But as Backchannel points out, the original Echo «under - promised and over-delivered,» eventually gaining many abilities beyond playing music and telling you the weather. (policygenius.com)
What's potentially interesting — and a lot of educators have resistance to this — is creating a shared backchannel for the class, like an Internet Relay Chat channel. (edutopia.org)
However, it is suggested that you bring a laptop to an edcamp as many presentations will be interactive and there is usually a heavy backchannel conversation going on. (edutopia.org)