By: Therese Hinchsliff

Therese Hinchsliff — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 18:02:22 +0000

I give notes as the “wrap-up” as well. It acts as more of a review for the students instead of an instructional device.

By: Mr. Grey

Mr. Grey — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:45:50 +0000

In reply to Carrie Hays. I love this idea! Thank you!

By: Carrie Hays

Carrie Hays — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:29:54 +0000

I agree notetaking is really time consuming. In my 11-12th grade class I do hand out copies of the slides (4 per page), and record a video of myself explaining the concepts. I will sometimes even play the video when I’m there in class with them, because I know I’ve said the same thing to each group (although of course I will pause to answer questions) I link the video on my website, so if kids miss a concept they can check it later to watch again (I doubt many of them do it, but I know a handful do because they’ll ask me about it later). I usually use screencast-o-matic to record the video as it’s free and because it has a time limit on how long your free video can be, it forces me to really make my notes concise. (a benefit for them and for me). I’ve also started putting the objective in little letters at the top of each slide, so the students can just re-watch the one they’re struggling with, and my principal seems to like this as well – double bonus. The last way I’ve found to speed it up is to give notes at the end of the week after they’ve done lab activities, reading assignments, etc. This seems counter intuitive, but I think it lets them ask better questions and wraps up their understanding in a better package. Hope those ideas help!

Comments on: Giving Students Notes

By: Therese Hinchsliff

By: Mr. Grey

By: Carrie Hays