Interactive Notebooks by Cassandra Villa https://padlet.com/cvilla3/5cgjxn5il9e9 Made with ♥ en-us 2017-04-11 11:24:26 UTC 2025-10-25 20:34:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png "Because INBs involve copying, coloring, writing, cutting and pasting graphic organizers (plus many other activities), many teachers find that this instructional approach takes up too many classroom minutes." cvilla3 https://padlet.com/cvilla3/5cgjxn5il9e9/wish/165851359 I connected with this statement right away...we only have so many hours in a day, and with the curriculum and standards we are expected to cover, is there ever enough time? I honestly believe that INBs are a great way to teach new topics and review key topics, which to me, is never a waste of our precious time. ]]> 2017-04-11 11:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cvilla3/5cgjxn5il9e9/wish/165851359 "Some students just learn differently and prefer other means of acquiring and processing knowledge." cvilla3 https://padlet.com/cvilla3/5cgjxn5il9e9/wish/165851554 To me- this is exactly the point of INBs! While some students rely on and are comfortable with straight recall-others need visuals-which is what this great tool provides! ]]> 2017-04-11 11:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cvilla3/5cgjxn5il9e9/wish/165851554 "Many teachers permit students to use their INBs on quizzes and tests to motivate proper notebook preparation and completion. Other teachers value the INB as a learning end in of itself as a performance-based assessment." cvilla3 https://padlet.com/cvilla3/5cgjxn5il9e9/wish/165851726 What a great way to use this great tool! I strongly believe in open notebook testing whenever possible. I believe that there is way more to learning and mastering than memorization! Also- using this as performance based assessment gets students away from the boring "tests" that they are used to. Let's face it- life is much more closely related to those performance based assessments! ]]> 2017-04-11 11:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cvilla3/5cgjxn5il9e9/wish/165851726 AGREE! jwinch https://padlet.com/cvilla3/5cgjxn5il9e9/wish/165871820 One of the reasons I dislike  the NYS tests is that there is very little use of resources. In our info age, we almost always have access to the info--it's the way we put it all together that's important. Why not let them practice the researching of info?!
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