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SMS Micro-Lessons

Daily bite-size lessons and quizzes over SMS.

Intermediate12h1–2 people17/20 fit
TL;DR

Build SMS Micro-Lessons for learners with basic phones in ~12h with 1–2 people. Stack: Twilio + Node.js + Postgres.

Why it wins: Inclusive by design.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Learners without smartphones are left out of edtech.
02 · Solution
Send short lessons by SMS, accept quiz replies, adapt the next lesson and show teachers progress.
03 · Build
  1. 1Set up SMS
  2. 2Write lesson sequence
  3. 3Parse replies
  4. 4Track progress
04 · Demo
Reply to a quiz by SMS and get the next lesson.

MVP checklist

  • Daily lessons
  • Quiz replies
  • Adaptation
  • Teacher dashboard

Tech stack

TechRole
TwilioTooling
Node.jsBackend runtime
PostgresRelational database

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