The internet offers a wide variety of tools for students and teachers. Among the exciting ideas on the web are sites that allow users to take notes, and save them as a database. These “notebooks of tomorrow” come without the risk of losing paper or poor penmanship, and are impossible to lose! They offer the opportunity to share notes and collaborate with classmates in new ways, from any computer with internet access.
For the very linear, Quicklyst is a site where you can take notes in outline form. The information can be saved, shared, or even transferred to a study guide with a few simple clicks.
“Google Docs” is a free, simple version of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point. Much like Quicklyst, the information can be stored and shared online.
PrimaryPad offers the chance not only to take notes, but to collaborate with others to build a record of knowledge. Offering different colors, as well as access to many users, this site would be an amazing resource for entire classes.
If taking notes on a large sheet of paper where you can write anywhere, then link one idea to another is appealing, Prezi is the note taking site for you. If you’d like to see one in action, here’s an example from a recent presentation I made.
As classrooms become more and more “paperless” these tools will be vital to student success. As an added bonus today, check out an entry from one of my new favorite blogs “TeachPaperless,” about additional resources for students.
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