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Using a backchannel by @nikpeachey - 42 views

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    In my first post in this series - Getting students' attention - I mentioned the use of backchannels. This post should give you more information about the use of backchannels within the classroom. If you are working in a classroom where your students have internet connected devices, either through wifi or their mobile phone, using a backchannel can have a transformative impact on the way you can use technology with your students...
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10 Reasons to try Backchannel Chat | U Tech Tips - 39 views

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    I tried backchannel chat for the first time during keynote addresses at the EARCOS Teachers Conference: ETC09. What is Backchannel Chat? It's like note-t...
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KerryHawk02: Teaching HistoryTech: Looking Back at My First Backchannel Experience - 56 views

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    Backchanneling has a lot of promise with students in many different content areas. Here is a Social Studies teacher who shared her first experience using Today's Meet as a tool for doing formative assessment and teaching critical thinking skills during a film she showed students. Check out the learning process she shares in her reflection.
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ISTE 2010 - Backchannel code of conduct | Dangerously Irrelevant - 33 views

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    iste code of conduct for backchannelling. Concise and kid friendly could also be used in the classroom
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Educators' Perceptions of Uses, Constraints, and Successful Practices of Backchanneling... - 32 views

  • Backchannels, forms of instant message conversations, take place during synchronous learning sessions.
  • The growing literature on the uses of backchanneling is showing a progression from experimentation to integration.
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Integrating Tech: backchannel - 125 views

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    13 posts defining and explaining 'backchanneling' in the classroom. Still trying to understand this process. Any thoughts?
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Teach Gen Now | - 101 views

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    TodaysMeet is a free online tool that allows you to backchannel. What is a backchannel I hear you ask? Backchanneling is having real time online conversations alongside live presentations. A backchannel lets participants ask questions, discuss what is being presented, share links and reflect on their learning. Backchanneling could be describe as "virtual whispering or note passing" during lessons, presentation or activities.
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    Scrumblr is a free online tool that allows you to create a virtual whiteboard. This whiteboard can be accessed from multiple computers and used as a collaborative space for education.
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http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/155116/1/Terras_EnabledBackchannel.pdf - 4 views

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    "This paper investigates the use of Twitter by an academic community in various conference settings, and poses the following questions: does the use of a Twitter enabled backchannel enhance the conference experience, collaboration and the co-construction of knowledge? How is microblogging used within academic conferences,  and can we articulate the benefits it may bring to a discipline?"
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TodaysMeet - 41 views

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    I have a few students who have a very difficult time asking questions and contributing to class discussions, so I thought I would try out a backchannel tool to help them find their voice. I was amazed at how much more these students participated during the lesson. I used this site, it was very easy to use and you don't have to sign-up for an account. Also, the students do not have to sign-in to the site, they just put in the class name I set up.
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» Backchanneling In Grade 1 A Grade 1 Blog For The 21st Century - 34 views

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    This is an inspirational idea and proves that these tools can be used successfully with the youngest students. Thank you!
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TodaysMeet - 35 views

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    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.
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    TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime.
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backchan.nl -- Conferences - 72 views

  • backchan.nl is tool for involving audiences in presentations by letting them suggest questions and vote on each other's questions. backchan.nl is intended for conference or event organizers who want a new way to solicit questions from the audience and make better use of question and answer time.
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    New free backchanneling tool from the MIT media lab.
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    One of the aspects of Backchan.nl that I'm excited about is the option to create multiple channels ahead of time. This will be a useful time-saver on the days when I have four consecutive classes and I want each class to have its own channel. Richard Byrne
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    A tool for creating a backchannel.
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apophenia: spectacle at Web2.0 Expo... from my perspective - 34 views

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    This is a fantastic self reflection piece by Dana Boyd about the dangers and the responsibility of the live backchannel.
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Misadventures in Learning - 38 views

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    Everything you really want to know about contemporary mobile and informal learning includes backchannels from various conferences huge variry of links incredibly thorough archive and curation. Plenty on social media best practice here too.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Padlet Introduces Usernames to Replace Email Sign-in - 47 views

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    Padlet is an easy to use backchannel and informal assessment tool.
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10 Reasons to try Backchannel Chat | U Tech Tips - 112 views

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    Fantastic Libbi. This is real affirmation that what I am doing with my ancient and modern history class through class Twitter lists is educationally beneficial. The kids seem to love it and the chat gives a fantastic platform from which to further discuss and deepen the learning.
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