Annotation

The act of adding notes or commentary to a text. This can take many forms including margin comments, highlighting, and more.

This Perusall assignment will divide the class into two groups. Group members will be able to see each other’s comments and will work together to create a group annotation of “A Silver Lining” from The Happiness Lab with Dr Laurie Santos.

Keep in mind that annotations will appear all together in Perusall, so other group members will be able to see your annotations. This is a collaboration where you will post your own annotations and reply to others as well.

“A Silver Lining” Podcast

Listen to Happiness Lab“A Silver Lining” (Links to an external site.)podcast(Season 1, Episode 3) in which Dr. Laurie Santos argues that happiness can depend on how one frames one’s performance relative to others. Silver Lining transcript Download Silver Lining transcriptalso available for reading.

• • • Tutorial on how todownload podcasts to an Iphone or Ipad for convenient listening on the go. (Links to an external site.)
    • (Links to an external site.)Tutorial onHow to download podcasts to an Android device. (Links to an external site.)

First Annotation

1. In Perusall, highlight a passage from “A Silver Lining” (Links to an external site.)that you agree or disagree with by selecting it with your cursor.
2. Tell us why you agree or disagree with“A Silver Lining” (Links to an external site.).
3. Support your answer with a specific personal experience example(at least 100 words) from your own life. It should take the form of a story with a beginning, middle, and end. Provide several supporting details. Try to describe the characters in your story, dialogue, actions, locations, background information, and your feelings during the experience.
4. Illustrate your personal example by attaching a picture or video to your annotation. You can select a picture or video you took or find one on the Internet. See page 3 of this Perusall tutorial for tips on adding pictures or video files to your annotations. (Links to an external site.)
5. End your first annotation with a question about the passage from “A Silver Lining” (Links to an external site.).

Second Annotation

Add a second comment that replies to one of the other students’ annotation. Possible areas of focus:

• Answer the other student’s question.
• Tell a personal experience story of your own that illustrates whether you can relate or not to the other participant’s story.
• Explain why you agree or disagree with the other participant’s opinion about Plato.
• Comment on interesting significations of the other person’s picture and / or to what extent it clarifies their opinion on Plato.
• Point out parts of the other participant’s annotation that you would like to see discussed in more detail, either with more explanation, clarification, or support.
• Ask the other participant a question about their annotation.

Perusall Student Quick Start Guides:

• Perusall Quick Start Guides for Students (Links to an external site.)