1. NoodleBib Helps you use your “noodle”! Taking notes

2. What is NoodleBib? Create, store, organize Create a bibliography Take notes online Organize your notes –Develop your own ideas –Think about what’s important Create your term paper

3. Citations + notes = Work you’ll be proud of! Create an accurate, relevant References page –Correct style, punctuation, formatting –Prompts you to check for quality, balance Take good notes, keep them organized –Sources stay linked to notes –Easy to quote and reference –Summarize, evaluate, question –Organize ideas thoughtfully before writing

4. Your work is organized into projects. Open a project you’ve started…or start a new one

5. Manage a project from your dashboard

6. Keep track of your goal and the assignments

7. Get feedback from your instructor and revise in an organized way

8. List view shows notes

9. Source Notes Your notes and sources stay linked

10. Three-part notes 1.Cut-and-paste Capture author’s words, images –Get quotes and attribution right –Mark-up the quote to understand the author’s idea 2.Paraphrase or summarize Explain it to yourself –Tag concepts and facts –Add reminders and tasks 3.My ideas Prompts for original thinking –Analyze how it fits your research –Ask questions, evaluate ideas –List “to do” plan

11. Cut-and-paste first Author’s image Author’s words

12. You’ll get quotes and attribution right!

13. Reread and color-code information Red for problems Green for statistics Highlight main ideas

14. Annotating helps you understand

15. Explain it to yourself* *Using words that you understand

16. What do you think? I wonder…? “To do” next

17. Add the main idea last

18. Add tags now…or later* *It’s easier to add tags when you know more

19. You can always go back to the source Sometimes rereading clears up questions

20. Use your tabletop to organize notes Your new notes

21. Sort notes however you like! Drag notes

22. Make piles Group notes that you feel belong together

23. Take as many notes as you need to! Your tabletop is larger than the screen A bird’s eye view

24. Label your notes with visual cues Add reminders, colors and tags

25. Build your outline on-the-fly…

26. …or create it before you take notes

27. Drag notes and piles into your outline

28. Get help along the way Get feedback, make changes Print out source list, notes for your own reference E-mail source list, notes to yourself or a friend Share your project with Ms. Morris to get tips and comments (dropbox: Eng11 Term Paper 2012-13)

29. Enough information? When you think you’re done, review your work Can I add more tags now that I know more? –Label details, themes, concepts Other ways to order my ideas? –Reorder by searching on 2-3 tags at once Any loose ends? Are there types of sources I missed ? –Use button to see the type and range of sources you used

30. Organizing information Create subtopics and outline What notes have similar titles or topics? –Pile them together –Add them to your outline Play with the order, be curious! What if I make new combinations of notes? –Search by one or more tags to find common ideas among notes What other ways can I order my outline? Do new grouping suggest new ways to analyze what I know? New ideas? New questions?

31. Don’t forget to follow your ideas!

32. Easy to add more sources if you need to!

33. …and your work can never get lost!

34. What students say… “I love your site! Thank you so much. My senior paper would be taking me about 10 times as long!” “You guys are amazing!! I shared the site with my whole English class. Your bibliography program is incredible! It made making my bibliography faster, easier, and even fun!” “I overheard a young man whining to another student about a research assignment. The second student said, ‘Oh get over it, just use NoodleTools.’” (reported by librarian)

35. Use your “noodle”! Stay organized, feel successful Access your work from home and school Safeguard against accidental plagiarism Spend your time thinking and creating (not on commas) Get curious, feel creative…have fun!

36. Follow the handout… Click the "Create a Personal ID“ button to register as a new user At the “New User Registration” screen, enter lmhsenglish and password 53551 Create your personal ID and password –Record these on your handout When you use NoodleBib after that, login only with your personal ID and password

37. “Noodle” time…start thinking! Questions? For more teaching ideas: support [at] noodletools [dot] com