Note-taking
Note taking can be done in numerous ways and can be
completed by all students, by one or more students
with the intent of sharing, or they can be
completed by the teacher. A list of note taking
strategies could include:
Graphic
Organizers
The
students can use the graphic organizer to take
notes. The notes can be used as discussion starters
in the content area class or as study guides for an
upcoming test or quiz.
Social Studies
Example
Support site showing various
types of graphic
organizers
Examples
of Graphic organizers
Teacher Notes or Note Cards
Students
can benefit from teacher notes to help support
lecture or other content delivery methods. A strong
web based system for archiving notes will benefit
all students and provide organization to the class
material.
Physics
Example
Chemistry Example (note
cards)
Guided
Notes
Guided
notes are most frequently teacher-prepared notes
that map or outline lecture content. This type of
note will leave "blank" spaces for key concepts,
critical facts, definitions, etc. Throughout the
lecture, or other content delivery method, students
fill in the spaces with key ideas, etc… Guided
notes can help students follow a lecture, identify
key points,
and develop a stronger foundation of
content to study and to apply.
Support site with information on
developing guided
notes
Examples
of Guided Notes:
Note Sample #1 Note Sample #2 Note Sample #3
PowerPoint
Notes
You
can take your Power Point presentations and convert
them to an outline form for easier student access.
This would also allow you to take a PowerPoint
presentation and create guided notes for the class.
Support Site – Converting
PowerPoint to Word Outline
Form
Student
Note Sharing
Have
different students take notes for the class and
then share them electronically on your website. You
might also consider using carbonless notebook paper
so students can share notes more easily.
Source for Carbonless
Notebooks
Audio
Recordings or Study Casts
You
might consider creating study casts, or lecture
notes that are available to students online. This
type of note taking would benefit all students, but
especially those that frequently struggle with
reading and comprehending text.
Examples of Study
Casts
Video
Notes
With
the ability to stream video via Teacher Tube, you
might consider creating video notes. These can be
reproductions of a class lecture, or they can be
video casts that are created to enhance classroom
content.
Example of Video
Notes
Structured
Notes
Research
indicates that over 50 percent of content is lost
within minutes of reading or hearing a passage.
Structured note-taking is an excellent tool for
helping students select, organize, and remember
important points from their reading. Students use
visual organizers to make notes of key points
immediately after completing a passage. This visual
framework helps students determine which details
are noteworthy.
Strategy support for structured
notes (example
included):