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Using Your Noodle (Tools)�& Google Docs

Catherine Davis

FETC & CUE 2013

Join the FETC

Edmodo Group Code: CS9372

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Create a personal login by clicking the "Create a Personal ID" button on the trial login page:

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http://www.noodletools.com/login.php?group=13528&code=9039

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Enter the following login information after clicking "Create a Personal ID":

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Username: cue2013

Password: davis

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View the Trial Guide at http://noodle.to/trialguide for help in creating a new account and navigating all key features.

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Info for free trial also on website!

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What is NoodleTools

Organize, create, store, write

  • Save personal copies of sources
  • Begin a working bibliography
  • Copy-and-paste relevant quotes onto notecards
  • Paraphrase the author’s words
  • Analyze, question and add your own ideas
  • Tag and pile your notes – what emerges?
  • Create an outline, add piles – reorder and experiment!
  • Create [essay, speech, product…] with a bibliography

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…but if you mess up, you can change styles later!

Choose a style

Name your project

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Keep your focus

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Watch your work grow

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Share with

[teacher dropbox name]

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Assignment, calendar, notes

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Share and work with your team in real-time

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Keep everything together

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Plan to stay organized

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Use feedback from [teachers’ names] to improve your work

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Read comments on your notes

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See comments on your sources too!

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Bibliography Screen

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Choose the best match

From the drop-down menu

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Copy-and-paste to avoid

spelling errors

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Correct errors on the fly!

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Watch the citation “build” as you type

Part

Whole

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Search WorldCat’s library catalog for your book

Identify your book

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Review and edit the elements

(We’ve done some checking already!)

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Save to your list

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No more “refinding” problems!

Save (and mark up) �your own copy of a Web source.

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Certain sources (e.g., popular reference works) are only cited in notes in Chicago style.

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If you need to include a source because you’ve annotated it, you can!

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See how to make your in-text reference for MLA and APA

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…or the full and shortened footnote for Chicago style

Or a footnote and shortened footnote for Chicago style

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Get help when you need it!

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Questions we’ve been asked…

  • How can I tell if this is common knowledge?
  • Is a PDF cited like a book?
  • What if I don’t have the page number because I returned the book?
  • Is the Christian Science Monitor a newspaper or a magazine?
  • How do I cite a web page in a database?
  • What do I put in an annotation?

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Analyze your list

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Format and export your bibliography to a word processor (or Google docs)

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Keep a portfolio of your work

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Follow the *handout…

  • Click the "Create a Personal ID“ button to register as a new user
  • If you are prompted, at the “New User Registration” screen, enter [school name] and password
  • Create your personal ID and password
    • Record these on your handout
  • When you use NoodleTools after that, login only with your personal ID and password

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  • Note: Some educators create a printed handout that includes database login instructions. Please do not publish your school’s password on the Web

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Review…

Specifically for this [essay, project…]

  • Use [MLA, APA or Chicago/Turabian]
  • Cite as you go (books, wikis, databases…)
  • Add notes as you read, annotate to understand
  • Organize notes in piles, add tags and reminders
  • Build an outline, cluster your notes under headings
  • Share your working list and notes with [name]
    • Get feedback as you go
  • Create [essay, speech, product…]

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NoodleTools�Start your research!

Questions?

For more teaching ideas: �support [at] noodletools [dot] com