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"One of the components of Close Reading is annotation, in which the students read short, complex text adding annotations as they read. Students might circle words or phrases that are powerful, underline those that are confusing, indicate big events or when a character shows strong emotion, and write questions or thoughts. They use metacognitive markers or “Thinking Notes” as a means to move beyond just highlighting..." 
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"With text no longer relegated exclusively to the pages between the cover of a book or a magazine, the shift from paper to digital texts has brought on a whole new form of literacy. This upheaval in how we read brings with it new opportunities for learning as well as new challenges. Experts refer to this phenomenon as transliteracy. In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal First Monday, Dr. Sue Thomas and colleagues defined transliteracy as 'the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks'."
Beth Dichter's insight:
When we think about reading today and the diverse platforms for reading we should be thinking of transliteracy. As schools gear up for Common Core assessments we need to be more aware of the fact that our students are reading (and writing) across many platform. There is also the knowledge that when reading online students may be clicking on hyperlinks that lead to other resources and begin to get lost. Learn about some great tools that may be used to help students stay more focused and organized. This post lists five tools, providing explanations for each of them. The tools discussed are: * Instapaper * GoodReader * Skitch * Diigo * Readablity
faith ward's curator insight,
February 24, 2015 11:40 AM
Great link to research article about a study published in the peer-reviewed journal First Monday. Dr. Sue Thomas and colleagues defined transliteracy as “the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks." Interesting read.
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This is the first post in a series on resources to discover and curate digital curriculum. In this post Michael Gorman introduces three tools in depth: Symbaloo, Diigo and Evernote. "This series is really not centered on all the amazing resources available, but rather how to we find quality material and how do we archive it so we can find it later." Although you may be aware of these three tools Gorman many show you techniques to using them that are new. The post explores these tools with both the teacher and student in mind. Based on your AUP these tools have the potential to be used by both groups. If you wonder why you would want your students to become digital curators think about how it would require them to "be informed and practice proper digital citizenship."
Deisy Bazan's curator insight,
January 30, 2021 11:59 PM
Great information about curating tools! Very well elaborated! Â
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Highlighters, sticky notes and a red pen have been the tools of choice with paper. But, what are the best page highlight tools online?
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Everyone is talking about a digital curriculum free of those hard copy textbooks that have been a part of schooling since the advent of the one room schoolhouse. In this series I will investigate ...
Beth Dichter's insight:
More and more sites provide access to e-curriculum. Here is a list from Michael Gorman that explores the following sites: * Diigo, a site that allows you to store bookmarks, tag them and more. * Livebinders - think of a 3-ring binder but online and you get the idea. * My Big Campus - a safe social learning platform for students. There is a paid version and a freemium version. * Scoop.it - a great tool for curation. * Pinterest - many great educational resources can be found. * Educlipper - this tool is similar to Pinterest but designed for educators. There is much more information on each of these tools in this post and well worth the read. Have fun exploring!
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"Pose a research question to students and most of them will immediately turn to the Internet. Sadly, many students think the only option is Google...Here I’ll present some free options for research that don’t require a login, along with a few quick tips to aid student searches."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Students often forget that there are search engines beyond Google, and this post discusses a number of them. * RefSeek is focused on academic searches. If students compare searches done in RefSeek compared to Google they will notice a difference in their results. * Yolink (which powers the search engines on some websites including SweetSearch) is available as a browser add-on for Chrome and Safari. The post notes that this "allows students to search within the contents of a webpage, highlight important parts of a page, and send those highlights directly to a Google Doc." * Google Scholar is also discussed. I believe that students need to be aware that there are many great search engines and should be introduced to a variety. Others I like include Carrot2 and DuckDuckGo (which does not track you).
Lucy Wareham's comment,
April 9, 2013 12:13 AM
I have found that some students are also drawn to inappropriate adverts and links when researching. This search engine would avoid this distraction. Thanks
Kia Sowden's comment,
May 11, 2013 12:48 AM
Hi Malena, Thanks for sharing this resource. I think it would be useful to remove the distraction that students so easily spend their time viewing. I think it would also comply with legislation when it comes to students use of the internet and appropriate sites.
Jenni Atkinson's comment,
May 15, 2013 11:44 PM
Great find.It is so easy to get distracted or off track when searching on the net and I agree with James re: deeper searches.
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Knowing how to organise, filter, research, evaluate and bookmark resources online is a valuable skill for students to gain. However, we can’t assume giving students access to a social bookmark tool means they’ll know what’s expected or will gain the necessary skills.
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There are two types of people in the world. Those that use Diigo, and those that are really missing out.
Esraa Eldeghidy's curator insight,
November 15, 2015 11:00 PM
Social Annotations, Highlighting and Social BookmarkingLaunchedJuly 4, 2006
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Close Reading covers a wide range of materials: poems, news articles, short stories, plays, photos, paintings, videos and more. This post provides five tools to help students annotate a wide variety of media. They are listed below, More detailed explanations are found in the post.
* Doctopus - this program is great if you use Google Apps (and therefore Google Drive).
* Diigo is a great tool for annoting text and images found online. Drawing tools are also available.
* Markup does not require an account. "It provides tools for drawing, highlighting, adding text, and sharing via a link. It does require the installation of a bookmarklet or the Chrome extension."
* PDFzen is a free tool that works with Google Drive. It will open the following types of files: pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlx, odt and rtf.
* VideoAnt allows you to annotate videos hosted on YouTube as well as HTML5 and flash videos and works in a number of browsers.
As we begin to prepare our students for new testing the ability to annotate is critical. These tools provide a variety of options that you may want to explore and use in your classroom.