Technology Tools
step-by-step use handouts in KOHS Digital Dojo in BB
KOHS Digital Dojo & KOHS High Yield Instructional Strategies located in Blackboard
Visual Organizers
Collaborative Boards
Processing and Practice resources
Utilize Google drive collaborative tools
Sheets (operates like excel)
Slides (operates like Power Point)
Forms (collects answers submitted to a spreadsheet)
Further reading and video resources on active learning
Back channel
The term “backchannel” refers to the student-to-student and student-to-instructor conversations that can occur during lectures and presentations. All lectures involve some form of backchannel, such as an instructor requesting questions from students or back-of-the-room chit chat between students. However, online tools such as Twitter give instructors useful options for facilitating, directing, and leveraging backchannel conversations.Watch Monica Rankin’s “Twitter Experiment” video below for a short introduction to her use of Twitter for backchannel in her history course at the University of Texas-Dallas. See Derek Bruff’s blog posts on backchannel for additional ideas.