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NoodleBibCreate a bibliography and

notecardsCatherine Lopez

Librarian

Wiley Middle School

catherine.lopez@leanderisd.org

What is NoodleBib?

Create, organize and store• Create a bibliography

• Take notes online

• Organize your notes

• Create an outline

Start by choosing a style

Choose MLA Starter unless your teacher tells you otherwise.

Name your project

Your dashboard helps you track and organize your work

Bibliography screen

Choose the best matchfrom the drop-down menu

What’s your source?

Answer the questionsabout your source

This one requires some thinking!

The right form for your source

Author’s first name

Author’s last name(or the name of an organization)

Copy-and-paste to avoid spelling errors

Get help on each field

More help pops up

Some fields are required

Here’s your first citation!

You can open the form and edit it again

Three-part notes

1. Cut-and-paste Capture author’s words, images

– Get quotes and attribution right

– Mark-up the quote to understand the author’s idea

2. Paraphrase or summarize Explain it to yourself

– Tag concepts and facts

– Add reminders and tasks

3. My ideas Prompts for original thinking

– Analyze how it fits your research

– Ask questions, evaluate ideas

– List “to do” plan

Cut-and-paste first

Author’s image

Author’s words

Explain it to yourself*

*Using words that you understand

What do you think?

I wonder…?“To do” next

Add the main idea last

Add tags now…or later*

*It’s easier to add tags when you know more

Don’t forget to Save!

Use your tabletop to organize notes

Your new

notes

Sort notes however you like!

Drag notes

Make piles

Group notes that you feel belong together

Take as many notes as you need to!

Your tabletop is larger than the screen

A bird’s eye view

Label your notes with visual cues

Add reminde

rs, colors

and tags

Build your outline on-the-fly…

…or create it before you take notes

Drag notes and piles into your outline

“Noodle” time…start thinking!

Questions?

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