I read this information about a week ago and didn't have the time to post my blog. I was interested in this topic as every year I do a research report with fourth graders. It is a common core requirement that fourth graders collect information from a variety of sources. For this assignment the fourth grade students work with me on note taking and then they use their notes in class for a writing assignment that is spearheaded by the classroom teacher. The fourth grade teachers are more than happy that I do this part of the assignment as it is like volunteering to do a spring cleaning of the yard when you have a couple of dogs; it is messy, hard work and not very pleasant. So, I was interested to see if there were any note taking apps that would be useful for this assignment. There were not. However, personally, I think I will a great deal out of google keep. I will be staying with my current method. I use excel to generate cards, two for a book, one for an encyclopedia and one for a database. I have questions on there that will help the student refine their focus when they get to writing the assignment. I actually have the cards in publisher. Here is a copy of an example that I show the kids:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LecGmjarrtsBse6YlR47_Hr3DYWaNVUeWlw61uz4mP8/edit?usp=sharing
Sometimes paper is the simplest approach, especially if they don't all have their own chromebooks or other devices. If they did all have their own devices, a google doc or google slides would be a great way to share the templates and then they'd be able to reuse their notes as they write their reports.
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