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Goal
Goal
After completing this module, teachers will be able to:
After completing this module, teachers will be able to:
Create a free Scrible account and install the toolbar extension.
Create a free Scrible account and install the toolbar extension.
Add a variety of digital documents to their Scrible library.
Add a variety of digital documents to their Scrible library.
Use the annotation tools in Scrible to highlight and make notes on digital text.
Use the annotation tools in Scrible to highlight and make notes on digital text.
Use the read-aloud, dictionary, and translation tools to support a variety of learners.
Use the read-aloud, dictionary, and translation tools to support a variety of learners.
Organize their Scrible library through the use of tags.
Organize their Scrible library through the use of tags.
Create annotated texts to share with a class or with groups of students (jigsaw) or with individual students (for differentiated support).
Create annotated texts to share with a class or with groups of students (jigsaw) or with individual students (for differentiated support).
Assign students to make meaning of digital texts and submit their annotated work through Google Classroom.
Assign students to make meaning of digital texts and submit their annotated work through Google Classroom.
Content
Content
We know the importance of reading as an active process. On paper, we have students highlight and make notes to “talk to the text”. When we ask students to read digital text, those strategies are, in some ways, even more important, as students can easily be distracted by hyperlinks and the draw of other apps that lie just behind that open window.
We know the importance of reading as an active process. On paper, we have students highlight and make notes to “talk to the text”. When we ask students to read digital text, those strategies are, in some ways, even more important, as students can easily be distracted by hyperlinks and the draw of other apps that lie just behind that open window.
Scrible is an online platform that allows you to save, annotate, and share digital texts. With a free education account, students and teachers can upload pdfs and webpages and then use highlighting and commenting to share their thinking as they read. There are also built-in supports such as the ability to have text read aloud, a dictionary, and single-word translation.
Scrible is an online platform that allows you to save, annotate, and share digital texts. With a free education account, students and teachers can upload pdfs and webpages and then use highlighting and commenting to share their thinking as they read. There are also built-in supports such as the ability to have text read aloud, a dictionary, and single-word translation.
Check out the video tutorials below to get started with Scrible. Feel free to start and stop the videos as necessary and skip through to find what meets your needs.
Check out the video tutorials below to get started with Scrible. Feel free to start and stop the videos as necessary and skip through to find what meets your needs.
Scrible - Part 1 - Getting Started - Find out what Scrible is, create your free account, and install the toolbar extension.
Scrible - Part 1 - Getting Started - Find out what Scrible is, create your free account, and install the toolbar extension.
Scrible - Part 2 - Your Scrible Library - Take a tour of the Scrible library to learn what all those different buttons do.
Scrible - Part 2 - Your Scrible Library - Take a tour of the Scrible library to learn what all those different buttons do.
Scrible - Part 3 - PDFs, Annotation, and More - Learn to upload a pdf (and how to tell if your pdf will work in Scrible) and annotate it. Then explore the read-aloud, dictionary, and translation tools.
Scrible - Part 3 - PDFs, Annotation, and More - Learn to upload a pdf (and how to tell if your pdf will work in Scrible) and annotate it. Then explore the read-aloud, dictionary, and translation tools.
Scrible - Part 4 - Extension, Webpages, and Tags - Use the toolbar extension to add a webpage to your Scrible library. Then explore the use of tags to organize your sources.
Scrible - Part 4 - Extension, Webpages, and Tags - Use the toolbar extension to add a webpage to your Scrible library. Then explore the use of tags to organize your sources.
Scrible - Part 5 - Assign a Digital Jigsaw Through Google Classroom - See how you can use Scrible to have groups of students interact with different parts of a digital text using the Jigsaw strategy, and how to assign it all in Google Classroom.
Scrible - Part 5 - Assign a Digital Jigsaw Through Google Classroom - See how you can use Scrible to have groups of students interact with different parts of a digital text using the Jigsaw strategy, and how to assign it all in Google Classroom.
Scrible - Part 6 - Make Meaning of Digital Text - Have your students find their own digital source, add it to their Scrible library, annotate to share their thinking, and then “turn it in” through Google Classroom so you can see their work.
Scrible - Part 6 - Make Meaning of Digital Text - Have your students find their own digital source, add it to their Scrible library, annotate to share their thinking, and then “turn it in” through Google Classroom so you can see their work.
Interaction/Try-out/Sandbox Time
Interaction/Try-out/Sandbox Time
After (or while) watching the videos, here are a few things to try...
After (or while) watching the videos, here are a few things to try...
Set up your free Scrible account and add the toolbar extension to your browser.
Set up your free Scrible account and add the toolbar extension to your browser.
Add at least one pdf and one webpage to your library.
Add at least one pdf and one webpage to your library.
Practice annotating (highlighting and commenting) on one of those sources.
Practice annotating (highlighting and commenting) on one of those sources.
Share one of your annotated sources with a colleague by sending them the permalink.
Share one of your annotated sources with a colleague by sending them the permalink.
Add a resource you could use with students to your library. Make a copy of it and add differentiated supports (add comments with guiding questions, highlight key vocabulary, etc.) to meet the needs of diverse learners.
Add a resource you could use with students to your library. Make a copy of it and add differentiated supports (add comments with guiding questions, highlight key vocabulary, etc.) to meet the needs of diverse learners.
Evidence
Evidence
Here are a few options for evidence to add to your Individual Professional Learning Plan, depending on how far you get in this module…
Here are a few options for evidence to add to your Individual Professional Learning Plan, depending on how far you get in this module…
Share the permalink to an annotated article in your Scrible library.
Share the permalink to an annotated article in your Scrible library.
Take a screenshot of your Scrible library with at least two sources in it.
Take a screenshot of your Scrible library with at least two sources in it.
Special thanks to Anne Reardon for creating this module.
Special thanks to Anne Reardon for creating this module.
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