Symphonies Use Texting to Draw Younger Crowds

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The NY Times ran a story describing how symphonies around the country are letting audiences text to choose encores. The symphonies are hoping that a more interactive show will draw younger crowds.

If a 16th century art form can adapt to the times I am sure a 20th century model of schools can change as well.

The best use of cellphones I have read about recently is a History teacher who lets students keep their cellphones on their desk, when a question comes up that no one knows the answer to he lets them text Cha Cha which is a texting search engine for the answer.