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Noodle tools: how to take notes
- 1. NoodleBib Helps you use your “noodle”! Taking notes
- 2. What is NoodleBib? Create, store, organize Create a bibliography Take notes online Organize your notes Develop your own ideas Think about what’s important Create [essay, speech, product…]
- 3. Citations + notes = Work you’ll be proud of! Create an accurate, relevant [source list, bibliography] Correct style, punctuation, formatting Prompts you to check for quality, balance Take good notes, keep them organized Sources stay linked to notes Easy to quote and reference Summarize, evaluate, question Organize ideas thoughtfully before writing
- 4. Your work is organized into projects. Open a project you’ve started…or start a new one
- 5. Manage a project from your dashboard
- 6. Keep track of your goal and the assignments
- 7. Get feedback from your instructor and revise in an organized way
- 8. List view shows notes
- 9. Source Notes Your notes and sources stay linked
- 10. Three-part notes Cut-and-paste Capture author’s words, images Get quotes and attribution right Mark-up the quote to understand the author’s idea Paraphrase or summarize Explain it to yourself Tag concepts and facts Add reminders and tasks My ideas Prompts for original thinking Analyze how it fits your research Ask questions, evaluate ideas List “to do” plan
- 11. Cut-and-paste first Author’s image Author’s words
- 12. You’ll get quotes and attribution right!
- 13. Reread and color-code information Red for problems Green for statistics Highlight main ideas
- 14. Annotating helps you understand
- 15. Explain it to yourself * *Using words that you understand
- 16. What do you think? I wonder…? “ To do” next
- 17. Add the main idea last
- 18. Add tags now…or later * * It’s easier to add tags when you know more
- 19. You can always go back to the source Sometimes rereading clears up questions
- 20. Use your tabletop to organize notes Your new notes
- 21. Sort notes however you like! Drag notes
- 22. Make piles Group notes that you feel belong together
- 23. Take as many notes as you need to! Your tabletop is larger than the screen A bird’s eye view
- 24. Label your notes with visual cues Add reminders, colors and tags
- 25. Build your outline on-the-fly…
- 26. … or create it before you take notes
- 27. Drag notes and piles into your outline
- 28. Get help along the way Get feedback, make changes Print out [source list, notes] E-mail [source list, notes] Fill in [assignment drop box] to share your list with [Teacher’s name] to get tips and comments
- 29. Enough information? When you think you’re done, review your work Can I add more tags now that I know more? Label details, themes, concepts Other ways to order my ideas? Reorder by searching on 2-3 tags at once Any loose ends? Are there types of sources I missed ? Use button to see the type and range of sources you used
- 30. Organizing information Create subtopics and outline What notes have similar titles or topics? Pile them together Add them to your outline Play with the order, be curious! What if I make new combinations of notes? Search by one or more tags to find common ideas among notes What other ways can I order my outline? Do new grouping suggest new ways to analyze what I know? New ideas? New questions?
- 31. Don’t forget to follow your ideas !
- 32. Easy to add more sources if you need to!
- 33. … and your work can never get lost!
- 34. What students say… “ I love your site! Thank you so much. My senior paper would be taking me about 10 times as long!” “ You guys are amazing!! I shared the site with my whole English class. Your bibliography program is incredible! It made making my bibliography faster, easier, and even fun!” “ I overheard a young man whining to another student about a research assignment. The second student said, ‘Oh get over it, just use NoodleTools.’” (reported by librarian)
- 35. Use your “noodle”! Stay organized, feel successful Access your work from home and school Safeguard against accidental plagiarism Spend your time thinking and creating (not on commas) Get curious, feel creative…have fun!
- 36. “ Noodle” time…start thinking! Questions? For more teaching ideas: support [at] noodletools [dot] com
Editor's Notes
- #5: http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/usersguide/index.html?n=Overview2.html
- #6: http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/usersguide/index.html?n=Overview2.html
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- #9: http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/usersguide/index.html?n=CreatingANotecard.html
- #24: http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/usersguide/index.html?n=NavigatingTheTabletop.html
- #25: http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/usersguide/index.html?n=Colors.html http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/usersguide/index.html?n=VisualCues.html
- #27: http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/usersguide/index.html?n=WhyUseAnOutline.html
- #34: http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/usersguide/index.html?n=Overview2.html