Engaging a Plurality of Users in an Interactive Activity in an Educational Environment

An instructor device for engaging a plurality of users in an interactive activity in an educational environment, comprising:

• a memory comprising rules for engaging users of a plurality of subordinate devices in an interactive activity in an educational environment;
• a graphical user interface for presenting annotations entered on the plurality of subordinate devices;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to:
• receive information that corresponds to an annotation entered by a first user of a first subordinate device of the plurality of subordinate devices;
• present on the graphical user interface a representation of the annotation entered by the first user while the first user is annotating on the first subordinate device;
• receive information that corresponds to an annotation entered by a second user of a second subordinate device of the plurality of subordinate devices;
• and
• present on the graphical user interface a representation of the annotation entered by the second user while the second user is annotating on the second subordinate device and while the graphical user interface simultaneously presents the representation of the annotation entered by the first user on the first subordinate device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising logic, the logic when executed by a processor, operable to:

• receive information that corresponds to an annotation entered by a first user of a first subordinate device of a plurality of subordinate devices;
• present, using a processor, on an instructor device a representation of the annotation entered by the first user while the first user is annotating on the first subordinate device;
• receive information that corresponds to an annotation entered by a second user of a second subordinate device of the plurality of subordinate devices;
• and
• present, using the processor, on the instructor device a representation of the annotation entered by the second user while the second user is annotating on the second subordinate device and while the instructor device simultaneously presents the representation of the annotation entered by the first user on the first subordinate device.