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Leveraging Backchanneling in the Classroom: Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning

Backchanneling, a growing trend in education, allows students to actively communicate using chat platforms during class. Learn why backchanneling is beneficial, how to implement it effectively, and explore various platforms and strategies. Discover the impact of backchanneling on student involvement and learning outcomes.

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Leveraging Backchanneling in the Classroom: Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning

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  1. Backchannelingin the Classroom School 2.0 kmcless@ilstu.edu

  2. What is Backchanneling? First growing in popularity at technology conferences, backchannel is increasingly a factor in education where WiFi connections and laptop computers allow students to use ordinary chat like IM or AIM to actively communicate during class.

  3. http://www.chatzy.com/880311254524 School 2.0 Trial Run Right Now …

  4. Why Backchannel? • Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody (2009) • It changed interrupt logic. • Note to Self became Note to World. • High-quality text annotation. • Less whispering, more \whispering. • Alleviated boredom.

  5. Vicky Davis (Cool Cat Teacher/WOW) • Group note taking • Link sharing • Quick quiz • Archivable record • Involvement of quieter students Backchannel Basics

  6. Tips & Terms • Google Jockey (provides links, answers Qs) • Backchannel Moderator (communicates with teacher/speaker RE: Qs, issues) • Backchannel Netiquette (answer questions with @) • Get a Room (and a moderator) • Be a link dropper

  7. Backchannel Platforms • IM • AIM • MEEBO • CHATZY* • SKYPE • TWITTER • FACEBOOK

  8. Why CHATZY?

  9. How We Used It … • English FISHBOWL Discussions • Inner Circle • Outer Circle • Spanish IV Discussions • Small Group Chatzy • Whole Class Interludes

  10. Cognitive OverloadorCognitive Surplus??

  11. Create, Share, Consume • Think wikipedia • Think fan fiction • Think online newspaper blog posts • Think iTouch applications building • Think MMOG (World of Warcraft) • Think Second Life • Tweeting • Texting

  12. Bottom Line? • … look at every place that a reader or a listener or a viewer or a user has been locked out, has been served up passive or a fixed or a canned experience, and ask ourselves, “If we carve out a little bit of the cognitive surplus and deploy it here, could we make a good thing happen? And I'm betting the answer is yes.” --Clay Shirky, 2008

  13. Backchannelingin the Classroom School 2.0 kmcless@ilstu.edu

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