*This list is in alphabetical order
10 Sites for Creating a Backchannel
- Answer Garden - A nice little free solution for education to poll students and and gather feedback via a chat.
- Back Channel - A great solution for education to create a chat and increase participation while assessing student's learning.
- Chatzy - Create a private room and invite via email or URL, includes advanced features such as the ability to use commands.
- Google Classroom - Probably one of the most popular ways for an educator to create a back channel chat using the "stream" feature which allows educators to chat w/ students in a safe environment.
- Padlet - One of the most popular online bulletin boards where users can create digital post-it notes in real-time to create a chat.
- SoapBox - Create a virtual room where students can interact through polls, Q/A, discussions, and more.
- TinyChat - Create a room that integrates directly w/ Twitter, as well as the ability to do video/audio chatting.
- Twiddla - One of the best collaborative whiteboards for commenting/drawing in your own "sandbox". Users also have the ability to chat via text/audio in real time.
- Unhangout - An interesting new site from MIT for creating back channel chats w/ the ability to host videos and have breakout sessions, and more.
- Yo Teach - One of my favorite sites around for creating a back channel back w/ lots of features for educators.
I highly recommend checking out Monica Burn's excellent blog post on how to get started w/ Back Channel chats by clicking here.
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