Matrix: Annotating to Engage, Analyze, Connect and Create

By JEREMY DEAN and KATHERINE SCHULTEN in the New York Times

What do your students think annotation looks like? For many, it probably begins and ends with the image of an assigned novel bristling with yellow Post-its.

But to annotate simply means to add a note to a text — whether marginalia in a book, or a comment on Facebook or YouTube. Even if they don’t realize they’re doing it, young people are annotating constantly as a natural way of engaging with the world.

In this post we hope to both expand their definition of what annotation can be and inspire them to experiment with new ways of doing it — in class and out.

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