1. NoodleTools Create a Works Cited Page
An integrated platform for citation, note-taking, outlining, document archiving and annotation, and collaborative research.
Ms. Castillo
Honors English IV

2. Organize, create, store, write
What is NoodleTools
Organize, create, store, write
Save personal copies of sources
Begin a working bibliography
Copy-and-paste relevant quotes onto notecards
Paraphrase the author’s words
Analyze, question and add your own ideas
Tag and pile your notes – what emerges?
Create an outline, add piles – reorder and experiment!
Create [essay, speech, product…] with a bibliography
Note: There are tutorials on notecards, tagging and other features of the Tabletop here:

3. Choose MLA citation style
NoodleTools comes in 3 different levels corresponding roughly to novices (elementary), middle school and ESL, and high school/college
All three levels are available for all three styles: MLA, APA and Chicago.
Name your project

4. Keep your focus

5. Watch your work grow
On the Dashboard, students can review their own 30-day logs. The logs have been enhanced to clearly show when items in the project are added or deleted, plus it gives the total number of citations and notecards to that point in time. We will continue to add self-assessment features so that students gain a sense of ownership and responsibility for their work.

6. First Period Honors English IV
Share with
First Period Honors English IV
Tutorial on sharing a project with a teacher’s dropbox:

7. Assignment, calendar, notes

8. Keep everything together

9. Plan to stay organized

10. Use feedback from me to improve your work

11. Read comments on your notes

12. See comments on your sources too!

13. Bibliography Screen

14. From the drop-down menu
Choose the best match
From the drop-down menu

15. Copy-and-paste to avoid
spelling errors

16. Correct errors on the fly!

17. Watch the citation “build” as you type
Part
Always see the same format:
Part on top
Whole on bottom
Whole

18. Search WorldCat’s library catalog for your book
Admin can turn this off.
Search by ISBN, Title or Author
Additional search options like publication date.
Behind the scenes we do a first pass over the data that gets imported, making some smart changes to the title and publication information based on the citation style.
Cover, authors, publication information - verify it is the right source.
Import selected source.
Identify your book

19. Review and edit the elements (We’ve done some checking already!)

20. Save to your list

21. No more “refinding” problems!
Save (and mark up) your own copy of a Web source.
Exclusive partnership with iCyte to provide a way for students to permanently archive and annotate Web pages and PDFs that they use, so that they have a snapshot of the source from the time they actually cited or took notes on it. Teachers can also view this archived version when the project is shared.
Useful for things like Wikis, Web pages, blogs, tweets
Requires a bookmarklet to be added to the browser’s toolbar.

22. See how to make your in-text reference for MLA

23. Get help when you need it!

24. Format and export your bibliography to a word processor (or Google docs)

25. Keep a portfolio of your work

26. Follow the handout…
Click the "Create a Personal ID“ button to register as a new user
If you are prompted, at the “New User Registration” screen, enter your SHS student number and password
Create your personal ID and password
Record these on your handout
When you use NoodleTools after that, login only with your personal ID and password

27. Specifically for this research paper
Review…
Specifically for this research paper
Use MLA
Cite as you go (play, books, wikis, databases…)
Add notes as you read, annotate to understand
Organize notes in piles, add tags and reminders
Build an outline, cluster your notes under headings
Share your working list and notes with my dropbox
Get feedback as you go
Create research paper

28. NoodleTools Start your research!
Questions?
For more teaching ideas: support [at] noodletools [dot] com