Digital+NoteTaking

toc Simply put, [|Notetaking] is the practice of recording information captured from another source. By taking notes, the writer records the essence of the information presented. Understanding what is important and recording it for future reference is central to the learning process–Curation--before we began using that terminology. Digital notetaking refers to the use of recording pens, tablets, laptops, mobile devices, audio software, and social media for recording, reviewing, sharing and storing notes.

According to [|Daniel K. Schneider,] digital notetaking includes the following:
 * Taking notes in a lecture or a discussion
 * Taking notes in a lecture + processing/annotating/rewriting these notes
 * Taking notes from reading / on the Web in some systematic way

Notetaking Resources
Traditional or Digital - Students need to learn good notetaking strategies that work for them
 * [|Dartmouth Resources]
 * [|Notetaking Strategies]

Advantages of Digital Notetaking

 * **Flexible**: You can add notes directly to PDFs (annotate) and other file types
 * **Organized**: Software can organize and index study material automatically; categorize and sort
 * **Searchable**: You can search for keywords across all your notes in seconds; tagging
 * **Secure**: You can back up notes remotely; cloud storage
 * **Collaborative**: You can share notes between people and maintain ownership yourself

Questions to Consider

 * Do you need to be able to see their notes?
 * Do you need to collect and/or assess their notes?
 * Do students need more that just text notes?
 * So students need ability to annotate notes?
 * Can students capture an image of my notes from board?
 * Is this more time consuming than paper?
 * Are these notes backed up?
 * Can students retrieve them when offline?
 * Can students share these notes with others?
 * What about classroom management?

Digital Notetaking Tools
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 * **Google Docs/****Google Sites**- Basic notetaking with sharing capability
 * **Microsoft One Note**
 * **Evernote** - Awesome tool! Allows for basic notes with some text editing options, clips from the internet, voice recordings, and pictures. Sort notes in "Notebooks" that file all of your notes into specified areas. Students can filter notes by class and invite your to see their notes. Free and works across all platforms. Evernote Resource
 * **[|Skitch]** - Allows you to take a picture, import a picture, annotate a photo, snap your screen, mark up a PDF or draw something new. As part of the Evernote products, it integrates nicely with Evernote.
 * **[|Penultimate]** - Part of the Evernote products for iOS devices. Handwriting app for notetaking on an iPad.
 * [|Notability] - Paid iPad app
 * [|IAnnotate] - Paid iPad app
 * **[|Mind Mapping]** - [|Coggle], [|Mindmup], [|Creately]
 * **[|Diigo]** - Social media multi-tool for knowledge management. Great for research projects
 * **Wikis** - Wikis, such as this one created in Wikispaces, provide area for notetaking, sharing and collaboration.
 * **Video lecture recording** - posted for student access (Flipped Classroom)

Notetaking Effectiveness in the Digital Classroom - Bottom Line
[|A Blended Approach]