What is 4 Corners?This is a strategy designed to get students to think about how or what they agree with and to what extent. Traditionally, a question is posed to students. Each corner of the room is labeled with an agree, disagree, and to what extent statement. Students think about the question and then move to the corner. From there you could call on people to explain their reasoning or set up a debate. Here we will look at how to use OneNote to facilitate this strategy. In this case, while the kids lose the movement they do gain the ability for all to speak their mind. You could combine the two strategies and allow students to record their thinking and then move to the area of their choice or vice versa. OneNote Page SetupIn this OneNote page I created a 2 column and 2 row table. Label those with your disagree and agree statements. The prompt is written off to the side. Students then choose which topic they agree with. They click in the box they would like to talk about. At the top they go to the Insert Tab and choose either Record Audio or Record Video. You can then set parameters as to how long or what should be covered in the videos.
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The "Say Something" strategy uses pauses and interruptions in a student's reading of text, to give them time for thought and reflection. This post will show you how to use the audio/video features in OneNote to use this strategy. Creating Your OneNote PageFirst, choose your text and break it up into sections. Find places in the text where you want them to answer a question or reflect upon what they read. On a OneNote page, create a 2 column table and enough rows for your different sections of text. Column 1 will be your text, label the first row in the first column with the name of your text. In the 2nd column, 1st row, you will put in the questions that you wish the students to answer as they read. In the rest of the rows in Column 1, paste your sections of text. Each section in a new row. Example is below. Collaboration Space vs. Notebook SpaceThe question now, where do you want to distribute the assignment? Placing it in the collaboration space would allow all students to see/hear each other's responses. It also allows them to delete.....(you can always restore through page versions) but some teacher's or even students may not be comfortable with this. The other option is to send the assignment into each student's notebook. This would keep their answers private. So other's can respond, you could then copy and paste videos/audio that were thought provoking or well done and put them in the collaboration space or content library for all students to then view and possibly discuss later on. Directions for the AssignmentHave students begin reading the first section. Then choose a question they would like to answer. Each student will then place their cursor in the 2nd column of the first section of reading. Go to the Insert tab at the top of OneNote. They can choose to Record Audio or Record Video and respond. After, they move onto the next section of text and continue. Examples of QuestionsSomething I agree with is... Something that puzzles me is... Something I am remind of when I read.... A new idea is... Something I disagree with is... Something I wish was explained more is... Something I would like to talk more about... Something I don't understand is... Here is a question that I have... I enjoyed the part when... I predict...will happen next. This reminds me of when....happened. If you like this strategy and use it your classroom, let me know how it turns out!
I was creating a Vision 21 meeting specifically for my History teachers when I came across this strategy. I absolutely think it is brilliant. Here is the original post: https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/crop-it. My hope is to show you how this can be done in OneNote using the Snipping Tool. I mean, who doesn't love the Snipping Tool?!?! What is the purpose of Crop it?This strategy is to help students dig deeper and analyze images. For history, analysis is a major player in their TEKS. By using this strategy, students will be able to distinguish and respond to different parts of an image and then use that information to analyze the overall meaning and impact. How to conduct this activityPlace the image you wish students to analyze in a OneNote page. Create a table below it with 3 columns. In the first column, place a prompt you wish the students to answer in a separate row. In the 2nd column, students will use the Snipping Tool to place their image response, and in the 3rd column they will explain their response. Here is an example. Using the Snipping Tool: Open up the Snipping Tool and select NEW. Then drag over the portion of the photo you wish crop. Click the COPY button and then paste into the correct cell. Examples of Questions
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