Withem+student+note+taking

=Student Note Taking and Sharing of Notes with the Class=


 * **Title**: ||< Contributing to class notes using Evernote ||
 * **Subject**: ||< Math (but could be applicable to other areas as well) ||
 * **Grade**: ||< 4 ||
 * **Time Frame**: ||< Introductory lesson should take 45 minutes. Follow up will be all year. ||
 * **Summary:** ||< Students learn to take notes on math content (and possibly other subjects). ||
 * **Tasks**: ||< 1) Introduce how to take notes using the program, Think Through Math. Model for students how to go through the program and explain that their notes will go through the guided lesson.
 * Students use Think Through Math for homework and take notes. The students also use the ipad to take notes on classwork and teacher instruction. They post these all to evernote. ||
 * Objectives: ||< *Students will be reflective learners and share their learning with others. ||
 * Assessment: ||< Check to see which students are posting notes regularly to the program. If others are not, have them buddy up with a student to help them see how to make this work for them. ||
 * Resources: ||< * ipads ||
 * **Teacher**
 * Reflections:** || Some students are taking initiative to contribute to the class notes. The struggle is to make this a consistent reality for all students. Teacher needs to show examples of student posts frequently to draw attention to how this strategy can help them with their work.

Students need to have conversations about what they see on evernote. Set aside time in math to do reflections.

Read article on notetaking as a class. Discuss role of the notetaker and how important it is for us as a class to help each other learn. Assign two students the job of notetaker and throughout the week view the notes that they have captured. Discuss what we like about them and how we can use them.

After reading the article, the students had a better understanding of the job. It had a rubric with it, and so I think that helped them to see how they can add to notes to make them meaningful. Since having that discussion, some students have taken it more seriously and really tried to share their learning with others on evernote. I'm still struggling with the best way to organize the notes so students can find what they are looking for.

I've also changed the Note Taker position to two people instead of one person so that they can help each other and divide the responsibilities. What I'd like our next focus to be is on adding to our notes and providing more links to other resources and videos that can help others. ||
 * **Examples**: ||< *sample notes for addition and subtraction

Rhyme for rounding. This is a great post, but the students did not copy the link to cite her source. We will have a mini lesson on copyright protection

Students reflected on how they fixed their papers after we had a one on one conference about their narratives. Next time, I would include sentence starters or a student example so they have a better understanding of the expectations for this reflection. This student described what she did, but the next step would be to think about why she made the changes she made.

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https://www.evernote.com/shard/s173/sh/0e61057b-906e-412f-a466-8e421be91075/9959e57d5abf70c970a5ad557b4fb79d ||

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