Webspiration Classroom™ service is a great tool for taking notes. Students can quickly jot down ideas during a class lecture, while reading a book, when researching for a paper or more. Taking notes in Webspiration Classroom can help students remember key points and help keep you organized.
In this Quick Lesson Idea you’ll learn how to help your students:
- Decipher times when it is beneficial to take notes in Webspiration Classroom
- Take effective and efficient notes in Webspiration Classroom
- Use the Webspiration Classroom Student Resources for tips on notetaking
- Use their notes for additional purposes
When to Take Notes in Webspiration Classroom
Your students can open Webspiration Classroom to take notes when they’re doing any of the following activities:
- Listening to a class lecture
- Reading a textbook or novel
- Researching for a paper or project
- Studying for a test
- Planning a project
How to Take Notes in Webspiration Classroom
In order to begin taking notes in Webspiration Classroom, ask your students to follow these quick and easy steps:
- Go to www.webspirationclassroom.com and log in to Webspiration Classroom with their Org ID, username and password.
- From the Starter Screen, create a new Diagram to begin taking notes.
- TIP: You can also open the “Summary” or “Research Paper” templates to get started with a particular classroom project. For more information on how to get started with these templates, go to the Study Tips under Student Resources in the Resource Center.
- Type your central or main idea into the symbol.
- Use Create on the Main toolbar to add idea symbols then type in your main points or ideas.
- Use RapidFire® on the Main toolbar to add sub-points off of another idea.
- Once you have a number of key points added, stop and review your notes diagram. Rearrange the symbols by dragging them. Add symbols and links to group ideas into common themes or related materials.
- TIP: Add pictures, symbol shapes and color to your diagram to stimulate recall and see patterns.
Where to Find Resources on Notetaking in Webspiration Classroom
In the Webspiration Classroom Resource Center, we have several Educator and Student Resources that can help you and your students get started with notetaking. While logged into your Webspiration Classroom account(s), visit the following resources below to learn more about ways you might take notes:
In addition, Webspiration Classroom has several Starter Docs that may help your students get started taking notes. Open the Starter Docs in the Document Manager to find the following Global Templates that are great for notetaking:
- Fiction Notes and Analysis
- Study Guide
- Textbook Notetaking
Ways to Use Your Webspiration Classroom Notes
Once your students have created notes in Webspiration Classroom, they can then use the notes for additional tasks when writing an essay or working on a project. Here are just a few ideas of the ways students might use their notes for additional purposes:
- Transform your visual notes into an outline to jumpstart the writing process.
- Share the notes with a friend for additional feedback for a study group.
Do you have any other ideas for how students can use their Webspiration Classroom notes for other classroom projects? Thanks for this Quick Lesson Idea on taking notes in Webspiration Classroom!
Sarah Cargill
Thinkspiration Ambassador, Inspiration Software
