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From https://www.middleweb.com/36692/using-crowd-annotation-to-close-read-the-world/

Kavin Hodgson writes, "Many of us have long taught our students how to “mark up the page” using highlighters or pencils as tools of notation. That experience may be meaningful, to some degree, but lonely.

"Your audience is you.

"Crowd annotation, made possible through our digital connectivity, has the potential to alter that. The margins of an online text or piece of media can be filled with insightful conversation by a community of readers, in a public space, often sparking side conversations that are complementary to the main text."

Read his full article, which includes suggestions and tools for implementing crowd annotation in middle school, high school, and post-secondary classrooms, at https://www.middleweb.com/36692/using-crowd-annotation-to-close-read-the-world/