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What is Digital Annotation?
What is Digital Annotation?
Do you want to stay academically active and challenge? Do you want to do more than just read a text? Do you want to be actively engaged when you read? Then you will want to learn how to use the Digital Annotation reading strategy.
When we talk about annotating a text we think of making notes on a paper copy of a text. These notes can vary in purpose. You may also think of drawing symbols, graphics, and charts. Digital Annotation refers to adding specific types of notes and comments to a digital version of a text.
Digital Annotation involves 9 digital annotating protocols that will engage the reader with a text. There are 6 Benefits for using this reading strategy:
Increase Reading Comprehension
Promote Critical Thinking
Guides Close Reading
Fosters Collaboration
Provides Artifact for Teachers
Works for All Subject Areas
Digital Annotation: Introduction
Digital Annotation: Introduction
The 9 Digital Annotation Protocols
The 9 Digital Annotation Protocols
There are 9 digital annotation protocols. Using these protocols will benefit your reading experiences with texts. The following videos will walk you through the 9 protocols and demonstrate how to use them. Do not try to learn all 9 at one time. Learn one and then use it. Then learn and practice a new protocol until you know how to use all 9. Using these protocols is a process that will take time. You will gain experience as you use them and maybe even develop your own system of digital annotation protocols. Some videos are short and just quickly explain the protocol. Some videos are longer and go into greater detail.
How to Get a Digital Text
How to Get a Digital Text
The only texts that you can digitally annotate are Creative Commons 4.0 texts.
You can use the EL lesson that are in Canvas
You can use Gale via NC Wise Owl.
Note to Teachers
Note to Teachers
These are 9 protocols to get students started with digital annotation. It is possible to use the program Word. Our students are more familiar with Google. You can also use your creativity and knowledge to create more protocols or modify what I have developed. I suggest you introduce your students to one protocol at a time. Give them opportunities to practice the protocols. Gradually teach them all 9. Realistically students would only use 2-4 of the protocols for a given text, not all 9 at the same time. The protocols they use will depend on the text they are reading. Feel free to contact your area DLC if you have any questions or would like support. Here is a copy of my presentation. Feel free to edit and make changes.
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