Continuing with Sherry Turkle, I annotated her piece “The Empathy Diaries”. Throughout reading I used different highlighters and wrote comments. At first I started off by just highlighting like seen in the one photo and then progressed to comments and more detailed annotations. I highlighted sentences that stuck out to me, confused me and even some that I felt were deep and I wanted to learn more about. I underlined some words or phrases that I felt were useful. By marking a sentence that felt compelling or just simply confusing I could return to it after finishing my reading. When adding comments I initially went in writing down thoughts that I had about certain sentences and that led to some questions. Sometimes I worried I was annotating too much, but I’ve learned that this is part of my personal process. If a line sparks curiosity or connects with other ideas in my mind, I decide to highlight, underline or mark it. That has actually turned out useful, especially during projects when I need to locate specific quotes or an author’s ideas. Specifically from Turkle, I enjoyed breaking down her research and understanding it more while annotating. Approaching all the pieces I annotated this semester, I decided to go in with an open mind. My journal responses allowed me to learn how to reflect on the reading, helping me build connections between text and my own ideas. Overall, my annotations and journals helped me see that I’m someone who likes to ask a lot of questions and understand readings.  I tend to ask questions and make comparisons  which help me extend ideas rather than just summarize them. Throughout this semester I’ve developed the ability to be an active, critical reader not just absorb information.