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Taking Notes Online with NoodleTools
Holly Frilot Library Media Specialist Collins Hill High School Fall 2010
How can I take notes?
Old way: 3x5 index cards
New way: Online with NoodleTools! – Stay organized easily
– Never lose your notes
– Avoid plagiarism
– Keep up with your sources
Your work is organized into projects.
Open a project you’ve started…or start a new one
Manage a project from your dashboard
Create notes directly from cited sources
Click “new” in the notecards category to create a new notecard tied to that source. Click “show” to see a card already created.
Notecards: thorough and easy
1. Cut-and-paste Capture author’s words, images
– Get quotes and attribution right
– Mark-up the quote to understand the author’s idea
2. Paraphrase or summarize Explain it to yourself
– Tag concepts and facts
– Avoid plagiarism
3. My ideas Prompts for original thinking
– Analyze how it fits your research
– Ask questions, evaluate ideas
– List “to do” plan
Cut-and-paste first
Author’s image
Author’s words
You’ll get quotes and attribution right…
and avoid accidental plagiarism.
Reread and color-code information
Red for problems
Green for statistics
Highlight main ideas
Annotating helps you understand
Then explain it to yourself**Using words that you understand
What do you think?
I wonder…?
“To do” next
Add the main idea last
Add tags now…or later*
*It’s easier to add tags when you know more
Source
Notes
Your notes and sources stay linked
You can always go back to the source
Sometimes rereading clears up questions
Use your tabletop to organize notes
Your new notes
Sort notes however you like!
Drag notes
Make piles
Group notes that you feel belong together
Take as many notes as you need to!
Your tabletop is larger than the screen
A bird’s eye view
Label your notes with visual cues
Add reminders, colors and tags
Build your outline on-the-fly…
…or create it before you take notes
Drag notes and piles into your outline
Print notecards
Print your notecards.
*Make sure to choose “Export to Word” for
printing to work correctly at school.
Printing steps
1. Choose all or some notecards to print.
2. Choose all or some features to print.
3. Click here. (Works around pop-up blockers.)
4. Select “Open” to view your notecards as a Word doc and print.
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
Your work is always saved!
Use your “noodle”!
Stay organized and feel successful• Access your work from home and school• Safeguard against accidental plagiarism• Spend your time thinking and creating
(not on formatting)• Produce quality work
Questions? Stop by the media center.