Interactive NotebookAP Biology - Zeiher

What are Interactive Notebooks? Known as IANS A student note taking process to record

information in a personal and meaningful way

A thinking tool

The Payoff… It’s a way to organize work Teaches students how to process

information (critical thinking skills) Helps to distinguish between what the

student knows and what they still need to focus on

….And Encourages students to make their own

meaningful connections Appeals to multiple learning needs Enables students to be creative,

independent thinkers and writers (even when they don’t know it)

Interactive Notebooks… Can be in pencil, colored pencils, pen,

markers…. Are personal and unique to each student Allows students to doodle or draw in

their notebook and still be on task

In an Interactive Notebook, Key ideas are underlined in color or

highlighted Arrows are used to show relationships

between graphics and notes Diagrams, sketches, cartoons, charts,

graphic organizer- can be included to help you remember

The Notebook Cover Should reflect who the student is At home take some time to decorate the

cover that tells me something about you Student’s name should be on the back

cover too Must be creative

Ian Set -Up Each IAN is set up the same Each IAN has a left side explanation

sheet and a right side explanation sheet for the 1st 2 pages.

Then each IAN has a Table of Contents (First 6 pages)

At the back of each IAN you will have a IAN Rubric and an IAN score sheet

Table of Contents Save 1 to 6 pages for TOC These are the organizing pages The TOC can be as detailed as you want It is an outline of the IAN and should be

filled in as you go Your page will be divided in half-

vertically (down). Number horizontally (across)

So What’s Next?!

Teacher supplied notes will go on the right side include screencasts, reading notes, and student worksheets. Think about the right as TEACHER INPUT

On the left side will be drawings, concept maps, cartoons, opinions, “what-if questions, reflections, data and graphs ,vocabulary squares. Think about the left as STUDENT OUTPUT (How you are processing the info)

Page Organization Topic/Title at top of the Page Do not turn pages to continue notes The key to the IAN is one page per

assignment Add pages to bottom of each page to

extend the page and continue notes in sequence

Notebooks should be Neat and Organized Pages are never torn out Must be kept neat because they will

serve as a study guide for the AP Test

Notes on Right Side from Screencast or Readings Use Cornell notes – why switch? Feared that students were not learning

much by filling in the blanks Research shows that note taking helps

students remember what is said Writing has been shown to be a

great tool for learning

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Topic Title

Questions developed from notes

Date

Notes from screencast or reading

Questions created on Notes Three levels

Level 1 – Gathering information Questions start with define, Identify,

describe, list Level 2-Processing

Questions start with compare, contrast, classify, analyze, distinguish, explain

Level 3-Applying Questions start with predict, speculate,

evaluate, hypothesize

Question should also reflect Info you don’t understand or want to

discuss with your instructor Info you think would be a good on an

essay test Gaps in your notes

Got It? All information that can be tested should

be found in your IAN If the student misses an item on a test

or a quiz, they can locate that info in their IAN and mark that page for review (or add info that was missing)

The IAN should be the only study guide you will need in preparation for AP Test

How is the Notebook graded? IANS will graded weekly on Friday Evaluation- teacher and student IANS primarily peer graded The notebooks will be randomly

distributed for peer grading Instructor will spot check

Questions?????

IAN Assignment-Sept 11 Watch Thermodynamics screencast and

create Cornell notes on the screencast Due Friday Sept 13