We use NT in Weth at the middle school and love it. I send kids comments electronically and can view changes made (or not made). We do have them do a batch of old fashioned index notecards first which makes the transition easier to the electronic if they choose. The kids and I love the newer features for ISBN import and copying and pasting preformatted citations. Also we start with the easier junior level in seventh and move them to the advanced level in 8th grade.

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From: Janet Kenney <janetkenney@bristolk12.org>;
To: Crean, Sue <creans@brookfieldps.org>;
Cc: CASL-L@mylist.net <casl-l@mylist.net>;
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Noodletools vs Easy Bib
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We do use the notecards extensively.  This year, with some teachers, we are requiring every notecard to have a paraphrase.  Then the students are using the notecards to create their outlines.  We have them output the outlines with just the paraphrases.  With that, they essentially have their paper started.  It is a series of their words/ideas, organized by idea/topic.  With the addition of a intro / conclusion, some formatting adjustments, transitions and editing for flow, they basically have a paper.


On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Crean, Sue <creans@brookfieldps.org> wrote:
I love the student (and teacher) collaboration function on Noodletools as well as the notecard feature.  I think the notecards could cut down on plagiarizing by encouraging kids to use the spaces for paraphrasing and direct quote.
I agree that it can be cumbersome to use (especially for younger students), but that's because they don't have the perspective of creating one by hand! (How many of you have them create them manually before using a citation creator? I've often wanted to just so they appreciate it!)
Sue Crean

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Janet Kenney <janetkenney@bristolk12.org> wrote:
I second this request.  I've been following a similar discussion over at this blog and you can find other discussions by googling "easybib v noodletools."

I've been using Noodletools for the past 7 or so years and have been hesitant to make the switch to EasyBib.  I don't like some of its features - autociting and the evaluation extensionyou could add in chrome.  It seems students that we are working with cannot identify mistakes/omissions in these automated processes.  If they don't know that something is missing, how can they fix it? Sure, I've heard plenty of people say noodletools is harder for students to use, but I think it is worth it.  It forces them to look at all of the components of  a source--which I also ask them to do when evaluating sources.  I see it as a kill two birds with one stone: evaluate + make a citation.

Seems I went a bit rambly there.  This questions does plague me though.


On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Nancy Carlson <carlsonn@fpsct.org> wrote:
We have been using Noodletools for the past 4 years and like the new additions to it.
We are looking at Easy Bib for next year.  I am looking for opinions/experience from people who 
have used Noodletools but switched to Easy Bib or vice versa.

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