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Interactive Notebook

Interactive Notebook. AP Biology - Zeiher. What are Interactive Notebooks?. Known as IANS A student note taking process to record information in a personal and meaningful way A thinking tool. The Payoff…. It’s a way to organize work

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Interactive Notebook

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  1. Interactive Notebook AP Biology - Zeiher

  2. What are Interactive Notebooks? • Known as IANS • A student note taking process to record information in a personal and meaningful way • A thinking tool

  3. The Payoff… • It’s a way to organize work • Teaches students how to process information (critical thinking skills) • Helps to distinguish between what the student knows and what they still need to focus on

  4. ….And • Encourages students to make their own meaningful connections • Appeals to multiple learning needs • Enables students to be creative, independent thinkers and writers (even when they don’t know it)

  5. Interactive Notebooks… • Can be in pencil, colored pencils, pen, markers…. • Are personal and unique to each student • Allows students to doodle or draw in their notebook and still be on task

  6. In an Interactive Notebook, • Key ideas are underlined in color or highlighted • Arrows are used to show relationships between graphics and notes • Diagrams, sketches, cartoons, charts, graphic organizer- can be included to help you remember

  7. The Notebook Cover • Should reflect who the student is • At home take some time to decorate the cover that tells me something about you • Student’s name should be on the back cover too • Must be creative

  8. Ian Set -Up • Each IAN is set up the same • Each IAN has a left side explanation sheet and a right side explanation sheet for the 1st 2 pages. • Then each IAN has a Table of Contents (First 6 pages) • At the back of each IAN you will have a IAN Rubric and an IAN score sheet

  9. Table of Contents • Save 1 to 6 pages for TOC • These are the organizing pages • The TOC can be as detailed as you want • It is an outline of the IAN and should be filled in as you go • Your page will be divided in half-vertically (down). Number horizontally (across)

  10. So What’s Next?! • Teacher supplied notes will go on the right side include screencasts, reading notes, and student worksheets. Think about the right as TEACHER INPUT • On the left side will be drawings, concept maps, cartoons, opinions, “what-if questions, reflections, data and graphs ,vocabulary squares. Think about the left as STUDENT OUTPUT (How you are processing the info)

  11. Page Organization • Topic/Title at top of the Page • Do not turn pages to continue notes • The key to the IAN is one page per assignment • Add pages to bottom of each page to extend the page and continue notes in sequence

  12. Notebooks should be Neat and Organized • Pages are never torn out • Must be kept neat because they will serve as a study guide for the AP Test

  13. Notes on Right Side from Screencast or Readings • Use Cornell notes – why switch? • Feared that students were not learning much by filling in the blanks • Research shows that note taking helps students remember what is said • Writing has been shown to be a great tool for learning

  14. Cornell Note Format Date Topic Title Notes from screencast or reading Questions developed from notes

  15. Questions created on Notes • Three levels • Level 1 – Gathering information • Questions start with define, Identify, describe, list • Level 2-Processing • Questions start with compare, contrast, classify, analyze, distinguish, explain • Level 3-Applying • Questions start with predict, speculate, evaluate, hypothesize

  16. Question should also reflect • Info you don’t understand or want to discuss with your instructor • Info you think would be a good on an essay test • Gaps in your notes

  17. Got It? • All information that can be tested should be found in your IAN • If the student misses an item on a test or a quiz, they can locate that info in their IAN and mark that page for review (or add info that was missing) • The IAN should be the only study guide you will need in preparation for AP Test

  18. How is the Notebook graded? • IANS will graded weekly on Friday • Evaluation- teacher and student • IANS primarily peer graded • The notebooks will be randomly distributed for peer grading • Instructor will spot check

  19. Questions?????

  20. IAN Assignment-Sept 11 • Watch Thermodynamics screencast and create Cornell notes on the screencast • Due Friday Sept 13

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