SummarizingNoteTaking

=Summarizing and Note Taking =

**What does the research say?**
Summarizing: Note Taking:
 * Be selective in choosing information: teach students to be ready to delete, substitute, or keep information based on necessity.
 * Students have to be able to analyze content for themselves on a deep level
 * Awareness of Structure: students must be aware in order to understand the content (higher level thinking!!)
 * Not Verbatim: students should not write down every word a teacher says
 * Always a work in progress - students should add to notes after instruction has taken place
 * Study for tests
 * The more the better!

How does it look in the classroom?
Summarizing: Note Taking:
 * Teach students the rule-based summary strategy ([])
 * Take out material that is not important to understanding
 * Take out words that repeat information
 * Replace the created list with a word that describes the items on the list
 * Create a topic sentence to summarize
 * Use summary frames ([|http://edtech.wku.edu/~ppetty/retentionsummaryframes.htm])
 * Delete "trivial material" that is not necessary
 * Delete redundant information
 * Sub "superordinate" terms for lists (i.e., flowers for "daisy, tulip, rose") - Generalize!
 * Create a topic sentence for leftover information
 * Teach students the reciprocal teaching strategy ([])
 * Students become a master of the content
 * They become adept at summarizing, questioning, clarifying, predicting
 * Give students teacher-prepared notes
 * Teach students a variety of note-taking formats
 * Use combination notes

What are the connections to technology?
Word Processing Applications (Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Open Office) Organizing and Brainstorming Software Multimedia
 * Track Changes in Word or Google Docs (Summarizing)
 * Auto-Summarize in Word
 * Create graphic organizers (Note Taking)
 * Inspiration
 * PowerPoint or Google Presentations
 * Use as much as possible! (PowerPoint, VoiceThread)

Web/Suggested Resources
[|NoteStar] (http://notestar.4teachers.org) [|Google Docs] (http://docs.google.com) [|ThinkFree] (http://www.thinkfree.com) [|Cornell Notes] (http://cssdesigns.com/learningtoolbox/cornell.html) Wikis ([|http://pbwiki.com], [|http://www.wetpaint.com], http://www.wikispaces.com) Blogs ([|http://www.wordpress.com], [|http://blogger.com], [|http://www.edublogs.com]) [|Twitter] (great tool for summarizing and communication) More note taking resources: ([])