6: Summarizing and Note Taking

What is Summarizing and Notetaking?

Summarizing and Note Taking are found in the Orange Zone of the Framework for Instructional Planning. The Orange Zone is also known as Helping Students Develop Understanding.

To continue to the Instructional Resources for Summarizing and Note Taking, click on the arrow in the lower right corner or navigate using the Table of Contents on the left hand side of your screen.

Instructional Resources

1. Click on the image to the below to view the Summarizing and Note Taking presentation. (Note: The presentation will open in a new window or new tab depending on your browser settings. The course will remain open in the other window or tab.)

Suggested Text Reading: Chapter 6, pages 147-166, in “Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, 2nd ed.”

Consider creating some teacher directed notes for your Capstone Project Lesson Plan. Exploratree or the templates for Google Docs would be good places to locate templates. Even primary children can draw pictures in the templates to create their “notes”. You might choose to use a different graphic organizer or have students create their own on a site such as bubbl.us or popplet. Add this information to your copy of the Lesson Plan.

When you finish this set of strategies, you will explain in the Orange Zone Discussion Forum how students will summarize or take notes as part of your lesson. Be prepared to include a screenshot  or upload the example you will use with students.

2. The Tech Best Practice website contains resources that support Summarizing and Note Taking. Refer back to the presentation and review the slides for examples of ways to use technology with Summarizing and Note Taking. Use the links on the Tech Best Practice website to help you select the technology tools you are going to incorporate into your lesson.

Click on the image below to go to the Tech Best Practice website.

3. Visit the 21 Things 4 Teachers website and use the tutorials to learn how to use the technology resources that support this category of instructional strategies.

Refer back to the presentation and review the slides for examples of ways to use technology with Summarizing and Note Taking. Use the tutorials on the 21 Things 4 Teachers website to learn to use the technology tools you are going to incorporate into your lesson.

Click on the links below to access the tutorials.

• Thing 8: Visual Learning (bubbl.us, Gliffy, Popplet); word cloud tools (Wordle, Tagxedo)
• Thing 10:  Digital Images (Photopeach)
• Thing 11:  Presentation Tools (Prezi, Voicethread)

• Thing 14:  Productivity Tools (Evernote)

• Thing 19: Digital Storytelling (variety)

Check for Understanding

Your next task will be to complete a short, ten question quiz to check your understanding of this category of strategies. You will only have one attempt to complete the quiz, but you may use notes and resources to help you respond. Your  coaches and administrators may choose to review the quiz data for tech readiness and professional development planning.

Click here to take the Quiz: Summarizing & Note Taking.
Note: You can also access the quiz directly from the front page of this module.

You are now ready to move on to the next activity: 7: Assigning Homework and Providing Practice