Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Subtext...an app for Ipad!
So this is a tool that claims to promote and facilitate an "elevated reading experience" on tablets. Apparently, Subtext is a tool that facilitates close reading by breaking up texts as readers read. Readers not only are able to make notes in the margins, but the technology is shared so that teachers and other readers can reply and comment in real time. It sounds pretty amazing! I have added it to my "must explore" list for when I finally get my hands on the iPad cart at my school...which is proving to be difficult, as it is in great demand by the other 85 teachers.
I found this video that does a great job explaining this app.
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This sounds cool. In my class I need to do it a lot and for now either I provide some help before hand or students bring their question in the class or in the office hours. But I think its collaborative quality may encourage students to comment and help each other.
ReplyDeleteThis is a cool piece of tech. I really like the interfacing systems with asynchronous comments by students and teachers alike. By allowing the users to interact gives this piece of technology real strength as a learning tool.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting. Personally, I do not like reading on a tablet because I think the content is hard to see. However, being able to break up the reading could be very helpful. Also, I really like the feature of being able to take notes in the margins! The interactive ability of this technology is what I think makes it especially unique.
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