Hi everyone. I received this "note cards in PowerPoint" idea after I sent
the hit. I wanted to share it because it is my favorite alternative as it
still allows students to shuffle their "note cards" around yet is less messy
and saves paper.
Davinna Artibey
Teacher Librarian
Denver Center for International Studies
Denver Public Schools, CO
Davinna@comcast.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Lovelace, Jeanita [mailto:Jeanita.Lovelace@fortbend.k12.tx.us]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:18 PM
To: Davinna Artibey
Subject: RE: Note cards still common?
Here's one more idea borrowed from Michael Eisenberg.
http://www.big6.com/presentations/PowerPoint_for_Notetaking/ using
PowerPoint to take notes
http://www.big6.com/showenewsarticle.php?id=397 includes video clip on
using PowerPoint to take notes
Jeanita Lovelace, Librarian
Progressive High School
1555 Independence Blvd.
Missouri City, Tx 77459
Phone 281-634-2906
Fax 281-634-2913
-----Original Message-----
From: Davinna Artibey [mailto:davinna@COMCAST.NET]
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 10:04 AM
Subject: HIT: Note cards still common?
Thank you to everyone who responded. I was surprised to discover that
all
25 respondents said note cards were still used at their school! The
most
common reasons were that they help students learn how to organize their
paper and cite their sources.
That said, there were some creative modifications and alternatives given
too, which are below:
"In our school we allow some personal preference. We teach note cards
but we
allow note cards, a notebook or working within a document on a computer.
Our
newest English teacher is requesting that the students type their notes
into
a Word document but use a different color for each source. This forces
the
students to pay more careful attention to where they got their
information.
I thought that was a unique idea.
Hope that helps,"
Mrs. Lisa M. Askey
Library Media Specialist
Phil-Mont Christian Academy
35 Hillcrest Ave.
Erdenheim, PA 19038
215-233-0782
Library@Phil-Mont.com
"Our teachers still require note cards, although sometimes the students
will
use "electronic" note cards such as saving all of their information on
microsoft word along with citation listed below. They type these just
like
if they would right them down on a notecard. After they have them all,
they
copy and paste them into where they want them to go, print it out and
then
using this as a guide for their paper."
Brenda Lemon
Chapman Kansas
"We still require the use of note cards in a research paper course I
teach
to 10th graders. They are also required for their jr. history paper.
We
also teach the Big 6 photcopy/highlight method; I tell them to put the
letter (from their bib cards) on each section of the printout they'll be
using, then cut the section out and organize it with their note cards."
Lynn Foltz, Upper School Librarian
Sanford School
Hockessin, DE
foltzl@sanfordschool.org
"In a class I taught yesterday, the students said they use notecards "if
the
teacher wants them to." Having found many loose cards in the library, I
can
see an argument against them as well as the usual ones for them.
We teach them to reserve a few pages in the notebook/binder they are
using
for bibliographic information. Give each resource a number. All notes
associated with that source are marked with the same number. This allows
students to take notes by resource, or by outline.
Hope this helps."
Deb Tong, Library Assistant
Columbus Academy, Columbus, OH
deborah_tong@columbusacademy.org
"Our English teachers still teach the use of notecards for bibliography.
Most now prefer, though, a locally composed sheet to be used for notes
taken
from a particular source each day students do research during class
time.
This sheet requires bibliographic info at the top and has
notebook-paper-type lines that must be filled by the end of the period.
The purposes behind this are to be sure they are gathering info &
writing it
out as opposed to printing out sheets from a database/internet site and
to
be sure they are spending their time wisely."
Lindy Hutchison, Librarian
Sweeny HS Library
Sweeny, TX
lhutchison@mail.sweeny.isd.esc4.net
Davinna Artibey
Teacher Librarian
Denver Center for International Studies
Denver Public Schools, CO
Davinna@comcast.net
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