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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Campus Text Alert System Scores Low on First Test]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/08/29/campus-text-alert-system-scores-low-on-first-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/08/29/campus-text-alert-system-scores-low-on-first-test/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great article! Alert systems are also good for extracurricular activity cancellations and even alumni announcements.  Our school uses a parent alert and notification service from <a href="http://www.orangepoint.net/schoolalerts.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.orangepoint.net/schoolalerts.html</a>.  We receive alerts whenever there is a school closing due to inclement weather and emergencies. This new technology not only saves schools time – it money.   ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Claborne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 30th 2009 6:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Campus Text Alert System Scores Low on First Test]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/08/29/campus-text-alert-system-scores-low-on-first-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/08/29/campus-text-alert-system-scores-low-on-first-test/</guid><description><![CDATA[This article makes a strong point.  Text messaging alerting systems should be viewed as only one component of a larger alerting system, not relied on as the entire method for emergency notification. A few problems with using only a SMS alerting system: when text messages/emails are sent in bulk there is always a delay, students/faculty have to sign up for the services and not everyone does, cell phones are silenced during class.  Not to bash text message alerting entirely, it can be an effective component to alert off-campus students and faculty, it just won't be the instantaneous alert that it is glamorized to be. A better solution: Indoor and outdoor sirens and strobes which have the ability to send the message out immediately to the entire campus without delays, in sync with a text message alerting system.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristin Campbell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 30th 2007 10:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Campus Text Alert System Scores Low on First Test]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/08/29/campus-text-alert-system-scores-low-on-first-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/08/29/campus-text-alert-system-scores-low-on-first-test/</guid><description><![CDATA[It seems like the biggest failure in the system was not the text messaging but the long delay in actually sending the emergency text message out to the students and staff.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Bentz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 30th 2007 11:05AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Campus Text Alert System Scores Low on First Test]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/08/29/campus-text-alert-system-scores-low-on-first-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/08/29/campus-text-alert-system-scores-low-on-first-test/</guid><description><![CDATA[Many universities have signed up for emergency text message alerts since the Virginia Tech tragedy.  Text messaging is clearly a superior way to reach students than email was.<br><br>Anthony Wayne<br>Text Message blog<br><a href="http://www.textmessageblog.mobi" rel="nofollow">http://www.textmessageblog.mobi</a><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Wayne]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 5th 2007 12:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Campus Text Alert System Scores Low on First Test]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2007/08/29/campus-text-alert-system-scores-low-on-first-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2007/08/29/campus-text-alert-system-scores-low-on-first-test/</guid><description><![CDATA[There is a technology that can send secure emergency alerts to all phones in an affected area, regardless of the wireless carrier - and deliver the  message in under two minutes. That technology is cell broadcast. Your phone is already able to receive such an alert. All that is needed is for you to activate the function in your handset. And for your wireless network to implement it. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Mosher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 17th 2007 3:46PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
