While
Brett Kopf was at
Michigan State University tackling his class schedule and study load, he received a text message and had an epiphany: What if you could receive texts and email reminders of assignment due dates? And that’s how
remind101 was born.
remind101 is a website that sends students text message a email reminders before their assignments are due. “Once one student or professor adds their class syllabus to our site, then the entire class can subscribe,” says Kopf, co-founder of remind101. “I think it has a lot of potential because college students (Gen Y) have cell phones attached to their hips, but my theory will be put to the test over the following months.”
Brett Kopf and his brother/co-founder, David, specifically chose to launch the program at Michigan State and East Lansing because of the assistance they received as a budding company.
“What was once an idea is now a functioning company; the Lansing region should be proud of that, because many people helped impact the growth of this company,” adds Kopf.
They are working closely with
Dr.Coursaris from the telecommunications department, who is leading the research efforts to explore the potential benefits of the service regarding student performance in the classroom.
Watch this video to get an idea of how remind101 works.
Source: Brett Kopf, Remind101
Writer: Suban Nur Cooley
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