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"With Perusall, I could set up my course for my students to read and engage with the material before class. So that when they came to class, I'm not talking about the material, we're discussing it."
Cuando me preguntan por qué me gusta tanto Perusall, respondo que la razón principal es que hace pensar a los alumnos, algo que, últimamente, está en desuso. Eso promueve la comprensión. Pero, además, estimula la lectura comprensiva, la expresión escrita, la asertividad cuando escriben sobre el comentario de un compañero...Perusall es una opción fantástica para un aprendizaje completo.
Perusall is an excellent teaching tool, and each time I meet with the team, I receive clear, efficient guidance for resolving my issues. They know their stuff! Also, they are so lovely to interact with that I always come away from our meetings with a smile on my face. Ask for help and you will get the best!
I teach entirely online, and each semester my students express how much they benefit from hearing their peers' perspectives. They gain this insight from their Perusall assignments. Getting students to read course materials can be difficult--this makes it more interesting for them. With 60 students, I appreciate the auto-grading option, too.
I have used Perusall for a couple of years, and only recently encountered an issue. I had a student who struggled to get logged in, Perusall responded to my email very quickly and were able to help the student with a list of possible solutions that will aid me in the future.
Perusall solved my frustration with traditional discussion boards, which never captured real classroom conversation around literature. The unexpected win: it grounds students' comments in specific textual evidence in a way nothing else has. I'm consistently impressed by how much control it gives faculty.
Perusall is a wonderful alternative to the traditional "discussion board," as it allows my students to more naturally engage with the material and with each other. Reviewing student comments and questions before class helps me prepare to facilitate class discussions and direct the conversation towards the areas of interest to my students.
Perusall allowed me to positively interact and collaborate with my fellow students. As a more introverted person, it has encouraged me to participate more and, in turn, better understand the material.
The most beneficial feature of Perusall is the opportunity to engage with the text from a problem-centric approach. By this I mean that when my classmates asked questions, I redoubled my efforts to understand that material, even seeking outside sources which I could link within my annotations.
It has been so handy in helping connect the class with discussion about our textbooks and has sparked numerous classroom discussions. The website overall has really helped me with the learning process for this class and assists in keeping my thoughts in order and expanding upon them with other people's annotations or thoughts to give me more perspective.
I really enjoyed reviewing the material in this way. I've never used Perusall before this course, but it does make it easier to stay engaged with the text when you can see conversations along the way.
