{"id":3069,"date":"2019-02-04T21:10:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/?p=3069"},"modified":"2019-02-04T21:10:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:10:05","slug":"blog-3-annotation-studio-voyant-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/2019\/02\/04\/blog-3-annotation-studio-voyant-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog 3 &#8211; Annotation Studio &amp; Voyant Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have found Annotation Studio to be an extremely helpful tool in my reading process. I usually have a difficult time close-reading and, therefore, <em>really <\/em>taking a deep dive to understand and evaluate the text as well as the characters in the text; however, using Annotation Studio made it easier for me to pay more attention to what I am reading. Something about being able to easily and neatly mark down my thoughts makes it not only easier to track my thought process throughout the novel, but also makes it easier for me to go back and find theories I have come up with through the \u201ctags\u201d feature. While it is just as easy to do this through simply putting post-it notes in a physical book, the digital setting of the text and annotations makes it a bit easier for me to navigate. Not only that, but it peaks my interest more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In tinkering around with Annotation Studio to examine the annotations of my classmates, I found both some conveniences and troubles with the program. Firstly, I found it incredibly helpful and useful to have access to other\u2019s annotations of the novel, as this gave me an opportunity to compare the quantity and quality of my annotations to other people reading the novel at the same time as me. It is also useful to be able to read through other\u2019s thoughts, as they might (and most likely did) annotate different parts of the novel than me, sparking certain thoughts and aspects about the story line, characters, setting, and so on in which I did not think about earlier. This, in turn, gives me a better understanding and multiple perspectives on what I am reading. Moreover, it in a way brings the classroom discussions home with me, which I find helpful. What I found to be difficult about the program, however, was navigating other\u2019s annotations, I found the setup of the webpage with a list of annotations to be hard to navigate and, really, to look at. If it was organized by category more, it would be easier to navigate; however, it is still an extremely informative resource to make use of regardless.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since I have started reading <em>Herland<\/em>, I have certainly gotten a better understanding of the story line, as opposed to Voyant\u2019s given analysis. While Voyant was a helpful tool to foreshadow connections and predict outcomes before reading the book, it did not give the full story line, nor did it give the tone of the novel. From Voyant, I was for some reason expecting a more dramatic tone; however, through Chapter 9 at least, the tone is rather informative and relaxed. Voyant was still helpful, though, as it helped me to look out more for the most commonly brought up topics and\/or words (such as Terry and women). I am being more alert of Terry\u2019s actions, as I know his presence suddenly drops at the end of the novel. Moreover, I am more aware of the presence of the civilization\u2019s self-reproduction, which I am constantly questioning as a climax has yet to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have found Annotation Studio to be an extremely helpful tool in my reading process. I usually have a difficult time close-reading and, therefore, really taking a deep dive to understand and evaluate the text as well as the characters in the text; however, using Annotation Studio made it easier for me to pay more attention to what I am reading. Something about being able to easily and neatly mark down my thoughts makes it not only easier to track my thought process throughout the novel, but also makes it easier for me to go back and find theories I have come up with through the \u201ctags\u201d feature. While it is just as easy to do this through simply putting post-it notes in a physical book, the digital setting of the text and annotations makes it a bit easier for me to navigate. Not only that, but it peaks my interest more. &nbsp; In tinkering around with Annotation Studio to examine the annotations of my classmates, I found both some conveniences and troubles with the program. Firstly, I found it incredibly helpful and useful to have access to other\u2019s annotations of the novel, as this gave me an opportunity to compare the quantity and quality of my annotations to other people reading the novel at the same time as me. It is also useful to be able to read through other\u2019s thoughts, as they might (and most likely did) annotate different parts of the novel than me, sparking certain thoughts and aspects about the story line, characters, setting, and so on in which I did not think about earlier. This, in turn, gives me a better understanding and multiple perspectives on what I am reading. Moreover, it in a way brings the classroom discussions home with me, which I find helpful. What I found to be difficult about the program, however, was navigating other\u2019s annotations, I found the setup of the webpage with a list of annotations to be hard to navigate and, really, to look at. If it was organized by category more, it would be easier to navigate; however, it is still an extremely informative resource to make use of regardless. &nbsp; Since I have started reading Herland, I have certainly gotten a better understanding of the story line, as opposed to Voyant\u2019s given analysis. While Voyant was a helpful tool to foreshadow connections and predict outcomes before reading the book, it did not give the full story line, nor did it give the tone of the novel. From Voyant, I was for some reason expecting a more dramatic tone; however, through Chapter 9 at least, the tone is rather informative and relaxed. Voyant was still helpful, though, as it helped me to look out more for the most commonly brought up topics and\/or words (such as Terry and women). I am being more alert of Terry\u2019s actions, as I know his presence suddenly drops at the end of the novel. Moreover, I am more aware of the presence of the civilization\u2019s self-reproduction, which I am constantly questioning as a climax has yet to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3070,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069\/revisions\/3070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/technology-literature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}