You - yes, you! Did you know that citation is something that should be done in every subject? Did you know that you need to cite not only written works but also images, music, and graphs (unless, of course, they were self-created)? Did you know that citation makes our students responsible research and digital citizens? Well...it's all true!
If you have not yet familiarized yourself with Noodletools, now would be a good time to do so. Noodletools is our online subscription citation and research website, and it is exceptionally helpful for citing sources and organizing information for research. How to you access this awesome tool? It's super easy - it's actually one of your Google Apps. Simply go to the waffle of boxes up at the top of your gmail, and scroll down until you see Noodletools.
Noodletools gives users the ability to cite any type of source of information. It also allows users to create digital notecards that are tied directly to the source they came from, and can be tagged for ease of use. The note-taking on the notecards is broken down into three helpful areas: "Direct Quotation,"
"Paraphrase or Summary," and "My Ideas." Students can even import images and YouTube videos to the notecards, and change text font, size, and color to aid in their note-taking.
If you have not yet familiarized yourself with Noodletools, now would be a good time to do so. Noodletools is our online subscription citation and research website, and it is exceptionally helpful for citing sources and organizing information for research. How to you access this awesome tool? It's super easy - it's actually one of your Google Apps. Simply go to the waffle of boxes up at the top of your gmail, and scroll down until you see Noodletools.
Noodletools gives users the ability to cite any type of source of information. It also allows users to create digital notecards that are tied directly to the source they came from, and can be tagged for ease of use. The note-taking on the notecards is broken down into three helpful areas: "Direct Quotation,"
"Paraphrase or Summary," and "My Ideas." Students can even import images and YouTube videos to the notecards, and change text font, size, and color to aid in their note-taking.
What's that you say? Notecards and fill-in-the-blank citation isn't enough for you? Well, students can also create outlines!
STILL not enough? Man, you people are demanding. Ok. Here you go: you can create a "Project Inbox" and students can share their projects with you, thus allowing you to comment on their citations, notecards, and outlines providing formative feedback. You can even invite other teachers to receive their projects too. I know of someone who would be happy to take a look at their citations and note-taking with you...me!! Plus, students can share projects with each other, thus collaborating on note-taking and citation if that's what your project requires.
"But," you say, "why not just EasyBib?" Well, aside from the sharing that can happen and formative feedback that is available, Noodletools is also free of advertisements and has a more robust way to cite materials. Give it a try! I promise, it's a great tool.
Want to know more? Stop by and see me in the library media center. I'm happy to walk you through all of the finer points of Noodletools!
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