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"Certainly one of our goals as educators is for students to write more. However, that does not necessarily mean to write more words. Quite the opposite, there are actually several benefits that come from having our student write fewer words. By that what I mean is having students distill their ideas down to just the most important, relevant, clear, and concise words. By putting limits on the number of words or characters our students can use, this forces students to: Summarize key points Select what is most important Choose words that best convey meaning Restate concepts Avoid unnecessary filler and fluff"

"Note-taking and summarizing are important learning activities that everyone needs to master. But your students don't need to do it individually to maximize learning. Our brains don't actually work that way. You might be surprised at the assessment results when students collaborate and share the note-taking tasks. "

Highlight Online Videos to Share Important Parts. Annotate, collect, and share parts of online videos. Share anywhere, LEGALLY. No downloading or screen-recording involved. What is ReClipped? ReClipped is a tool to annotate, collect, share and discover video segments of your interest. What are video annotations? Video annotations are your notes on particular segment of a video. These notes can range from a simple bookmark title to an elaborate backstory about the segment. Typically, annotations are created by users, to summarize the video segment in own their words.