Interacting with Notes
When using a teaching strategy to introduce, scaffold, or reinforce information , it is important that it reaches students with various learning styles and intelligences . Note-taking is a teaching strategy that when used in an interactive way can meet the educational needs of all of the students in the classroom. When strategies are used to incorporate talking (not just the teacher) and visual stimulation into note-taking, students are able to interact with the content which in turn will increase achievement. Information on learning modalities can be found here . There are many different ways that traditional note-taking can be modified to meet the needs of all students. Here are some of my favorites: Doodle Notes: Doodle notes allows the writer to draw (or doodle) the notes in a way that relates the content to the notes and incorporates various other graphic aspects in the notes. These can range from intricate or general. They can be bought or kids ...