The blurb says "TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime. Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs." It explains that the backchannel is "The backchannel is everything going on in the room that isn't coming from the presenter. The backchannel is where people ask each other questions, pass notes, get distracted, and give you the most immediate feedback you'll ever get."

Plenty of ideas for how to use Voicethread in Education

These are very useful indicators of literacy requirements for students to successfully "read", "write" and communicate in the digital age. These standards also provide a good overview of how the literacy landscape has changed so radically due to the impact of technology

Create videos online. Free.

Make videos using online apps.

Wonderful for recording interviews.

Individuals comment on and review strengths and weakness of collaborative tools they have used in an online environment.

Highly recommended wiki. Easy to edit.

Exemplar of effective use of wiki as a repository of learning for a class. Supports embedding of different types of resources