Hi all. Sometimes I like to get little bits of information from students during a class, spontaneously. Many of them are comfortable with texting. Do the classroom computers have a way of receiving these texts?
Or, on a much lower tech level, if I used a Blackboard chat during class, could students participate in this chat from their phones?
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Naive Jeanne
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Jeanne,
ReplyDeleteTo get little bits of info from students (back channeling), you can use Twitter, Today's Meet or Chatzy among other tools. During your lectures, students can send you feedback.
Thanks for the ideas. Today, I tried using Today's Meet in one class. This class had been very enthusiastic when I first proposed setting up a way--other than speaking out--that they could give information during class. After today's experiment, I found out a lot about today's phones and their capabilities. I'm still processing it. Wow! Two of my students, a woman in her 30s (majoring in fashion merchandising) and a young man just out of high school (majoring in something to do with computers) were my primary tutors. All in all, Today's Meet won't work in that classroom because not enough students have internet on their phones (Gee! I'd thought all of the new phones had it.) and because reception in that room isn't too great.
ReplyDeleteWell, at least now I understand the difference between texting capabilities and internet capabilities. In retrospect, I suppose that should have been obvious, but, it wasn't--not to one who is overwhelmed with new ideas and information. Aha! There's a teaching revelation in what I just experienced!
As for receiving information from students during class, off to Plan B!