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Summarizing & Notetaking

Best Practice Recommendations for Summarizing & Notetaking:
*Teach students rule-based summarizing strategy
*Use summary frames
*Engage students in reciprocal teaching

Technology Resources for this Category

Uses for Notetaking Tools
  • Notetaking and collaborative discussions with hypothes.is
  • ​Collaboration on word clouds with AnswerGarden, Mentimeter, or Polleverywhere. You might also consider Tagxedo (requires Silverlight), Wordle (requires Flash)
  • Mindmap and brainstorm notes and ideas with visual tools like Bubbl.us, Gliffy
  • Summarize longer passages with TextCompactor
  • Brainstorming with sticky notes like Lino, Padlet, or JamBoard
  • Anti-Plagiarism tools:  Duplichecker, Grammarly

Notetaking Templates Gallery
  • Tech Notes Google Templates for Students 
  • Cornell Notes Template
  • Sample Notetaking Templates - multiple strategies
  • Downloadable templates from Learning Scientist

Great Notetaking Tools
Linked from Zapier's blog post
  • Evernote for taking all kinds of notes
  • Microsoft OneNote for a free option
  • Apple Notes for Mac users
  • Google Keep for Google power users
  • Notion for teams
  • Boostnote for developers
  • Milanote for designers and visual thinkers
  • Simplenote for distraction-free note taking
  • Standard Notes for secure, encrypted note taking

iPad Specific Apps: 
Sticky, Notes HD Free, MetamojiNote Lite Free, SuperNote
Evernote
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