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Interactive Notebooks

Interactive Notebooks. Candice Lowman Walsh Instructional Technology Specialist Longleaf Middle School Richland District Two. Introduction .

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Interactive Notebooks

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  1. Interactive Notebooks Candice Lowman Walsh Instructional Technology Specialist Longleaf Middle School Richland District Two

  2. Introduction • Notebooks used to be places that students wrote occasional notes, stuffed handouts, and perhaps referred to before a test when all other options failed. • Interactive notebooks promote organization, engage students, and encourage students to process information, combine words and visuals, become a working portfolio, and demonstrate critical thinking.

  3. They can…. • Transform written concepts into visuals. • Find main points. • Organize events. • Draw whatever illustrations that make sense to them. • Personalize notes.

  4. Interactive Notebooks… • Organize the student. • Help students sequence assignments. • Encourage pride in student work. • Facilitate cooperative interaction. • Appeal to multiple intelligences. • Provide opportunities to spiral instruction and facilitate learning.

  5. The TASK is… • Complex • Takes practice and patience • Requires good modeling • Must be consistently reinforced • Takes time to learn

  6. Interactive Notebooks… • Are colorful with diagrams, bullets, and arrows • Are presented in a unique, personal style • Have key ideas that are underlined in color or highlighted • Have Venn diagrams that show relationships • Have cartoon sketches that show people and events • Have timelines that illustrate chronology • Have arrows that show relationships

  7. Interactive Notebooks Require… • Students to record notes in an engaging way • Several types of writing and innovative graphic techniques • Students to process ideas • Students to use critical thinking and be more creative, independent thinkers

  8. Interactive Notebooks Encourage… • Notes to be organized, logically ordered • Information processing in the student’s brain • Better understanding of concepts

  9. Why Interactive Notebooks? • Students use both their visual and linguistic intelligences • Approach understanding in many ways • Use many types of writing and graphic techniques • Each student can select their best medium to explore and learn new content • Note taking becomes an active process

  10. Why Interactive Notebooks? • Students are invited to take notes- it’s fun! • Students will read their notes- they have to in order to process for the left side • Students will be working with the information which facilitates learning • Students will be involved with the content • The notebooks help students to systematically organize as they learn • Organization is key to the notebook

  11. The Set Up • Right-Side (Input) • Teacher involvement (given information) • Lecture notes • Handouts • Vocabulary • Basic knowledge questions • Reading notes • Nonprint source notes

  12. The Set Up • Left Side (Output) • Student involvement (showing understanding and creativity) • Brainstorming • Concept maps • Questions • Descriptions • Venn diagram • Cartoons • Riddles • Songs/poems • Metaphors/similes • Writing (reflection/analysis)

  13. The Process • Leave several pages at the beginning of the notebook for the table of contents. • Number the pages- odd numbers on the right and even numbers on the left. • Keep a notebook along with the students. This allows you to model for them. Also, this will help when a student is absent.

  14. Evaluation • Set criteria for students in the beginning. • Page numbers • Date • Topic • Provide a rubric for evaluation purposes in the beginning. • Teacher, student, and peers should evaluate the notebook.

  15. Evaluation Rubric

  16. Cornell Notes Date: Topic: Questions Notes Summary

  17. Line of Learning

  18. Questions?????? Candice Lowman Walsh Longleaf Middle School cwalsh@richland2.org School: 803-691-4870 ext. 31521

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