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