June 30, 2018

More interaction for Reading activities (PART 3)














Continuing my exploration with tools suggested by different edtechers (check PART 1 and PART 2 for more ideas), this time I've decided to try https://edji.it/#/dashboard

With EDJI. IT, as the website says, you can ensure your students have a voice when reading.

Basically what it does is to invite readers to highlight parts of the text which call their attention and leave comments. With the free version students cannot interact with each other, but everyone can read all the comments. It could be a great starting point for a class. Another plus is that the more students select the same part of the text, it becomes red and the teacher can start face-to-face discussions from these parts.

HANDS ON MOMENT 1


Click the image below to take part in the activity and experience the website. I've selected a text from Edutopia about Teachers.

THE CODE IS qgvf





HANDS ON MOMENT 2


Another idea I found in the website is to ask students to react to the text by selecting a gif and then explain their reactions as a comment. Click HERE to participate.

THE CODE IS zpcf


























What I liked about it


  • It's free.
  • It's very user-friendly.
  • You can see how students are interacting with the text.
  • Students can collaborate on the same reading with their classmates.
  • The activity is less guided by the teacher so students have more voice.


What I didn't like about it

  • It would be great to have some feature which would allow students to reply to other comments (in the free version, of course lol).




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