In December I read a post on ProfHacker that some of you may
have seen already, but it really stuck with me.
The article discussed a collaborative annotation software tool called
HIGHBROW, which is being used by some English classes to facilitate higher
levels of interaction with the reading material of the class.
I wrote about this idea in my own blog a couple of weeks
ago, and how I’m really excited about the potential application of this
technology to engineering textbooks. I’d
like to see the engineering textbook become a central component of learning in
the classroom (not just reference material), so that lecture time can be targeted
on understanding tough concepts and interacting with the material, instead of
just reiterating the same material that’s already in the text.
What are your thoughts on this? To me it seems like a smart application of
Web 2.0 in the classroom, but I’m cautious because it may only seem like a good
idea to serve my preferred learning style.
Would you use this in your liberal arts classroom, or in your
engineering classroom? How could this product me improved to suit your preferred teaching style? Of most interest to me may be the question of what niche in the learning process is filled by this product that isn't currently being filled in a different way?
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