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#OneNewThing: Insert Learning: insert instructional content on any web page

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Now raise your hand if your students actually read those articles and resources. 
Just as I thought.  It’s a problem in most classes.  Would you like a way to be sure they are doing this reading and more importantly, that they are understanding this reading?  Well now you can using Insert Learning.  Insert Learning is a Chrome web-browser extension that allows the user to insert all types of additional content into a web page.
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  • Highlight important text.
  • Leave a Post-it note with your comments, thoughts, or even a video of you.
  • Add questions to conduct a general knowledge check.  They have great built in questions, encouraging the students to predict, reflect, summarize or explain.
  • Add a discussion question for your entire class to discuss the article or web page.

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  • Check for reading understanding
  • Encourage students to read the material and think about it in some way
  • Add your own thoughts and input to guide your students to what is important and why you assigned the material in the first place

It’s easy to use.  If you use Google Classroom then it will allow you to assign it to a GC class.  If not, then no worries, the students can still sign-in with their g.cofc.edu account and use a class code to access the material.  You can use these questions to check student understanding or you can insert a grade.
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