Comments on: “Use backchanneling in your classroom” published in the February 2010 NJEA Reporter! http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974 Blogging about K-8 EdTech resources for my school community & the world. Views expressed are my own, not those of the Northfield Board of Education. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:59:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Reva Narasimhan http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974&cpage=1#comment-27003 Reva Narasimhan Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:18:15 +0000 http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974#comment-27003 Congrats on the article! I held an online meeting for one of my math classes out of necessity due to snow day- and I got a lot more interaction from my students than I ever did from my regular class. The class wants me to do this backchanneling stuff more often! Congrats on the article!

I held an online meeting for one of my math classes out of necessity due to snow day- and I got a lot more interaction from my students than I ever did from my regular class. The class wants me to do this backchanneling stuff more often!

]]> By: Kevin Jarrett http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974&cpage=1#comment-26976 Kevin Jarrett Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:29:49 +0000 http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974#comment-26976 Teresa! Happy to help! Thanks for reading from as far away as Portgual. Good luck trying to Backchannel with your students! Since you are familiar with it, you understand the power - hope the students will see it too! Teresa! Happy to help! Thanks for reading from as far away as Portgual. Good luck trying to Backchannel with your students! Since you are familiar with it, you understand the power – hope the students will see it too!

]]> By: Teresa Almeida d'Eca http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974&cpage=1#comment-26966 Teresa Almeida d'Eca Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:13:36 +0000 http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974#comment-26966 Hi, Kevin! Thanks for the trouble this morning and making it possible for me to read this article. I enjoyed it very much. Backchanneling seems like a great way to keep students motivated, engaged and focused in real time on a specific task. If I were still teaching, I'd definitely give it a try with my 1st 1nd 2nd year English students, though exceptionally they'd have to write in Portuguese to be able to comment on the spur of the moment. I've been backchanneling at online conferences and presentations for quite some time and find it extremely enriching, especially when compared to f2f sessions where whispering to make a comment is considered rude. Just think of how much we miss out on! Best wishes to you and Mary Ann, Teresa (in the Lisbon area, Portugal) Hi, Kevin!
Thanks for the trouble this morning and making it possible for me to read this article. I enjoyed it very much.
Backchanneling seems like a great way to keep students motivated, engaged and focused in real time on a specific task.
If I were still teaching, I’d definitely give it a try with my 1st 1nd 2nd year English students, though exceptionally they’d have to write in Portuguese to be able to comment on the spur of the moment.
I’ve been backchanneling at online conferences and presentations for quite some time and find it extremely enriching, especially when compared to f2f sessions where whispering to make a comment is considered rude. Just think of how much we miss out on!
Best wishes to you and Mary Ann,
Teresa (in the Lisbon area, Portugal)

]]> By: Patty Fraser http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974&cpage=1#comment-26958 Patty Fraser Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:29:58 +0000 http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974#comment-26958 Congrats Kevin. Amazing.......Totally impressive.....Such enthusiasm.....Proud of You.........Just, Patty Fraser Congrats Kevin. Amazing…….Totally impressive…..Such enthusiasm…..Proud of You………Just,

Patty Fraser

]]> By: nycrican2 http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974&cpage=1#comment-26956 nycrican2 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:56:02 +0000 http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974#comment-26956 Kevin, Congrats, it is so totally cool that your article topic is mentioned and illustrated on the front cover of the journal. Keep writing your enthusiastic education related Tweets, articles and blogs. They really inspire me. Nelly P.S. Really enjoyed seeing and chatting with you, last weekend at #EduCon. Kevin,

Congrats, it is so totally cool that your article topic is mentioned and illustrated on the front cover of the journal.

Keep writing your enthusiastic education related Tweets, articles and blogs. They really inspire me.

Nelly

P.S. Really enjoyed seeing and chatting with you, last weekend at #EduCon.

]]> By: Alan http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974&cpage=1#comment-26955 Alan Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:32:52 +0000 http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974#comment-26955 Kevin, great article. I just tried out TodaysMeet with my grade 8 kids. They loved it. AWESOME lesson ideas - Thanks. I'm going to use this for my next observation! Kevin, great article. I just tried out TodaysMeet with my grade 8 kids. They loved it. AWESOME lesson ideas – Thanks. I’m going to use this for my next observation!

]]> By: Richard Byrne http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974&cpage=1#comment-26954 Richard Byrne Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:28:55 +0000 http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=4974#comment-26954 Kevin, Great article! Congratulations on making the cover! Richard Kevin,
Great article! Congratulations on making the cover!
Richard

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