NOTETAKING & THE

BACKCHANNEL:

Note & microblogging applications

Notetaking One way to help avoid plagiarism is notetaking

Notetaking & paraphrasing tips (Safe Practices from

Purdue OWL): In your notes, always mark someone else's

words with a big Q, for quote, or use big quotation marks

Indicate in your notes which ideas are taken from sources with a big S, and which are your own insights (ME)

When information comes from sources, record relevant documentation in your notes (book and article titles; URLs on the Web)

Notetaking Social bookmarking tools (like

Delicious) can help with notetaking Take notes as you bookmark

Diigo has more storing/notetaking options than Delicious

Diigo – www.diigo.com

Diigo – educator accounts

Diigo – highlighting notes

Diigo – highlighting notes

Diigo – sticky notes

Diigo – sticky notes

Diigo – capture

Diigo – groups

Need more notetaking - Evernote

Notetaking with the backchannel The backchannel?

Side-bar discussions in a classroom or during conferences or meetings.

Can these conversations add to the discussion?

Utilizing the backchannel can help with notetaking 40% of classroom lecture/discussion is

captured in average student’s notes. Backchannel is like taking notes together.

What captures the backchannel? Microblogging platforms

Microblogging - Posting small pieces of information - commentary, links, photos - on the internet.

Most microblogging services limit characters Can help students with summarizing

and paraphrasing. How do you concisely say what you need to in 140 characters?

Paraphrasing also helps them not plagiarize

Microblogging in education

Can use Twitter, but know that Twitter has two privacy settings – either public or private. No in between.

Two tools may be better for the classroom: TodaysMeet Edmodo

TodaysMeet

TodaysMeet room

TodaysMeet wrap-up

Easiest platform to use

No account or login needed Because you only need the link, anyone with

the link could technically enter the room.

No privacy controls

Edmodo

Edmodo wrap-up

Class management: upload files, calendar, assignments, create polls, etc.

Students do need to login, but don’t need an email address.

As the teacher you can get notifications when anything occurs in Edmodo.

This is a private tool, only those you allow in are allowed.

Microblogging guidelines Create guidelines for class microblogging:

Grade what they type? Do they need to use proper grammar? When quoting things, put a capital Q at

the beginning If paraphrasing or summarizing, link to it Participation counts, so participate Any misuse of the tool will have

consequences

Outline guidelines before you begin Carry through with misuse of guidelines

Microblogging rubrics Create rubrics to use with microblogging, it

can be something that is graded

Use rubrics even as simple as this for participation:

This and other rubrics linked under Month 6

Why microblogging? Group notes can help students

Notes remain in the cloud and can be revisited

Introducing blogging/chatting, with guidelines, helps students realize how online tools can be utilized for their education

Between now and our meeting… Sign up for a Diigo account BEFORE our

in-person meeting Register your account to be an Educator

account

Blog your thoughts about notetaking, either by yourself or with others, in the cloud. How can this enhance your classroom?

Links to everything is under MONTH 6!

Next meeting dates/times Sanford

Monday, January 10, 2011, 4:45-6:45pm

South Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 4-6pm

Southwest Thursday, January 20, 2011, 4-6pm