Learning to take notes and study from them is an essential skill that must
be taught to students in order for them to be successful in high school
and college. Taking notes is not a teacher centered activity-it puts the
responsibility for learning on them and gives them the tools to do it.

On 6/30/09, Michael wrote:
> Greetings All,
>
> How art thou?
>
> My quick question on note-giving is if most of you give notes to help
> with Project Based Learning (or whatever the current catch phrase in
> your state may be), or is it just a method to teach curriculum.
>
> I like the idea of taking notes for research, stuff they can use to help
> with a bigger project. But in my experience, typical note-taking seems
> too teacher-centered, which I thought most districts have been getting
> away from the past several years.
>
> Just curious because when we have faculty meetings and I ask why
> teachers still "give notes" all the LA teachers give me the evil eye.
>
> ---michael

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