Today's+Meet

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**TodaysMeet** helps you embrace the [|backchannel] and connect with your audience in realtime. Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs.

Resources links and/or class examples

Backchanneling with todays Meet Grade 5 Example
 * Backchanneling in Grade 1 **

Strengths
 * free
 * can save chat
 * can limit time of cat
 * easy set up
 * doesn't have a public gallery of chat rooms containing questionable content
 * doesn't place inappropriate advertising on your chat area.
 * entire chat history is saved
 * users registration not required
 * multiple backchannels avaliable
 * private/ secure
 * can use hashtags
 * allows for 100% participation

Weaknesses
 * computer required
 * does not embed
 * deletion of content varies
 * does not moderate discussion
 * password not required

Opportunities
 * Engages Students!
 * Allows participation without concern for being chastised for interrupting: Everyone can talk at once without creating utter mayhem
 * Simultaneous Communications
 * Gives Voice to the Voiceless
 * Immediate, fresh feedback
 * Fosters collaboration
 * Allows for correction
 * gives students ability to answer peer questions
 * allows for students to ask and get answers immediately

Threats
 * students can write inappropriate content
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px;">students can get off task

Ideas for the classroom
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;">Use as an Outer Circle in a Socratic Seminar or Fishbowl
 * <span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Guided Discussion of a Movie Clip
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;">An entirely silent discussion
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;">Great way to ask a question to the whole class, as an exit slip - to see how all students are understanding