Episode 26: Digital Notetaking at School

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• Seesaw added Drive integration

• New version of Google Earth for the web?

• Fidget Spinners on Thingiverse

• Free Premium Membership for Educators at Instructables.com (normally $35)
  • Free vs. Paid comparison

• Padlet updates
  • New Padlet Layout - Shelf
  • New Padlet Layout - Canvas for mindmaps, flowcharts and more
  • Grid Layout posts can now be re-arranged with drag and drop
  • Focus mode for better collaboration

• Book Creator 5.1 Update, publish your books online

• Osmo Coding Jam (now available)

Main Course: Notetaking with Julie Freed

Learn more about the C.O.R.E. Digital Notetaking strategy from: Shelley Haven, ATP via her archived CTD Institute Webinar session and handout.

• Capture
  • Visual (slides, lab, whiteboard, etc)
    • Snap a picture
    • Capture Electronic Whiteboard screenshot with software
    • Copies of Teacher provided digital notes
  • ​Auditory (lecture, discussion. etc.)
    • Livescribe Pen: pen/paper with linked audio recording & can upload to computer
    • Digital Audio Recorders
    • iPad Apps:  Notability iPad App (Audionote) which offer synchronized typed notes with recorded audio/video
    • Handwriting​​
    • Supported word processing/word prediction
    • Audio recording linked to notes
    • Means to organize notes
    • Auto-syncs to the cloud via Google Drive/Dropbox & more
    • Digital Note-taking templates for Teacher Lecture with fill-in the blank
  • Text (handouts, books, WWW, etc.)​
    • Gather/extract highlights from digital docs/web
    • Read & Write for Google
    • Snap & Read
    • Opinion/Observations
• Organize
  • Evernote
  • OneNote
  • Google Drive
  • LiveBinders
• Research
• Review​
  • Sticky Note tools and Highlighters
  • Graphic Organizers:  Webspiration/Bubbl.us extension
  • ​​Use of Clipping Tools connected to a digital Notebooks
    • Win/Mac built-in to OS
    • Snipping Tool
    • Command Shift 3 or 4 (region)
    • Awesome Screenshot or Snag-It Chrome extension

Tech Nuggets!

• 20 of the best YouTube Channels for Math Teachers

• Record Video Straight into Google Classroom

• https://www.scribblemaps.com/ h/t Amber Bridge (@abridgesmith)

• https://www.classhook.com/ via Shannon Miller (@shannonmmiller)

Wylie's Catch of the Day

Canvas from Relay FM with Fraser Spiers and Federico Viticci

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