Digital Annotations

question-mark.png Why Annotate?

 

"Guided annotation of text, including underlining, circling, and making margin notes, can improve student understanding of new skills."

-Fisher, Frey, & Hattie. Visible Learning for Literacy, 2016. p. 58.

 

bullseye.pngLearning Intentions

By the end of this module, you will:

  • Explore options for having students do digital annotations on pdfs, google docs, web pages, and video.
  • Choose one digital annotation tool in 3 categories to experiment with.

So that

  • Students are able to perform close reads and interact with digital texts.

checklist.pngSuccess Criteria

You know you are successful when:

  • You can name digital annotation tools for single student use, social annotations (multiple students annotating the same document), and annotating media.
  • You practice using 3 different digital annotation tools.

flag.pngInstructions

Explore various annotation tools in the following categories. 

Single-Student Annotations - these tools allow students to annotate texts and submit them for assignments.  They will not see any annotations other than their own.

Social Annotations - these tools allow students to annotate texts and see other students' annotations and comments.

Multimedia Annotations - these tools allow students to annotate media files: images, videos, etc.

  1. At the top of each page, you will notice a tab for each tool. 
  2. In each annotation category, read about each tool, choose one and try it out.  
  3. As you learn, think about the following questions:
    • How do you think you could use this in your classroom to enhance close reading?
    • Which tool would be the most engaging and applicable to your classroom?