The Write Apps for Note Taking (ipad Only Please) Revisited

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1 The Write Apps for Note Taking (ipad Only Please) Revisited Gina Gelinas, Program Manager DeeDee Bunn, Program Specialist Paula Gumpman, Program Specialist Georgia Project for Assistive Technology Division for Special Education Services and Supports Georgia Department of Education

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3 Why Is Note-taking Important? Since the 1970s, scholarly research has confirmed time and again that note taking, whether over reading or lecture, on average improves student performance. Mark Bohay et al, "Note Taking, Review, Memory, and Comprehension." American Journal of Psychology 124: 1, 63-73, Academic Search Complete, EBSCO host (accessed May 4, 2011). The How and Why of Note Taking. University of Houston. 13 Feb

4 Why Is Note-taking Important? Students benefit from the act of creating their own study materials. As some researchers have found, Individuals retain materials that they have generated better than materials that have been generated by others and given to them. Students who perform the best on targeted material tend to be those who created their own study outlines, study questions, and study questions with answers. Paul W. Foos and Joseph J. Mora, "Student Study Techniques and the Generation Effect." Journal of Educational Psychology 86 (1994): 4: 567, Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed May 3, 2011) The How and Why of Note Taking. University of Houston. 13 Feb

5 Why Is Note-taking Important? As more states require students to pass state tests for end of-the-course and graduation requirements (Trotter, 2006), it becomes imperative that students with disabilities learn note-taking and study skills to keep up with the pace of instruction in their classes (Scruggs, Mastropieri, Berkeley, & Graetz, 2010; Schumm & Vaughn, 1995). Joseph R. Boyle, Note-Taking and Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities: Challenges and Solutions. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 27(2), The Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children

6 Why Is Note-taking Important? Technology offers much promise to students with LD to assist them with capturing content during lectures. Whether students are using assistive technology in the form of handheld devices such as digital pens or tablet personal computers (pcs) or teachers are using guided notes via electronic lectures (e.g., PowerPoint ), technology is no doubt changing the way in which students learn and record notes in their content-area classes (Fons, 2010). Joseph R. Boyle, Note-Taking and Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities: Challenges and Solutions. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 27(2), The Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children

7 Selecting Apps Consideration of student s needs abilities tasks environments Features of the apps considered handwrite type variety of pens and paper styles

8 Apps That Can Be Used to Take Notes

9 Penultimate

10 Penultimate Landscape or portrait orientation Handwriting Only Zoom and Drift feature Search handwritten notes in Penultimate or Evernote Organize notes in notebooks by topic, project or category Allows you to insert, delete, duplicate, and reorganize pages within a note using Evernote on Windows or MacIntosh Syncs to Evernote account automatically Backup notes to Dropbox Share notes as URLs (public) using Evernote or PDFs

11 Penultimate

12 MyScript Smart Note

13 MyScript Smart Note (previously MyScript Notes Mobile) Handwriting/Drawing Edit notes with simple gestures Handwriting recognition Annotate PDFs (premium service) Page Navigator for multi-page notebooks See the word definition in a dictionary, search in Wikipedia, or Google Add and edit Math equations Add voice recording to notebooks Import M4A, MP3, and AAC (advanced audio coding) sound files

14 MyScript Smart Note

15 Notability

16 Notability Synchronized note and audio recording Annotate PDFs Import forms, contracts, worksheets, documents, photos, presentations & books through Google Drive Organize notes by subject in the library Color-coded folder organization Auto back-up to Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, webdav, & icloud Advanced word processor with choice of font style, color and size Search by bookmarks, annotations or keywords

17 Notability

18 DocAS

19 DocAS Typed and/or free hand notes Convert documents from camera/photo album into editable documents Access and share using favorite cloud storage services Import PDFs Share Notes and Documents

20 DocAS

21 Notes ios 9 New features in ios 9 Formatting Options for Text Title Headings Body List Options Bulleted Lists Dashed Lists Numbered Lists Ability to Insert graphics Ability to Free Hand Draw (on current devices) Pencil Pen Marker

22 Notes ios 9

23 Pages

24 Pages Word processor Split view on ipad Outlining template Create footnotes and endnotes Add images and video using the Media Browser Picture in Picture on ipad Share a link to work via Mail, Messages, Twitter, or Facebook Export documents in epub, Microsoft Word, and PDF format

25 Pages

26 MyScript Stylus

27 MyScript Stylus Handwriting recognition keyboard handwriting is converted into digital text in real time. write using fingertip and stylus in any application including , text documents, calendar, web browser, etc. write in cursive or print input panel allows you to correct and edit the content you have written Create line breaks Erase characters, words or sentences Insert or remove space Join words Overwrite characters

28 MyScript Stylus

29 Heard

30 Heard Audio recording only Base version allow 30 seconds or 1 minute buffer (up to 5 minutes buffer in-app purchase) Capture recordings with quick touch of a button Continuously runs on mobile device Share clips via (Quicktime) & Facebook Name & tag files

31 Heard

32 Cogi - Beyond Notes

33 Cogi - Beyond Notes No limits on recording time / captures Backs up 15 seconds when you start recording (buffers) Records until you stop for important highlights Add tags, contacts, photos and text notes to recorded audio clips Premium services (phone recordings, transcriptions)

34 Cogi - Beyond Notes

35 NoteShelf

36 NoteShelf Take Notes Annotate PDF s Record Audio Draw Shapes Sketch Ideas Sign Contracts Fill Forms Print Documents Syncs with Evernote and popular cloud services

37 NoteShelf

38 AudioNote

39 AudioNote Synchronized note and audio recording Highlighted notes during playback Annotate PDFs (ipad only) Folder Organization Audio amplifier for recordings made in larger conference rooms icloud, Dropbox, WiFi, itunes sharing

40 AudioNote

41 7 Notes HD Premium

42 7 Notes HD Premium Handwriting and digital texts Handwriting recognition realtime Word predictive engine possible word choices as text, PDF, image, 7Notes doc Send to application as text, PDF, image, 7Notes doc Store docs at Evernote, Dropbox, and post to social media (Facebook & Twitter) Save to Photo Album Multiple customizing features (paper, colors, fonts, dictionary abbreviation expansion)

43 7 Notes HD Premium

44 7 Notes HD Premium

45 GoodNotes 4 - Notes & PDF

46 GoodNotes 4 - Notes & PDF Handwriting & text Handwriting recognition to clipboard Search handwritten notes Insert images, draw perfect shapes, and PDF docs inside a notebook Annotate PDFs Zoom window for handwriting to shrink handwriting Variety of paper types Folder organization Backup documents to Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, or OneDrive

47 GoodNotes 4 - Notes & PDF

48 Notes Plus

49 Notes Plus Supports handwriting, typing, audio recording and document annotation Converts handwriting to text Imports pdf and MS Word documents Able to organize in notebooks, then can be stored in folders or subfolders In app browser Screen capture in browser

50 Notes Plus

51 Notes Plus

52 Name Selection Apps Randomly Random Name Selector Pro ileap Pick a Student

53 Questions

54 This presentation is available, along with additional note-taking resources, on the GPAT website under AT Presentations Assistive-Technology/Pages/AT-Presentations.aspx

55 Contact Information Gina Gelinas DeeDee Bunn Paula Gumpman Georgia Project for Assistive Technology