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NoodleBib in NoodleTools: How to Create Notecards

NoodleBib in NoodleTools: How to Create Notecards. North Lawndale College Prep HS 2011-2012. What is NoodleBib?. Create , store, organize Create a bibliography Take notes online Organize your notes Develop your own ideas Think about what’s important Create [essay, speech, product…].

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NoodleBib in NoodleTools: How to Create Notecards

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  1. NoodleBib in NoodleTools: How to Create Notecards North Lawndale College Prep HS 2011-2012

  2. What is NoodleBib? Create, store, organize • Create a bibliography • Take notes online • Organize your notes • Develop your own ideas • Think about what’s important • Create [essay, speech, product…]

  3. Citations + notes = Work you’ll be proud of! • Create an accurate, relevant [source list, bibliography] • Correct style, punctuation, formatting • Prompts you to check for quality, balance • Take good notes, keep them organized • Sources stay linked to notes • Easy to quote and reference • Summarize, evaluate, question • Organize ideas thoughtfully before writing

  4. Your work is organized into projects. Open a project you’ve started…or start a new one

  5. Manage a project from your dashboard

  6. Keep track of your goal and the assignments

  7. Get feedback from your instructor and revise in an organized way

  8. List view shows notes

  9. Source Notes Your notes and sources stay linked

  10. Three-part notes • Cut-and-paste Capture author’s words, images • Get quotes and attribution right • Mark-up the quote to understand the author’s idea • Paraphrase or summarize Explain it to yourself • Tag concepts and facts • Add reminders and tasks • My ideas Prompts for original thinking • Analyze how it fits your research • Ask questions, evaluate ideas • List “to do” plan

  11. Cut-and-paste first Author’s image Author’s words

  12. You’ll get quotes and attribution right!

  13. Reread and color-code information Highlight main ideas Green for statistics Red for problems

  14. Annotating helps you understand

  15. Explain it to yourself* *Using words that you understand

  16. What do you think? I wonder…? “To do” next

  17. Add the main idea last

  18. Add tags now…or later* *It’s easier to add tags when you know more

  19. You can always go back to the source Sometimes rereading clears up questions

  20. Your new notes Use your tabletop to organize notes

  21. Drag notes Sort notes however you like!

  22. Make piles Group notes that you feel belong together

  23. A bird’s eye view Your tabletop is larger than the screen Take as many notes as you need to!

  24. Add reminders, colors and tags Label your notes with visual cues

  25. Build your outline on-the-fly…

  26. …or create it before you take notes

  27. Drag notes and piles into your outline

  28. Get help along the way Get feedback, make changes • Print out [source list, notes] • E-mail [source list, notes] • Fill in [assignment drop box] to share your list with [Teacher’s name] to get tips and comments

  29. Enough information? When you think you’re done, review your work • Can I add more tags now that I know more? • Label details, themes, concepts • Other ways to order my ideas? • Reorder by searching on 2-3 tags at once • Any loose ends? • Are there types of sources I missed? • Use button to see the type and range of sources you used

  30. Organizing information Create subtopics and outline • What notes have similar titles or topics? • Pile them together • Add them to your outline Play with the order, be curious! • What if I make new combinations of notes? • Search by one or more tags to find common ideas among notes • What other ways can I order my outline? • Do new grouping suggest new ways to analyze what I know? New ideas? New questions?

  31. Don’t forget to follow yourideas!

  32. Easy to add more sources if you need to!

  33. …and your work can never get lost!

  34. What students say… • “I love your site! Thank you so much. My senior paper would be taking me about 10 times as long!” • “You guys are amazing!! I shared the site with my whole English class. Your bibliography program is incredible! It made making my bibliography faster, easier, and even fun!” • “I overheard a young man whining to another student about a research assignment. The second student said, ‘Oh get over it, just use NoodleTools.’” (reported by librarian)

  35. Use your “noodle”! Stay organized, feel successful • Access your work from home and school • Safeguard against accidental plagiarism • Spend your time thinking and creating (not on commas) • Get curious, feel creative…have fun!

  36. “Noodle” time…start thinking!

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