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Backchannel Chat   as a Classroom Tool
Your Presenters Sarah Sutter:  Wiscasset High School art teacher and technology integrator, adjunct professor of digital imaging at the University of Maine in Augusta, Google Certified Teacher.    ssutter@svrsu.org   twitter:  edueyeview Deb Taylor:   Wiscasset High School foreign language teacher, M.A.T. in French student at UMO.  dtaylor@svrsu.org   twitter:  dtaylor5671
Some Reminders ,[object Object],[object Object]
Let's chat Who are you?   Where are you from?   What do you teach?
What is a backchannel chat? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Concerned about Multitasking? They’re not!
Why use a backchannel in class? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Why “CoverItLive”? Other possible tools: Chatzy (paid or free) Google Presentation, Google Docs text chat on Skype,  iChat  (See link to the comparison chart on the wiki) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Examples from our classrooms
Spontaneous, collaborative story-telling
Revision of the story
World Cultures :  Comments during a video on Christianity
Modern Western Civilization -  Reactions to a film about the  Forbidden City
American History   A movie about Trench Warfare
Collaborative note-taking
Commenting  on peer presentations
And students liked it!
How could YOU use a backchannel chat?
How? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Accessing your Chat  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Let’s give it  a shot!
In Practice ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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