backchaneling

Backchaneling is the practice of allowing real time, networked conversation during an event allowing instant feedback and communication during the event. Backchaneling can be done using a variety of resources, just two are highlighted below.

Cover-it-Live

Replay of example from History in Film:

One quick idea from a Technology Coach:

"I'm a technology coach and I recently turned 3 different teachers onto Cover It Live. All 3 teachers used the tool while students watched a video in class. By blogging live the students were much more engaged than simply taking notes during the video. We ended up with more than 10 pages of comments per class during the events, much more conversation than we would have had by just watching a video. Teachers can pose questions to the class while watching without stopping the video. I highly recommend using this tool to create a back channel. We were able to turn a non interactive activity like passively watching a video into something fully interactive."