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J Blackcheck out this video at home - will not play at school
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Jeremy MWe all hate twitter, we all use Facebook/Myspace, and we all text... so what if we put all of them in one? Then we come up with Purdue's Hotseat program. I'm surprised Mr. Soderlund didn't beg to be one of the test pilots for this new program. ;-)
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Matt MontagnePurdue University Adds Twitter and Facebook to Class Participation
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Carol FurchnerInteresting use of technology - also see comments for other ideas on using Twitter and Facebook in classrooms
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a new application developed at the school called Hotseat that integrates Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging to help students “backchannel” during class.
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L ButlerBack channeling using facebook, myspace, etc.
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mikecaulfieldStudents at Purdue University are experimenting with a new application developed at the school called Hotseat that integrates Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging to help students “backchannel” during class.
People who have attended technology conferences in the past several years are already familiar with this phenomenon, where social media is leveraged to allow the participants in a session or panel to comment and exchange questions and ideas in real-time. At Purdue, Hotseat is used to allow students to comment on the class as it proceeds, with everyone in the class including the professor able to see the messaging as it happens.
The Hotseat software allows students to use either Facebook, Twitter, Myspace (MySpace), or SMS to post messages during classes, or they can simply log in to the web site to post to and view the ongoing backchannel. Right now it’s only being pilot tested in two courses, but has already become a fast favorite for both teachers and students. Professor Sugato Chakravarty, whose personal finance course is one of the pilot tests, said, “I’m seeing students interact more with the course and ask relevant questions.”
And although it’s been optional for students to participate, so far 73% of the 600 or so in the pilot classes have used the software. We’ve seen Twitter become mandatory for journalism students at Australia’s Griffith University to some negative reaction, but this is a less structured implementation which may perhaps account for its more favorable reception.
As Chakravarty goes on to note, though, the application is called “Hotseat” for a reason — and professors will have to be resilient enough to take any potential criticism or even corrections from students in real-time. Nevertheless, he cites it as a “valuable tool for enhancing learning. The students are engaged in the discussions and, for the most part, they are asking relevant questions.”
Check out a video introduction to the Hotseat application below, and let us know what you think. Does social media have a natural pl -
Brad Ovenell-CarterHotseat
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alex kaneStudents at Purdue University are experimenting with a new application developed at the school called Hotseat that integrates Facebook, Twitter, and text
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