Baseball Used to Teach Kids About Math and Science Through Sports Byte Competition
Summary
Warrenton, VA, August 08, 2008 --( Minor League teams such as the Frederick Keys, Bowie Baysocks, Wilmington Blue Rocks, Delmarva Shorebirds, Kansas City T-Bones, and Aberdeen Ironbirds have already started participating in this new-age learning program.The professor challenges the audience, “Are you smarter than me, the professor?” Now that the audience is enticed, “the professor” asks a science-based question about the game of baseball such as “Which has more drag, a smooth ball (sporta) or a rough ball (sportb)?” Using the technology by Hot Lava Software, answers are text messaged to a number that is displayed up on the big screen and immediately the user receives a text message back that states if the answer provided was correct along with a hot link to a site with more educational information about baseball.The pre-teen to teen ages especially show great interest in participating in a game at a baseball stadium where they are the target audience and they can utilize their cell phones.The professor challenges the audience, “Are you smarter than me, the professor?”Now that the audience is enticed, “the professor” asks a science-based question about the game of baseball such as “Which has more drag, a smooth ball (sporta) or a rough ball (sportb)?”Using the technology by Hot Lava Software, answers are text messaged to a number that is displayed up on the big screen and immediately the user receives a text message back that states if the answer provided was correct along with a hot link to a site with more educational information about baseball.Out of all the participants, one is chosen to receive a prize package including things such as team paraphernalia all the way to a free Kajeet cell phone.Audiences seem very interested in this technology-enabled between inning game.