Backchannel Chat is a useful tool to enhance classroom discussion and to clarify any misconceptions students may have.
Submitted 6 years ago
Community Review for Backchannel Chat
Polly B.
Southwest High School
Jacksonville NC, US
My Take
I like the ability to get a transcript of the conversation and to track student participation. I see this as an enhancement tool to supplement instruction as well as a clarification tool to clear up points of confusion.
How I Use It
I would use this to supplement class discussion about literature/novels.
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Darlene P.
Assistant Principal & Graphite Mentor
Shivela Middle School
Murrieta, CA
May 31, 2014
Great tool to help with collaboration
Overall I like this as a monitored option. The free version is limited but $15 is not extreme and easy to manage. It was a great collaboration tool. I had to let students get the standard hi's and funny messages out of the way but after they did it was great and amazing. I had students posting sentences and asking for help editing them and I had students asking me important questions on projects. The applications are limitless and I would like to use it to allow my students to collaborate with others students in other parts of the world.
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