Classroom Communicator

Welcome to the MIT Educational Technologies Group (ETG) web page. MIT ETG was established on April 25, 2000 to develop the Classroom Communicator funded by the I-Campus initiative (Microsoft and MIT).

The Classroom Communicator is a concept that involves using computer technology to increase the level of interaction between students and professors. To read more the Classroom Communicator, click here.

On the left, we have a prototype design of our first generation Classroom Communicator. As you might have noticed, the first generation looks like a cell phone. It is indeed a cell phone with a tiny web browser inside of it. With this phone, students can:

Signal he/she is lost

Signal he/she has a question

Answer a conceptual question posed by the professor.

Read on for more information

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