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encourage your students to capture their hand-written notes digitally so they
have a backup if their notebook is lost or misplaced. Another suggestion for
the classroom teacher is to be consistent, but also to allow for some level of
personalized choice when it comes to note-taking. There are so many different
tools out there, from the hand-written notes mentioned before to tools like
Evernote or Google Docs that each offer their own benefits for the student.

Generally, I would recommend some sort of note-taking that is cloud-based
and shareable. This way, if a student’s device quits working, they can still
access their notes online. Also, if there is a point during the learning process
where the classroom teacher wants to see the notes (such as in secondary
science classrooms), the student will have an easy way to share those with their
teacher or other classmates.

One last point I’ll make in this area is that note-taking in a visual form can
also be powerful for learning and retention. The concept of “sketchnotes” has
been a growing trend among professionals and really can help a visual learner
with reflection and retention. I’ve started doing this as professional practice
as well, and although my art still leaves something to be desired, I tend to
remember more of what was said during a talk or keynote, as seen in Figure
6.3. For point of reference I used the app “Paper by 53” (www.fiftythree.com)

Figure 6.3 My sketchnote reflection of Adam Bellow’s ICE
2016 keynote address.

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