How to create electronic source cards and notecard.
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This PowerPoint outlines the use of electronic
note taking techniques you will use for your
research project.
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“Electronic bibliography cards” and notecards can easily be sorted by going to “view”
and choosing “slide sorter”. Highlight and
drag “cards” into the order needed. This helps
you create an outline easily and quickly.
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You may print out cards as individual pages,
or choose handouts on the print screen to print
several to a page.
It is also easier to copy and paste direct
quotes.
Your source is easily identified for citation
purposes.
Every time you choose a source, make a
source card. You can complete your MLA
citation using an online bibliography creator
like bibme.org or easybib.com:
 http://www.bibme.org/
http://www.easybib.com/cite/view
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Directions for creating citations for your cards using bibme.org and
easybib.com
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Choose Website
Paste the URL into
the space provided
Click Load info or
Cite this
Bibme.org
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Click Add to
My
Bibliography
or
Click Create
Citation
Easybib.com
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Copy citation
Bibme.org
Easybib.com
Stovall, James Glen. Writing for the mass media.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1985.
Print.
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Choose one of these 2 layouts for your cards:
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Once you have the citation, copy it and paste
it into a slide at the top or on the side,
depending on the layout you have chosen.
Note: the split screen option tends to be
easier.
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"Impact Newsletter:
Feature Issue on
Fostering Success in
School and Beyond for
Students with
Emotional/Behavioral
Disorders." Home |
Institute on Community
Integration (ICI). N.p.,
n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012.
<http://ici.umn.edu/prod
ucts/impact/182/>.
This will serve as a source card.
Now, when you take notes, you will simply
make a duplicate slide and put your notes
Next to the source.
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"Impact Newsletter:
Feature Issue on
Fostering Success in
School and Beyond for
Students with
Emotional/Behavioral
Disorders." Home |
Institute on Community
Integration (ICI). N.p.,
n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012.
<http://ici.umn.edu/prod
ucts/impact/182/>.
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In today’s K-12 schools,
educators must
effectively work with
increasingly diverse
populations in their
classrooms. This includes
educating students
identified as having
emotional/behavioral
disorders (ICI).
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My note card
Rose, Mike. "'21st century
skills' the new
buzzwords for
educational reform /
UCLA Today." Home /
UCLA Today. N.p., n.d.
Web. 31 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.today.ucla.
edu/portal/ut/21stcentury-skills-the-newbuzzwords149812.aspx>.
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“The characterization of
these skills as new
implies that they haven’t
been taught before”
(Rose).
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Note: 21st century skills
are not new, just
valuable now.
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Rose, Mike. "'21st
century skills' the new
buzzwords for
educational reform /
UCLA Today." Home /
UCLA Today. N.p., n.d.
Web. 31 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.today.ucla.
edu/portal/ut/21stcentury-skills-the-newbuzzwords149812.aspx>.
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Add quote and notes
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You can later sort your cards according to
topic to create an outline.
Sorting Slides
At the bottom of the
PowerPoint screen, click
on the 2nd viewer. It is the
one that has 4 panes to
represent slides.
The Screen will look like
this:
Click on the slide you want to move.
 It will be outlined.
 Simply drag the slide where you want it in
your outline.
(You can also drag the slide on the left side of
the viewer window, but this sometimes is
more difficult.)
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