1. Interactive Notebooks
Candice Lowman Walsh
Instructional Technology Specialist
Longleaf Middle School
Richland District Two

2. Introduction
Notebooks used to be places that students wrote occasional notes, stuffed handouts, and perhaps referred to before a test when all other options failed.
Interactive notebooks promote organization, engage students, and encourage students to process information, combine words and visuals, become a working portfolio, and demonstrate critical thinking.

3. They can…. Transform written concepts into visuals. Find main points.
Organize events.
Draw whatever illustrations that make sense to them.
Personalize notes.

4. Interactive Notebooks…
Organize the student.
Help students sequence assignments.
Encourage pride in student work.
Facilitate cooperative interaction.
Appeal to multiple intelligences.
Provide opportunities to spiral instruction and facilitate learning.

5. The TASK is… Complex Takes practice and patience
Requires good modeling
Must be consistently reinforced
Takes time to learn

6. Interactive Notebooks…
Are colorful with diagrams, bullets, and arrows
Are presented in a unique, personal style
Have key ideas that are underlined in color or highlighted
Have Venn diagrams that show relationships
Have cartoon sketches that show people and events
Have timelines that illustrate chronology
Have arrows that show relationships

7. Interactive Notebooks Require…
Students to record notes in an engaging way
Several types of writing and innovative graphic techniques
Students to process ideas
Students to use critical thinking and be more creative, independent thinkers

8. Interactive Notebooks Encourage…
Notes to be organized, logically ordered
Information processing in the student’s brain
Better understanding of concepts

9. Why Interactive Notebooks?
Students use both their visual and linguistic intelligences
Approach understanding in many ways
Use many types of writing and graphic techniques
Each student can select their best medium to explore and learn new content
Note taking becomes an active process

10. Why Interactive Notebooks?
Students are invited to take notes- it’s fun!
Students will read their notes- they have to in order to process for the left side
Students will be working with the information which facilitates learning
Students will be involved with the content
The notebooks help students to systematically organize as they learn
Organization is key to the notebook

11. The Set Up Right-Side (Input) Teacher involvement (given information)
Lecture notes
Handouts
Vocabulary
Basic knowledge questions
Reading notes
Nonprint source notes

12. The Set Up Left Side (Output)
Student involvement (showing understanding and creativity)
Brainstorming
Concept maps
Questions
Descriptions
Venn diagram
Cartoons
Riddles
Songs/poems
Metaphors/similes
Writing (reflection/analysis)

13. The Process
Leave several pages at the beginning of the notebook for the table of contents.
Number the pages- odd numbers on the right and even numbers on the left.
Keep a notebook along with the students. This allows you to model for them. Also, this will help when a student is absent.

14. Evaluation Set criteria for students in the beginning.
Page numbers
Date
Topic
Provide a rubric for evaluation purposes in the beginning.
Teacher, student, and peers should evaluate the notebook.

15. Evaluation Rubric THREE POINT SCORING RUBRIC FIVE POINT SCORING RUBRIC
3 Points- (a WOW product)
* all of the requirements are evident and EXCEEEDED
* the product is VERY neatly done and EXTREMELY
well organized
* the product shows LOTS of creativity and is
colorfully illustrated
* completed on time
2 Points- (What is EXPECTED)
* the requirements are evident
* the product is neatly done and organized
* the product shows some creativity and is illustrated
1 Point- (One or More parts is missing)
* few of the requirements are evident
* the product is neatly done and partially organized
0 Points- (Does not meet Standards)
* Unscorable or no product
5 Points- (a WOW product)
4 Points- (What is EXPECTED)
* all of the requirements are evident
* the product is neatly done and well organized
* the product shows creativity and is colorfully illustrated
3 Points- (Almost What is EXPECTED)
* the requirements are evident (maybe 1 or 2 missing)
2 Points- (Sort of What is EXPECTED)
* the requirements are evident (maybe 3 or 4 missing)
* the product is done and sort of organized
* the product shows little creativity and is illustrated
1 Point- (Two or More parts is missing)
* MANY of the requirements are NOT PRESENT
* the product is VERY POORLY done and POORLY
organized
* the product shows little TO NO creativity and THE
illustrations are POORLY DONE

16. Cornell Notes
Date:
Topic:
Questions Notes
Summary

17. Line of Learning

18. Questions?????? Candice Lowman Walsh Longleaf Middle School
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