UCTM Presentation
"The $1 Textbook Incorporating Interactive Student Notebooks into the Classroom"

The Prezi below will help answer some of your basic questions about the Interactive Student Notebook/Binder.  If you're having a hard time viewing the presentation, you can also view it by clicking here or on the "ISN/ISB Prezi" button below.  Feel free to explore the additional links with even more information about ISNs/ISBs, including the brain research on how students learn and how interactive notebooks/binders can increase success both in and out of the classroom.
Here is an excerpt taken from Putting it all Together; Understanding the Research Behind Interactive Notebooks by Caroline C. Wist from The College of William and Mary:
        The interactive notebook tries to meet the needs of the students on both sides of the notebook. The left side is for student to        
        demonstrate learning while the right side is for the teacher to provide content knowledge.  This helps the “brain by making
        connections between what is experienced (learned) and what that experience (information) means to the learner” (Caine, 2005).    
        Here is an example of what type of information could be demonstrated through the content on each side of the interactive
        notebook.

Left Side
• Brainstorming Mind maps
• Concept maps Venn diagrams
• Pictures Drawings
• Diagrams Writing prompts
• Flow charts Poems
• Homework Songs
• Worksheets Self reflections
• Labs Quizzes, tests
• Class work or teamwork activities
Right Side
• Worksheets
• Vocabulary words
• Concept information such as definitions or facts
• Text book notes
• Film or video notes
• Guest speaker notes/questions
• Notebook prompt
• Direct answers to questions from the book