Take better notes with OneNote

Posted on: October 20, 2014 | By: Amanda Cassaday | Filed under: Instructional Technologies, Tech Tips, Teaching & Learning

If you’re anything like me, you understand how important it is to take good notes. I prefer taking notes the old fashioned way by actually taking a pen a writing words down on real paper (yes, people do still do that). I must admit that using an app for note taking made me a little …

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Visual association and recollection in the classroom with Sketchnotes

Posted on: February 27, 2014 | By: Casey Brown | Filed under: Tech Tips
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Recently, Alan Russell, professor of mathematics and assistant director for the Center of Advanced Teaching and Learning, held a seminar called “Deliberate Doodling,” focusing on creating visuals for teaching important concepts. Russell uses the Sketchnotes method as a foundation to challenge attendees to think about the use of visual associations in the classroom. How Sketchnotes works In …

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