Note-taking in the 21st Century?

Robert Marzano has been looking at ways to prove teaching stategies effective through quality research. One of his nine effective strategies is summarizing and note-taking. As I think about this in a 21st Century classroom, I wonder how this will change my teaching strategies? My high school has recently gone 1:1. Each 9-12 grader in our school has access to a computer 24/7. I am wanting to use this technology and keeping in mind this teaching strategy that Marzano has researched, more specifically note-taking. Are there ideas of how to incorporate this great technology resource with summarizing and note-taking in order to effective teach?

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Sumner on June 18, 2011 at 8:45am

I utilize Diigo in the classroom with my students which has a note feature. You can post sticky notes on bookmarked webpages as well as add notes to your account. Many of my students have smart phones. iPhone and Android have a Diigo app that allows you to add notes, take photos, bookmark webpages etc, viewed on your phone. Evernote is quite common among teachers, but I find Diigo incorporates everything Evernote does PLUS bookmarking. My students love Diigo.

Graphic Organizers are also quite good at getting the students to organize their thoughts. I wish someone would develop a program that incorporated Diigo and a graphic organizer somewhat like "wonderwheel" in Google.

I might also suggest you read "Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works" (forward by Robert Marzano). The authors give some great recommendations.