As a professor who designs & teaches online courses, I have tried various tools to bring out the very best in a classroom. Within the article you mentioned the use of Flipgrid. I wish to share the success of this. Many of my learners gain from the communication…. and in their own time frames. Flipgrid permits the students to create a video that also encourages constructive personal views. I am SO grateful for this article, as it encourages me to try out new practices to reach EVERY learner!
Bonnie, thanks for this blog post. Your desire to see others’ annotations made me think of a recent fiction book I read, Words in Deep Blue, which I thought you might enjoy. The book is about a used bookstore, which features a teensy library within. The small ‘letters library’ holds the beloved books of store patrons, and the patrons use the books to either write letters back and forth to each other, or mark favourite passages in it so that others can see. I found out at the end that it’s a YA book, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying it!