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Chapter 3 Summarizing and Note
Taking
Activity Set 1: Key
Ideas for Summarizing
Step 1) Open and print the handout below which gives step-by-step
directions for this first summarizing activity.
Summarizing Activity
Step 2) Working with a partner, determine who will read pages 29-34
in the Classroom Instruction that Works
book.
Step 3)
Individually read your assigned pages, highlight and/or take notes about the
key ideas, and then use Microsoft Word (or
an open source word processing program) to write an individual
summary of what you read.
Step 4)
When both individual summaries are finished, open one partner's summary.
Under the Tools menu of Word, select the Track Changes function and revise
this document by incorporating the key ideas from the other partner's
summary. Refer to the Track Changes Directions handout for specific
directions regarding this function
Step 5)
Discuss the following questions with your partner.
- Would the "Rule-Based" Strategy be
effective for your students?
- How would you use this strategy with
them?
- How did this activity using Track Changes
impact your thinking as you developed your collaborative summary?
- How did this process help you
identify, apply, and understand the content?
- How did Track Changes help you
synthesize the two summaries?
- How would your students benefit from this
approach to summarizing?
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Activity Set II: Summary Frames
This jigsaw style activity will help you get a general
perspective of all six summary frames and a more in-depth understanding of
one specific frame.
Follow the directions in the handout below. Once you have posted your
description and reflection on a specific summary frame, you will learn
about the other summary frames by reading comments other participants have
posted to this forum. So, be SURE that you take time to read them.
Step 1) Review all 6
frames presented on pages 34-42 in
Classroom Instruction that Works. Select one to focus on in more
detail and read the information about that summary frame carefully in the
book (pages 34-42).
Step 2) Post a brief discussion of
the summary frame you studied. Be sure to include:
- the summary frame you investigated,
- the key points related to this
frame,
- the type of texts most appropriate
for this frame
- develop an illustrative example that
would show how you might use this frame with your students (include
grade level, content area, specific lesson/standard/skills, etc.)
(Note: We suggest you use the illustrative example given in the handbook
as a model for the example you create.)
- ways students might benefit from using
this summary frame.
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Lab Activity: Summarizing
Resources
Step 1)
Identify a concept or skill
that is difficult for your students to grasp or a lesson/unit you want
to improve.
Step 2) Review at least 3 of the
strategies, resources, tools, or lesson plans (links below).
Step 3) Select one and
apply/adapt this resource, tool, or lesson plan for your students OR
create a new lesson, template, or tool to use with your students.
Reflection
After you have reviewed at least 3 of the strategies, resources,
tools, or lesson plans, select one that you can use in your classroom.
Post a brief description in NiceNet.org. Make sure that you include your the following
information in your posting:
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Resource description
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Content standard/skill addressed
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How you will use it
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Benefit for students or colleagues
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URL (web link), file
attachment, or lesson plan
Step
4) Read and respond to at least 2
comments others have posted.
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Activity Set III: Note Taking Strategies
Step 1)
Learn about note taking strategies by viewing the "Note Taking" Power
Point below.
Step 2)
Note Taking
Resources Lab - Explore several of
the web links below and think about how you could use the note taking
strategy or model in your classroom. Then select one or two note taking
examples to share on the
Note Taking Strategies
Forum in NiceNet.org.
Step 3)
Return to the Note Taking PowerPoint
after you have posted your thoughts on the Forum.
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Activity Set IV: Note Taking Templates |
Watch the "Note
Taking Templates" audio PPT to see examples of Kidspiration and
Inspiration note taking templates.
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Note Taking Templates Audio PPT |
Step 1)
Open the Kids_Isnp_Templates file
linked below (or refer to the handout). This handout file lists many of
the available templates within the Kidspiration and Inspiration
programs. Explore these templates and any addition templates in other
stubject areas.
Step 2) Adapt a template or
create one of your own design to use with students in your classroom.
Save this template to your desktop.
Step 3) Post a message on the
Note Taking Template Forum below explaining how you will use this
template with students. Attach the Inspiration/Kidspiration template to
the posting. Refer to the "Getting Started with Moodle" handout for
directions for posting, reading, and replying to comments in the FORUM
areas.
REFLECTION: Use these reflective questions to help you describe how you
will use the template with students.
- In what grade and subject area will
you introduce the template?
- How will this note taking format help
students to take useful notes?
- What features did you include to guide
the students and help them to organize information?
- What will you do in the classroom to
provide opportunities for students to be successful note takers.
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Activity Set V: Electronic Note Taking Tools
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Handhelds as Note Taking Tools
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You might want to use Inspiration or
Kidspiration to take notes as you explore "handheld devices" as
note taking tools:
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Digital Cameras and Camcorders as Note Taking Tools
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• View at least 2
different videos listed below and review the accompanying lesson plans.
Select from the following examples or search for examples from the Apple
Learning Interchange.
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Handheld Devices Forum
Now that you have seen some examples of how electronic
devices are being used as note taking tools, think about your own
classroom. How might students in your classroom use PDAs, video or
digital cameras as note taking tools. What would the advantages and
disadvantages? What effect would this strategy have on students ability
to take notes? Share your thoughts on the
Handheld Devices Forum in NiceNet.org. |
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