Backchanneling

====Backchanneling can be used as a powerful active learning strategy. It allows students to dialog and process information during information sessions. It also provides a channel for greater student classroom participation and feedback.==== = =

=Tools that support backchanneling:=


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/twitter.png link="@http://twitter.com/"]] - Microblogging - for messages 140 characters or less


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/shoutem.png link="@http://shoutem.com/"]] - Set up your own microblogging community.


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/edmodo.png link="@http://www.edmodo.com/faq/"]] - Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other.


 * [[image:http://twiducate.com/images/homepage_01.gif width="167" height="30" link="@http://twiducate.com/"]]- Twitter-like private microblogging platform for schools.


 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/12seconds.png link="@http://12seconds.tv/"]] - Video Microblogging - 12 seconds maximum


 * [[image:http://www.neatchat.com/media/logo.png width="113" height="30" link="@http://www.neatchat.com/"]]- Create an internet chat room on the fly and share the link with people with whom you want to chat


 * ====[[image:http://chatmaker.net/images/Untitled-5_02.gif width="95" height="30"]] - Free instant chat room service, also provides chat rooms for personal web sites, blogs, forums, online community sites====


 * ====[[image:http://www.yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/cover%20it%20live.png width="169" height="30" link="@http://www.coveritlive.com/"]] - Create embeddable chat rooms for live blogging or backchannel discussions.====


 * ====[[image:http://www.yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/BackNoise.png width="119" height="30" link="@http://www.backnoise.com/"]] - lets you create conversations on the fly, in meetings, watching TV, during class, on the train, anywhere and anytime.====


 * ====[[image:http://www.yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/Hootcourse.png width="93" height="30" link="@http://hootcourse.com/"]] - Hold online course meetings using Twitter and Facebook ====


 * ====[[image:http://www.yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/TodaysMeet.png width="125" height="30"]] - helps you embrace the [|backchannel] and connect with your audience in realtime.====


 * ====[[image:http://backchannel.us/imgs/logo.gif width="130" height="30" link="@http://backchannel.us/"]] - Create your own Twitter backchannel discussions ====


 * ====[[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/etherpad.png height="30" link="@http://etherpad.com/"]] - real-time text collaboration (Etherpad goes on the "Dead List" in March of 2010)====


 * ====[[image:http://www.yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/livefyre.png width="95" height="30" link="@http://livefyre.com/"]] - Online forum discussion site. Has potential for backchanneling.====


 * [[image:http://www.twiddla.com/images/logo-corner2.png width="45" height="30"]]- Combination online whiteboard and chat room. Moderator can also conduct a web tour.

=Video Resources:= media type="youtube" key="7rlLnhcXyhk" height="364" width="445" media type="youtube" key="4OxIz_3o3O0" height="360" width="580" media type="youtube" key="6WPVWDkF7U8" height="360" width="580"

=Other Resources:= = =
 * How to Present While People are Twittering
 * Backchanneling Basics #13 - Other uses of a backchannel
 * ====Backchanneling in Middle School Social Studies====
 * Backchanneling with Elementary School Students
 * ====[|Free Technology for Teachers: Back-channeling During a Class Viewing of Glory]====
 * ====[|2¢ Worth » 10 Observations about Backchanneling]====
 * ====[|The Backchannel: What Affects Its Efficacy?]====
 * ====[|Backchannel Research Paper Jennifer Maddrell]====

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