Digital Literacy 09: OneNote
The start of school ushered in the second year of our 1:1 Tablet PC initiative, and consequently I am once again teaching 7th grade “Digital Literacy”. Last fall, this eight session course included a variety of topics related to contemporary literacy:
- OneNote: An Electronic Notebook
- Website Evaluation: Be a Critical Consumer
- Delicious: Social Bookmarking
- Effective Search Strategies: Keywords are Key
- Effective Search Strategies: Alternative Search Engines
- Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons: Rights and Responsibilities
- Photoshop Elements: Basic Image Editing
- Flickr: Photo Sharing Made Easy
Although I have some changes in mind for the coming term, we began the trimester with what has become an essential application for our program: Microsoft OneNote 2007. When I introduce students to OneNote, I explain that it’s like a 3-ring binder with superpowers; users can easily reposition page elements, add color, hyperlinks, and multimedia, search ink, text, audio, and video, and share notebooks across the web. Since I addressed some of these features last fall, I’d like to pass along three incredible (and free) resources that can enhance your OneNote experience:
- Microsoft’s toolkit includes a OneNote notebook with templates, how-to articles, training videos, examples, and other resources to help teachers start and then master the use of OneNote in the classroom.
- Firefox add-on that lets you send text, pictures, and other data to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 or 2007 with one click.
- Billed as the world’s first and only OneNote 2007 community, the site includes blogs, notebooks, videos, and discussion forums.
If you haven’t tried OneNote yet, or are still using it much like a word processor, I would highly encourage you to work through the Getting Started Guide, explore the aforementioned resources, and discover why our students think taking notes is fun again!
September 24th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
If you love Onenote, you should head over the to http://www.iheartonenote.com, the world’s one and only community site for OneNote lovers everywhere. If you join between September 22 and September 29, 2009, you will automatically be entered to win a $200 amazon.com giftcard.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Hi there again,
I hope you had a chance to join our site.
As someone who blogged about OneNote, you may be interested to know that http://www.iheartonenote.com has over 8,000 registered users who share tips and tricks, upload videos and notebooks and generally share their love for OneNote.
I would love to find ways to cross promote with you – whether we exchange links or you do a guest blog on the site or whatever! Please contact me at info@iheartonenote.com to discuss.
Cheers
Marcus