Highlight

Highlight - This is a great site. You can highlight items on webpages you want your students to focus on. Read the directions below.

How?

1. Insert a web page address above and click "highlight page"
2. Select the text you want to highlight on the next page
3. Click "Done" when you're finished
4. Copy & paste the short url, or email your highlights

Why?

* To show others the important part of an article
* Reduce confusion about a sent link
* Save time for the reader
* Save the parts of the pages you find interesting

RoohIt- Highlighting Web Pages

RoohIt [RooH-it!] verb:
A / n.f. identifying the soul / essence of a document
e.g. the act of getting to the soul of any document, identifying what is uniquely relevant to each individual user by highlighting it.
RoohIt allows users to create a free account and highlight webpages. Once pages are highlighted, users can get a direct link to the highlighted page to save and share with students.

http://rooh.it/abe35

Flecks All Over the Sight

Fleck www.fleck.com
Have your students ever been frustrated when trying to navigate a website? Fleck is a perfect solution to help guide your students to finding the information needed in a timely manner.
Simply go to www.fleck.com and enter the website you want to annotate. Fleck allows you to put notes (similar to post-it-notes) on the page. You can help students connect to the text by providing some background knowledge, point out graphics that are meaningful or ask questions pertaining to the reading. The options are endless. You will need to create an account to manage your fleck sites. You also have the option to make your fleck site public or private.
Click on the following links to see some examples.
Iditarord http://extension.fleck.com/?sh=e70d3809de5311fb2c8a1b815ad4f0bb10b626f1
Digestive System http://extension.fleck.com/?sh=c73841146f6d3eff47cf40c0a018b03f03ed3e2a