Transcript Chapter 6 - M-ASummerInstitute2012

EDU 590
CHAPTER 6: Summarizing and Note Taking
“Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works.”
by Howard Pitler, Elizabeth R. Hubbell, Matt Kuhn and Kim Malenoski
Central Michigan University
Chapter Six – Summarizing and Note Taking
Planning
Question:
Which Strategies
Will Help
Students
Acquire and
Integrate
Learning?
 Learning
Strategies:
Summarizing and
Note Taking
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Suggested Technology:
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Word Processing Applications
Organizing & Brainstorming
Software
Multimedia
Web Resources
Communication Software
Chapter Six – Summarizing and Note Taking
Summarizing and Note Taking:
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McREL’s research supports the
following generalizations:
To effectively delete, substitute and keep information,
student must understand information at a deep level.
Verbatim note taking is the least effective method.
Notes should be considered a work in progess.
Notes are a good study
guide for test, the more
taken the better.
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Chapter Six – Summarizing and Note Taking
Summarizing and Note Taking:
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McREL’s Recommendations:
Teach rule-based summarizing and reciprocal teaching
strategies.
Teach a variety of note-taking formats.
Give students teacher-prepared notes.
Use summary frames.
Use combination notes.
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Chapter Six – Summarizing and Note Taking
Planning
Question:
Which Strategies
Will Help
Students Acquire
and Integrate
Learning?
 Learning
Strategies:
Summarizing and
Note Taking

Word Processing Applications:
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Track Changes in Microsoft and Auto
Summarize.
◦ Allows you to track the summarizing process
and give the students practice.
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Take notes in variety of formats –
words, outlining, webbing and
pictographs.
Chapter Six – Summarizing and Note Taking
Planning
Question:
Which Strategies
Will Help
Students Acquire
and Integrate
Learning?
 Learning
Strategies:
Summarizing and
Note Taking

Organizing and
Brainstorming Software:
Create summary frames in software
programs such as inspiration.
 Many software programs contain
templates to aid in the note-taking
process.
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◦ Can easily transfer to Word to create an
outline to pair with the graphic outline.
Chapter Six – Summarizing and Note Taking
Planning
Question:
Which Strategies
Will Help
Students Acquire
and Integrate
Learning?
 Learning
Strategies:
Summarizing and
Note Taking

Multimedia:
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Allows students to personalize notes
to fit their learning style.
◦ Use multimedia to enhance and present
their notes and summaries.
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Combination notes links summarizing
and note-taking to help aid in
studying and to remember key
points.
Chapter Six – Summarizing and Note Taking
Planning
Question:
Which Strategies
Will Help
Students Acquire
and Integrate
Learning?
 Learning
Strategies:
Summarizing and
Note Taking

Web Resources:
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Websites that encourage
collaborative note-taking and
summarizing:
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NoteStar (http://notestar.4teacher.org)
Google Docs (http://docs.google.com)
ThinkFree (www.thinkfree.com)
Think Tank (http://thinktank.4teachers.org)
Cornell notes
(http://cssdesigns.com/learningtoolbox/cor
nell.html)
Chapter Six – Summarizing and Note Taking
Planning
Question:
Which Strategies
Will Help
Students Acquire
and Integrate
Learning?
 Learning
Strategies:
Summarizing and
Note Taking

Communication Software:
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Allows intuitive and seamless ways
for students to collaborate as they
take notes and summarize.
Wikis and blogs
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Share resources
Edit Web page
Easy to find information
Categorize information
Allows for reciprocal teaching