 800-982-6372, ext 2111, or helpdesk@coloradomesa.edu .

About the instructor: 

Willyn Webb is a licensed professional counselor, an educator with 20 years of experience, an author of four books, and a part-time professor for Colorado Mesa University. Willyn has taught all ages, operated a private counseling practice, and has been instrumental in developing an alternative high school where relationships, service, and technology blend.  She is a respected advocate for harnessing the power of cell phones in the classroom with her latest work and online college course, “Teaching Generation Text.”  

For more information about the course, contact Willyn at wwebb@coloradomesa.edu.