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NoodleBib - A Teaching Tool

NoodleTools is a comprehensive platform for student research and teaching, supporting students through the entire research process with organized components, personalized assistance, and self-assessment. Teachers can monitor student progress, provide feedback at various stages, and collaboratively assess achievement. The software scaffolds thinking, automates punctuation, and facilitates reflective research practice. Feedback is detailed and contextual, promoting critical thinking and organization.

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NoodleBib - A Teaching Tool

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  1. NoodleBib - A Teaching Tool Your name/title/contact info

  2. What is NoodleTools? NoodleTools is a platform for student research • Students get support along the entire research process • The components stay organized, high-quality work is encouraged • They get help and personal answers at the point of need • Self-assessment and responsibility are promoted NoodleTools is a platform for teaching • Teachers view all student work (notes, outline, bibliography, paper) • All instructors can monitor and assess student progress • Feedback (in context or general comments) can be given at various stages • Evidence of achievement can be collaboratively assessed

  3. Each student has a “control panel”

  4. Goals are clear

  5. Assignment, pathfinder and calendar are right there!

  6. All work is visible

  7. Planning skills are encouraged

  8. A unified view of all instructor feedback enables systematic revision

  9. Feedback also appears in context on the notecard or citation

  10. List view Sources are always linked to notes

  11. Choosing a source Students think about the kind of source they are going to cite - key preparation for their critical annotation later

  12. Copy-and-paste to avoid spelling errors Fill in the form

  13. Get help on each field

  14. More help pops up

  15. Dynamic help

  16. The software can catch common errors…

  17. …but the student must decide which changes to make

  18. Correctly formatted, correctly alphabetized…with the student doing the thinking!

  19. Format and export

  20. A teaching tool “NoodleTools stands out because instead of simply presenting an ambiguous form that a user may not correctly complete, it attempts to teach at almost every step. If a user chooses to cite a journal article, the software will provide a definition of a journal. This not only checks the user's choice, but reminds the user of the essence of the publication type selected…[and] continues to engage the user by asking if the journal was online or in print, from a Web site, or a database and will even coach the students on those "picky details" such as capitalization. The user not only gets an accurate citation, but has quite possibly learned something about sources and documentation.” – N. Tomaiuolo, “Citations and Aberrations.” Searcher Magazine, July/Aug. 2007 • CHOICE Magazine, June 2006 - Rating: "Highly recommended"

  21. Noodlebib scaffolds thinking • Software automates punctuation • Student dissects the source field-by-field • Software highlights possible errors • Student make decisions about corrections • Software displays data about sources • Student evaluates quantity, variety and currency

  22. Asks students to reflect on research need

  23. Notecard view Author’s image Author’s words

  24. Annotate for comprehension Highlight main ideas Green for statistics Red for problems

  25. I wonder…? “To do” next

  26. Tagging uncovers related ideas across sources

  27. Drag and sort notes Use the tabletop to organize notes…

  28. Make piles …group notes that belong together

  29. Add reminders, colors and tags Code, search, and reorder

  30. Processing ideas • Order and reorder notes into piles • Experiment with tentative subtopics • Attach multiple tags to a notecard • Label important details, themes, concepts • Search and group notes by one tag, by combinations • Investigate alternative ways to order information • Encourages flexible thinking • Return to “incomplete” or “need help” tags

  31. Build an outline on-the-fly…

  32. …or create an outline before taking notes

  33. With notes and piles in the outline, a student’s work is organized for a paper (word processor, Google Docs) or project

  34. Organized view of classes

  35. How student work is shared

  36. One-click access to student projects, grouped by assignment

  37. …with a quick overview of student activity

  38. Supports your teaching • Monitor all research components (notes, sources, outline, writing) • Select instructional feedback from a comment bank, then tailor it to the student’s needs • Observe how the student applies feedback to work, then provide further support, if needed • Respond to notes tagged “Need help” • Capture evidence to support evaluation • Collaborate with others to assess student work

  39. Insight into students’ thinking Has the student… • selected quality, relevant sources? • included an appropriate range of sources? • identified key points in the author’s quote? • grasped the author’s meaning? • taken relevant notes? • used your feedback to improve? • exhibited flexible thinking by using alternative ways to organize information? • asked thoughtful questions?

  40. An extra instructor at home • When do I use a URL in APA? • How do I attribute a critical excerpt? • Where should in-text references go in a multimedia project? • How do I cite an IRS ruling? • Can I cite a Google image search? “I love being able to double check with you!”-- Dr. Cathy White, English Dept., CSC

  41. Your students (or you) can get help beyond the handbook examples

  42. Current and archived projects An online portfolio over time

  43. NoodleToolsSmart tools, smart research, smart teaching Questions? For more teaching ideas: support [at] noodletools [dot] com

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