Students:

• Particularly useful for:

  • • Students who have trouble focusing and/or organizing found information into relevant categories (ie. those with ADHD, executive functioning disorders, etc.)

    • ANYONE who would appreciate a quick and easy way to collect and organize online information; primarily for those who are in upper-elementary or older

• Assists students in gathering or isolating information for specific reasons

• Organization collection by colour allows students to collect multiple types of information simultaneously

• Makes text analysis and other higher level skills much easier; pulling out and organizing key points allows for improved comprehension

• Provides immediate access to notes or vocabulary in the form of a personalized Google Doc

Teachers:

• Can use student information/word collection as a comprehension check, to see whether or not students are on the right track; provides teacher with either confirmation of learning, or a nudge to re-teach material

• Can use as an assessment tool, to assess ability to extract key information, main ideas, etc.

Classroom:

• Encourages student independence; a built in accessibility option so students do not need search sites and copy and paste information

• Great option for student research projects: key information is collected and organized for students, which streamlines the analysis and synthesis steps required for their own products

• Provides for easy collaboration on projects where students need to collect their own information, but share their key findings with groupmates

ACTION & EXPRESSION:

• Students can collect their highlighted sections of text in a separate document. Allows for individualized practice and organization.

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