Grey background with Google Doc as a Backchannel Tool as the heading. The center is a Google Doc table with 2 columns, one for the question and one for the voting chip.

Google Doc as a Backchannel Tool

Backchannel tools are not new in education and they have been done well before computers made their way into our classrooms. Just using small pieces of paper as ways for students/others to write down questions and comments during a class/presentation is something that was done well before Google was even a company. However, they have…