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Karl Marx wrote a short summary of every book he read and many scholars and successful people refer to note taking as the secret of thei
Via Peter Mellow
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced me to move my courses online, I recorded my synchronous online class sessions so students could review them later. However, student feedback and reflection on my course goals revealed collaborative note-taking as an alternative way to provide a record of each class session. My first indication that recording class sessions might be problematic came halfway through the semester. One of my students, a first-generation student, I’ll call Erica, approached me to discuss her performance in the course. I was surprised to hear that Erica felt she was underperforming in class because she was consistently turning in excellent work.
Via Elizabeth E Charles
Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
It’s long been known that drawing something helps a person remember it. A new study shows that drawing is superior to activities such as reading or writing because it forces the person to process information in multiple ways: visually, kinesthetically, and semantically. Across a series of experiments, researchers found drawing information to be a powerful way to boost memory, increasing recall by nearly double.
Via Elizabeth E Charles
Back in December I decided that I needed to spend some time giving some of Microsoft's products a good, honest try. I did this to be able to give a more balanced comparison to rival Google products. Some of the Microsoft products I don't like as much as Google's offerings, I still prefer Google Forms. And some of Microsoft's products I like better than the Google equivalent. For example, I now like OneNote more than Google Keep.
Via Elizabeth E Charles
ReClipped is a neat tool that lets you take notes, share notes, and share clips from educational videos. ReClipped blends the bes
Via Luísa Lima
Just in time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the tech giant announces inclusivity updates to a popular classroom product.
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
Note taking has changed since the days of pencil, paper, and lecture lecture lecture! Now, students have a variety of tools and sources of information. From lecture, to videos, to projects -- how should students be coached to take notes? In this free webinar, I'll help teachers learn how to help your 21st Century learners […]
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Dean J. Fusto
The topics in the wheel below are all crucial elements of any successful essay or report. You'll develop these over your time here at Newcastle, and in the process, develop your Information Literacy – a crucial work skillset. You can pick out topics as you need them or work through the wheel. Remember to log details in your ePortfolio. If you’re working on a longer project or dissertation, why not take a look at the Dissertation station for more advice and help.
Via Elizabeth E Charles
Students love it when teachers provide class notes—the more complete the set, the better. Students want the teacher’s notes online because it’s convenient, they’re readable, well organized, and relieve the student of having to expend much effort during class. A lot of students need the teacher’s notes because they aren’t very good note-takers themselves. They practice stenography rather than note-taking, trying to get down the teacher’s words exactly. That way, even if they don’t understand, they can memorize what the teacher said and find it on the test. But that’s not learning.
Via Elizabeth E Charles
Learn the basics of Microsoft OneNote, and then dive into specific scenarios for teachers with these interactive guides.
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
Videonotes allows you to paste in any YouTube video and then you can take notes as you watch the video. The notes then become clickable, so you can click on the notes and it immediately goes to that part of the video.
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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Online Study Resources
Taking notes in lectures
Learning objectives
This module will help you to:
develop strategies for taking notes in lectures. These are:
- choosing key words, phrases and concepts in lectures to be included in notes
- using basic note-taking symbols and abbreviations
- visually representing the relationship between ideas and the relative importance of information
- review your lecture notes systematically
Taking notes in lectures
Academic writing
Learning objectives
This module will help you to:
- understand some differences between spoken and written language, and the importance of these differences for academic writing
- gain insights into why academic writing is typically abstract and complex. In other words, learn about:
- the influence of Greek and Latin on academic vocabulary
- the predominance of complex noun phrases
- the concept of abstraction and how this is realised grammatically
- understand formal academic style
- learn how opinions and evaluations are expressed in academic writing
Via Elizabeth E Charles
Richard Feynman knew his stuff. Had he not, he probably wouldn't have won the Nobel Prize in Physics, let alone his various other prestigious scientific awards. But his reputation for learning all his life long with a special depth and rigor survives him, and in a sense accounts for his fame — of a degree that ensures his stern yet playful face will gaze out from dorm-room posters for generations to come — even more than does his "real" work. Many students of physics still, understandably, want to be like Feynman, but everyone else, even those of us with no interest in physics whatsoever, could also do well to learn from him: not from what he thought about, but from how he thought about it.
Via Elizabeth E Charles
"There are plenty of ways to take notes. You could carry a notebook and pen in your pocket, or scribble thoughts on a napkin at lunch. Or, better yet, you could use a notebook app, so you always have a way to store your thoughts—even if there's not a pen nearby.
"Notebook apps come in all shapes and sizes. From simple plain-text notebooks to apps that recognize your handwriting and record audio, you can find a notebook app for anything you want to remember.
"We took dozens of note-taking apps for a test drive in order to separate the must-try options from the weak ones. First, you’ll find full-featured note-taking apps, including Evernote, OneNote, and Simplenote—the popular notebook apps that can save everything. Then, we'll look at handwriting apps, designed for scribbling your thoughts on tablets.
"And if that's not enough, there's a bonus section at the end with “one-trick ponies”—note-taking apps that do a single job very well, and might be a great companion app for your preferred notebook app."
Via Jim Lerman, Miloš Bajčetić, WebTeachers, Elizabeth E Charles
The process of writing something down can help you better remember it, so here’s how to get the most out of your notes.
Via Ariana Amorim, Dean J. Fusto
Online platforms are providing tools that not only enables you to make notes easily but also gives you access to other great features such..
Via Luísa Lima
The JetPens Blog provides pen and paper reviews, artist interviews, and helpful tips and guides on how to get the most of your writing instruments.
Via Elizabeth E Charles
Using a pen to do a quick drawing is a lot easier than using a mouse or finger on a touch screen. A project worth knowing about for those who want to be able to digitize is the Rocketbook, currently an Indiegogo campaign.
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Juergen Wagner
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