Extension Elective3–4 hours (3 sessions)

Teaching with Annotation

This elective translates the Academy's research and practice into actionable pedagogy. It helps educators design annotation activities for their own courses and classrooms, drawing on the evidence base for social annotation in education, practical strategies for implementation, and the design principles developed across Pathway A.

Designed for: K–12 teachers, higher education faculty, instructional designers, and curriculum developers

1

The Evidence for Social Annotation in Education

35–45 min

2

Designing Annotation Activities

40–50 min

3

Build Your Integration Plan

40–50 min

By the end of this elective, you will

Review the evidence base for social annotation and student learning

Design annotation activities with appropriate scaffolding, prompts, and norms

Develop assessment approaches for annotation that value quality over quantity

Build a complete annotation integration plan for one of your courses

Connection to core curriculum

Synthesizes principles from Course 2 (collaborative reading), Course 4 (knowledge building environments), and the Annotated Syllabus elective. The most practice-oriented offering for working educators.