A great way to direct learning as students read.
Community Review for Actively Learn
My Take
I like this site. I have an American Literature class that I want to use this site with. By allowing me to create questions that I can connect right to the word or line they are reading helps keep the students focused on understanding deeper aspects of the literature. Each question can be tagged with a common core standard. The site also keeps track of home much time the student spent reading the work, so you can see if the student just rushed through the assignment. Actively Learn has designed a powerful tool.
How I Use It
I have used this to help my students to read and understand poetry (but have plans to increase the way I use it). I use the media embedding option to enhance the questions I ask of the students. For example I used a YouTube video of Langston Hughes reading the poem we were using in class. I love the ability for the students to use the "I Don't Understand" flag as they read. This allows me to know which aspects of the literature I need to cover.