 NoteStar |
Students can take notes from various sources and organize them. This site also helps with keeping track of sources. Teachers can create online research projects and check sources. |
| How to Take Notes |
This web site gives elementary students help in learning about note taking. It gives examples of how to take notes, defines plagiarism, and offers an online citation maker. Students may also take quizzes to make sure they understand note taking and plagiarism. |
| How to Study |
This site offers tips for many study skills. These skills include note taking, using references, tips for reading textbooks, how to be a good listener, hints on writing a research paper and giving an oral presentation. These tips are presented in text form. The site offers printer friendly versions. This site covers many areas and should be revisited often. |
| Webbing Tool |
This is an interactive site from ReadWriteThink. With this site you can create a graphic organizer. There is a help button that gives detailed instructions in how to create and modify a graphic organizer. This site would be very useful in organizing thoughts before beginning the writing process. |
| Story Mapping |
This interactive site from ReadWriteThink offers 4 different graphic organizers. You may choose to create a character map, conflict map, resolution map, or a setting map. Instructions are given for each step as you create your map. Using one of these graphic organizers can help improve comprehension of what was read. |
| Note Taking Skills and Strategies |
This can also be printed as a PDF file. This is a list that would be handy for those who need to know how to take notes. Included on this list are tips on what to write, how to write, and where to save these notes. This site also has links for test taking and study tips. |
| Taking Notes |
These steps on how to take accurate notes are on the Homework Center of Infoplease. They also list some shortcuts for students to use when taking notes. These tips cover notes for lectures and textbooks. The Homework Center also has tips for studying for tests and how to read textbooks. |
