BACHELOR OF TEXT; Uni run course on phone skill.Byline: By Lesley McIvor HAPLESS mobile phone users are lining up to join a university course on how to send a text message. The class, aimed at adults, is fully booked with technophobes clamouring to master the "art". Instructors will spend two hours teaching students how to write and send a message on their mobile phones. They will also teach other "skills", including filing names and phone numbers into a mobile address book. Students can then progress to more advanced courses to learn how to use picture messaging picture messaging n → (envío de) mensajes mpl con imágenes picture messaging picture n → picture messaging m, messagerie f and emailing on the move. Strathclyde University's centre for lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. in Glasgow have teamed up with mobile giants Orange to offer the course, previously only open to over-50s. A spokeswoman said: "The course provides the opportunity to learn new technology with like-minded people, without feeling you're behind the times. "The number of phones on the market is astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, and they all have their own intricacies." Experts from Orange are running the course free, with a pounds 3administration fee to the university. A spokeswoman said texting had many advantages, including opening lines of communication "Lines of Communication" is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Synopsis Franklin and Marcus attempt to persuade the Mars resistance to assist Sheridan in opposing President Clark. between grandparent and child. She said: "We've run a number of texting courses across the UK. "They tend to be most popular with more mature people who, for example, want to be able to communicate with their grandchildren by text CAPTION(S): CLASS: Texting can be tricky |
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