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James McCann6th Grade Science/Social Studies TeacherClearwater STEAM [email protected]: mrmccann88
Projected Outcome/Objective
How can we use Google Docs and an effective medium for interactive and digital note taking?
Why Digital Notes?
Note taking has changed-College/Career prep
21st Century Skills -keyboarding-computer literacy
Organized and consistent
Beyond information recall
Strategic/Extended Thinking
Add notes/ annotations later
Cannot be lost
Easily recovered
Available (almost) anywhere
Planet HuntersModern Farming
My Overall Experience
1 to 1 Chromebooks, iPads, Dont take home*
G Suite Apps Used: Docs, Drive, Classroom, Drawings, Forms
Use for single day lessons or labs or entire lesson or units
Useful Tools in Google Docs-Highlight-Images-Define -Explore-Tables-Hyperlinks (Digital Citations, Footnotes)
Curve of ForgettingThe Curve of forgetting describes how we retain or get rid of information that we take in.
Curve of forgetting Article
Student Review Made Easy
Easy and concise review
● Bullet point or number ideas● Highlight key terms and main
ideas● Delete anything that may appear
extraneous.● Add details you may have
missed.● Collaborate and share notes with
peers
Curation of Information
Hyperlinks for easy student access
Choose pacing and progression
Color coordination
Add maps, photos, etc
Easy IntegrationEasy to integrate many different types of education resources➔ Forms➔ Expeditions➔ Mymaps (example)➔ Earth engine (example)➔ Google Sites
CollaborationStudent share doc
-Exposes students to different opinions/perspectives-Ask follow up questions-Edit-Comment on each others notes
Assign tasks (SHOW)
Digital notes allow students to share their learning experience through structured collaborative exercises.
Assign Task:Comment, +, add name
Fillable TemplatesScaffold organization and response strategies
Easy to use sentences starters or help guides
Some students do not type as fast as they write
Allows more time for questions highlighting, discussion, and adding notes
Pre Added Notes?
Quick Search & Vocabulary
QuicksearchHook
Gauge student interest
VocabularyQuick definitions and image search
Planning Build a lesson guide from scratch
Add pre made components (create a folder/doc)
Use comments to add important notes to yourself
Add grades and standards
Teacher Collaboration and Reflection
PLC
Give your team instant feedback/thoughts-PBL
Assign Tasks using +
Add notes/suggestions for next year
Application and AccessLower GradesSimplify notesLarger font, More colors and visuals
Upper GradesStudents create their own note templates (with guidance)
Flipped classroom-even a small reminder later in the evening can reinvigorate critical thinking and context-watch videos/add notes/read articles
-more time for class discussion
Steps to Implement 1. Create a template2. Populate notes with presentation
info3. Share through Google
Classroom4. Students do reflections,
activities, and notes 5. Review in class or at home
(organize and highlight)6. Reflection questions and
summaries (Collaborate w/ partner)
7. Collect, grade, and return through Google Classroom
8. Student and teacher will have a virtually permanent copy
Google Keep
GeneralInsert imagesAdd voice notesMake lists by adding checkboxesCollaborative listsReminders by time/locationKeep Notepad (Tools)
StudentsJotting down instructionsNotes during a gallery walk*, guest speaker or videoGroup projects: students can share to do lists with each other
+ Add extension to chrome
ResourcesGeneral Template
Notes Template #2
Notes Template #3
Google Templates