Thinking About Learning

As digital educators, we’re always looking for new ways to engage our students through technology-enhanced learning opportunities.   At this point, Twitter is blocked in my district, so I’m always on the lookout for other options for student collaboration and “realtime” conversations.  On Twitter today, Chris Webb did some “thinking out loud” and wondered about using a backchannel for student interactions while they watched a video.  He had previously blogged about how a teacher in his school, Pat Gerding, had used Today’s Meet as a backchannel during class.  This looks like a great way to engage students in conversation about learning in a somewhat private format.  All you do is go to the Today’s Meet website and create a room.  No account is necessary.  Once you create the room, you share the url with your students so they can enter it.  Can’t wait to try it out!

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