1. Critical Note Taking Theresa Nierlich

2. Welcome! While we wait, sign in, pick up the handouts, and find a computer Go to Computer Based Study Strategies and Big 6 Strategies by going to ed1stop.com and logging in as my student- Computer Based Study StrategiesBig 6 Strategies ed1stop.comComputer Based Study StrategiesBig 6 Strategies ed1stop.com username: TheresaNierlich_stu Password: nierlich Bookmark www.ctap4.org/infolit/notes.htm www.ctap4.org/infolit/notes.htm

3. Agenda for Tonight Talk about taking notes- how, and what are the problems Explore technology-based note-taking strategies Look at note-taking and summarization strategies for struggling students

4. Review the Process So Far Ask a Deep Question- multiple resources, complex answer, interesting Identify smaller, researchable questions Identify key terms and problem words Search Read the information Make sense of the information

5. Quick Activity- Find an Article Find an article of several paragraphs that you can stand working with for many activities tonight. Bookmark the site Copy and paste it into a Word document This is your new best friend!

6. Note Taking from the Web http://Cbss.uoregon.edu/learn/lrnntkng.html Use Inspiration for taking notes from a website.

7. Taking Notes with PowerPoint www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=291 Try it out- open PowerPoint and a great website, and create a set of notes. Then organize them like the directions suggest!

8. Fact Frenzy Deletion note taking Best for grades 3-6 www.readwritethink.org/materials/factfrenz y/opening.html www.readwritethink.org/materials/factfrenz y/opening.html

9. Note Chart Go to note chart on CTAP4 site

10. GIST Note Taking Generating Interaction between Schemata and Text Read a section (maybe chosen by teacher, maybe divided by paragraph) Identify important words and phrases Rephrase, rewrite, until you can summarize the important info in one sentence

11. Tech Skill- Drawing Tools in Word Refer to Guide to Word Drawing Tools Copy and paste info from a website into a Word document. Use the directions to add breaks.

12. Rule-Based Note Taking Handout CNT-8 Take out unimportant material Take out repeated words Replace lists with a single word Find a topic sentence

13. Now, to Summarize… Summaries are tough for students Too much or too little information Need to provide scaffolds and structures

14. Summary Frame Summary Frame Summary Frame Great, but how do I make one? Creating forms in Word! Creating forms in Word!

15. Sentence Starters Frame A more detailed version of the frame A more detailed version of the frame Also has transition words and helpful verbs for summaries

16. InspirationInspiration for Summary Inspiration Can build a template

17. Sum It Up You have $2.50 to spend, at $0.10 per word, to summarize an article! http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readq uest/strat/summarize.htmlhttp://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readq uest/strat/summarize.html or Sum It Up link at ed1stop.com http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readq uest/strat/summarize.html