Synchronous Activities Synchronous Activities Virtual Class Meetings. Virtual Meetings Between Classes. All it takes is some coordination of time and the software between the different groups. Student Peer Review.
Synchronous communication has a lot of applications for peer review.
Software like Aspects or Dadelus are designed to allow students to each view on screen the same draft of an essay, talk with each other about the text, and even make changes to the document. There are several educational MOO spaces available on the Internet that will allow students and instructors to create complete and on-going activity in them.