This Innovation Lab session will introduce participants to the pedagogical uses of hypothes.is, a free, open source tool for online annotation.
Annotation has always been an important tool for expert-readers. Until now, online annotation has typically depended on bulky, cumbersome, often glitchy scripts and programs. With its accessible, clean interface, hypothes.is, a free, open source tool, allows deeper and richer student engagement with online texts by enabling students to comment - - textually and visually, to share, collaborate, and network a variety of texts, from html pages to pdf's. Online annotation supports ongoing real-world conversations about texts and encourages what Ralph Waldo Emerson called "creative" reading, a process that foregrounds the co-creation of meaning between readers and texts. For teachers, online annotation can drive deeper student engagement with texts, aid the transition from paper to digital texts, and make visible students' interpretive strategies, especially for instance how students handle moments of "difficulty." This session is based on use of hypothes.is within actual classrooms and brings together educators and developers.
The goal of this session is for participants to: experiment with online annotation and with hypothes.is; to provide feedback on the online annotation process; and to reflect on the practice and value of annotation.