Resources referenced in a presentation given to staff at Fayetteville-Perry Local Schools on using technology tools for concept mapping, summarizing and note-taking, and web cataloging.
Session handout (single page) [PDF, 108KB]
Introductory Video [MP4, 10.2MB]
Concept Mapping
- Inspiration software (free trial available): http://www.inspiration.com
- FreeMind (free to use indefinitely): http://freemind.sourceforge.net
Summarizing and Note-taking
- Using “AutoSummarize…” in Word: AutoSummarize [PDF, 88KB]
- Enabling Readability Statistics in Word: Readability_Statistics [PDF, 88KB]
- Working with Forms in Word: Working_with_Forms [PDF, 92KB]
Web Cataloging
- Diigo: http://www.diigo.com
“First Five Presidents” Materials
- The First Five Presidents from Grolier’s “American Presidency” series [DOC, 79KB]
- Presidents Concept Map Template [PDF, 40KB]
- First Five Presidents Concept Maps [PDF, 320KB]