How I set up the lesson, instructionally:
*Got the kids thinking about the use of laptops & discussing verbally
*Had them post to the class wiki their thoughts about using laptops (focusing)
*Showed them a cool new webtool to make word clouds (get them excited about how to use laptops productively)
*Explained backchannel
*Showed the video and basically... let them go!
Thoughts & Reflections on the day
*Interestingly my first period class went the best (which is usually NOT the case!). Was it because of the kids involved or because I didn't "overthink" it?
*I had one class respond inappropriately to the first written prompt on the wiki (posting "what's up people!" and saying things toward their friends). How did that happen? To refocus I had a quick discussion about it and then had them post a response to why students were posting inappropriately and what we could do.
*The backchanneling was 100% a success. However, it was almost too much to take in. Perhaps it would be better to group the kids into "pods" that can chat and ask questions of each other, that I monitor? That way they can answer each other, and actually have reflective conversations rather than just throw comments into the mix where so few get seen and acknowledged (my last period commented 66 times in 10 minutes!)
Here is a link to a blog I want to read when I get a chance...
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