But our true motivations for student note-taking are telling. Should they take notes? Do we take notes in real life over things we aren't passionate about?Ībsolutely. What if that innate desire isn't there? What if students are taking notes about something they don't love? That innate desire to preserve drives us to take notes. I know how you feel! But there's a key word in the descriptions above that students often would say is missing with class notes.Īs an adult, I ran to a notepad or a Google doc to take notes because what I had found was important and I didn't want to lose it. "Those are great! I want students to take notes like that!" For temporary notes, I wrote them on paper, but for notes I wanted to preserve, I put them in an online document. Why did you take them, and what did they look like?įor me, I had important thoughts I didn't want to forget or I created an easier reference for important information I had found. Take a moment and think about when you've taken notes about something in your adult life recently. I wanted to be able to access my notes anywhere any time. I summarized every step, numbered them, and made the titles for each step in bold.
We want to authentically prepare students for things they'll do in the world outside of school. You know, as an adult? When did you take notes about something? Why did you do it? When did you do it?
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