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Teaching against the feed

Close Reading

Structured visual analysis before interpretation

A step-by-step tool that guides students through sustained looking before they reach for meaning. Prompts slow the process down: what repeats, what shifts, what is ambiguous. Students build an evidence base before they make any claims.

Research connection

Supports archive-first teaching by making visual attention deliberate and explicit. Resists the feed impulse to move on before comprehension has landed.

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This tool is hosted here. Interactive version coming soon.