backchannel chat in the classroom
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Backchannel Chat as a
Classroom Tool
Your Presenters
Sarah Sutter: Wiscasset High School art teacher and technology integrator, adjunct professor of digital imaging at the University of Maine in Augusta, Google Certified Teacher. ssutter@svrsu.org twitter: edueyeview
Deb Taylor: Wiscasset High School foreign language teacher, M.A.T. in French student at UMO. dtaylor@svrsu.org twitter: dtaylor5671
Some Reminders
• This session is being recorded and can be accessed again later
• Additional resources can be found at: http://sutterworkshops.wikispaces.com/Backchannel+in+the+Classroom
Let's chat
Who are you? Where are you from? What do you teach?
What is a backchannel chat?• Synchronous / Real-time • Online• Primarily text based • Conversation• Question asking / Question answering• Communication forum• Shared space• Feedback tool• Alongside and in reaction to a spoken event,
video, image, presentation, etc.
Concerned about Multitasking?They’re not!
Why use a backchannel in class?
• Engages students who otherwise may not contribute
• Evens the playing field for involvement
• Can't be dominated by the loudest voice
• Allows students to ask Q’s without waiting until the end
• Allows teachers to answer Q’s on the fly without interrupting
• Gives students the chance to answer Q’s from their peers
• Allows teachers to see where the understanding or confusion may be
happening as live events unfold
• Demands engagement with the material to participate
• Provides a record of the discussion or other interaction for reflection
Why “CoverItLive”?
Other possible tools:Chatzy (paid or free)Google Presentation, Google Docstext chat on Skype, iChat (See link to the comparison chart on the wiki)
• Moderated
• No login needed for students to participate
• Embed code for wikispace or other webpage
• Not blocked by BESS
• Allows for direct messages to individual students
from the teacher / originator of the chat
Examplesfrom our classrooms
Spontaneous, collaborative story-telling
Revision of the story
World Cultures : Comments during a video on Christianity
Modern Western Civilization -
Reactions to a film about the
Forbidden City
American History
A movie about Trench Warfare
Collaborative note-taking
Commenting on peer
presentations
And students liked it!
How could YOU use a backchannel chat?
How?
• Cover It Live www.coveritlive.com
• Create an account and log in
• Click “Try It Now”, “Events”, “Add New”
• Enter title, date, and time
• Copy Embed code and Embed in webpage
• Start your live event!
Accessing your Chat
• Students can go to the url of the chat.
• Chat can be embedded in a website or wiki
• The chat can be involve people off-site
Let’s give it a shot!
In Practice
• Preface the experience with guidelines/expectations for
behavior, contribution, etc.
• Students need to choose a name (first only?) to login
• To respond to someone specifically, use the @ symbol
• Opt not to set quantity guidelines - let it be open
• Like other types of chatting,remind students that there likely
will be more than one conversational thread going on at a
time
• Remind them it will be archived for reflection or review later
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