The technology I have chosen for my Wicked project is using Google Notebook as another method or tool for students to take notes on lectures and presentations. In my World History classroom, I find students struggling to listen to my lectures, watch the visuals, and take adequate notes on the content all at one time. Many times students take longer to process information, and need the notes up for a longer period of time, to ensure they are writing down every piece of information in the presentation. By using Google Notebook along with access to video or audio of the lecture presented in class, students can take notes at their own pace, and have control over the speed of the lecture with stop and start features.
Another way that Google Notebook is a great tool for students to learn inside and also outside the classroom how to deduct information from a lecture. By providing inductive reasoning in my lectures, students have the opportunity to use deductive reasoning and apply what they heard in class and take notes AFTER the lecture. This allows students to learn how to reflect and infer what they think the most important ideas and concepts were in the lecture. By using Google Notebook, students can they share their notes with classmates and reflect and learn from each other by collaborating on content notes.
The sharing and collaborating feature of Google Notebook is the feature of this technology that makes my content in my class more accessible. Students are allowed to share notes, compare notes, collaborate on content outside of the classroom. Google Notebook also gives students who are absent or not in school the chance to read other peers notes and watch and take notes on the content missed. This can be crucial for High School students because they tend to miss classes often.
The PC knowledge for my solution is by using inductive and deductive strategies through Google Notebook, students will be able to learn and grow to be expert note takers. They will be able to visualize the content inductively, and also deductively. This will build note taking skills by learning how to extract pertinent information from lectures.
Shannon,
ReplyDeleteTwo things that I found really interesting about your project. First, the idea of taking notes after the lecture is very different. This is a great strategy and a habit that all students should get into. The second is the sharing of notes between students. I think in theory this is a great idea, but what is to prevent students from editing a peers notes to become their own? Just a thought.
Hi Shannon,
ReplyDeleteI really like that the students are able to take more ownership in their learning by using the tools you are implementing. They can go back and review, stop, rewind, listen again, and compare and contrast their notes with others. Not only are they able to interact with the content at their own pace, but they can interact with their peers in the context of the content too.
Kathy