This is a response to Richard Gresswell aka @inglishteacher 's #ELTBITES challenge  

So, Tuesday's class in 200 words. 13 learners (10 students, 3 teachers)*. I did use an IWB but a whiteboard would have been just as good

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Note I asked everyone to note down the different ways they'd had a conversation over the past 24 hours: not who they'd spoken to, or what they'd spoken about, but how they'd done it. I gave them my own examples (Skype, mobile, face to face, etc) and provided help as needed.

Compare The class compared notes in groups of three, with one person compiling everyone's answers on another piece of paper.

Share I asked the first group to share their answers and boarded these as they spoke; the other groups then added any platforms that hadn't been mentioned. The first pick was 'gesture', which I just loved. People naturally asked each other about apps and websites they hadn't heard of.

Discuss I asked if it was good to have so many ways to talk. Their responses were interesting and focused on a need to balance face to face with screen time.

Choose Everyone picked two platforms they couldn't do without (beyond gesture and face to face) - this represented a survey of preferences and was a wrap for the lesson.

Develop Possible springboards for further discussion emerged during the 'share' phase:

- censorship, eg social networking sites in China

- 2.0 trends, eg platforms people used to use

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*This is a weekly teaching-training class at Stafford House school in London which developed out of conversations with Director of Studies Carl Roberton, who invited me to give a workshop there in September. The school is a learning environment and inviting teachers to sit on unplugged classes felt like a good fit - we're having some great conversations.