As regular readers know, I constantly have my students interact
with text in many ways both in the classroom and in the computer
lab. In the classroom, Post Its are my favorite tool of choice
if students are reading something they can’t actually write on.
I’ve recently added some to that list, so I’m not quite sure
which one I’ll have students use next year. And now, there’s one
more I like. It’s called Rooh It!. Since the Make Use of blog
has written a good post describing it, I’m going to encourage
you to read their explanation. I’d like to highlight a couple of
great features, though. One, you don’t have to register for it.
And, two, all you have to do is put “roohit.com/” before any web
URL address and you can start highlighting and leaving notes
about it. The only negative I see is that it looks a little
“busy” — English Language Learners could be a bit confused by
all the initial options and text. But a short teacher
explanation should take care of that.