Sandra Paul presented on dynamic faculty meetings using various digital tools and techniques. She discussed how Edcamps and unconferences provide collaborative learning environments for educators to share experiences. A variety of apps and websites like Padlet, Livebinder, backchanneling tools, Google Docs, Remind101, and Google Hangouts were presented as ways to facilitate flipped and interactive faculty meetings. Refreshments and food were also emphasized as important components of dynamic meetings.
7. Edcamps are unconferences for educators where
learners share their experiences and their professional
expertise in a collaborative, interactive learning
environment. Edcamps are based on Open Space
Technology (OST) which states that “whoever comes
are the right people and whatever happens are the
only things that could have” (Boule, 2011).
13. Back Channeling
Today’s Meet - TodaysMeet works like a chat room – you create a room, choose a timeframe for
how long the room stays open (two hours to one month), enter your name, then start chatting. The text box is limited to
140 characters, just like a tweet.
PollEverywhere - PollEverywhere approaches the backchannel a bit differently, identifying
itself as an audience response system. First, it’s anonymous; there is no space to enter a name, which could generate
interesting responses.
Socrative -Socrative is a smart response system that empowers an administrator by engaging their teachers with
a series of educational exercises and games within a meeting. Socrative runs on any mobile device.
MicroMobs-
Chatzy - Chatzy provides a free platform for hosting your private chat area. To use it, simply name
your chat area, select your privacy settings (you can password protect it), then send out invitations. Instead of
sending out invitations you could just post the link to your chat area.
