More about OneNote Part 1

Today I observed another teacher in her classroom as part of my new teacher mentoring requirements, and toted along my Tablet. I knew that I was going to need to take some notes, so I figured what better way than with my tablet!

While I was taking notes, part of the teacher/student discussion sparked my attention, so I decided to record it. I hadn't used this feature before, so I was very interested to see how it worked.

I noticed that when I stopped taking notes, and clicked for it to begin to record, a time/date stamp appeared where I stopped taking my notes. I remember hearing or reading about that feature at some point. I think that's a nice feature because then when I listen to the playback, I will know where I left off  One thing that was a little difficult for me, and maybe someone knows how to fix this, is that when I wanted to record I had to choose “Tools“ and then “Audio Video Recording“. The recording feature was not docked already in my toolbar. Is this because I haven't used it before? Once I did this the first time, I double clicked on it to move it to the toolbar, and that's where it has remained so far.

Later, when I listened to what I recorded, I noticed that the recording was really more clear than I had expected. I was able to understand what the students and the teacher were saying, and even pick up on some notes that I had missed.

Using OneNote to take notes and record has made writing my observation a breeze! I am excited about using my Tablet in my class tonight, Reading in the Secondary Content area. I want to try taking more notes and using the audio recorder some more too. Also, anybody know of a quick way to insert more space? I'm still going to “Tools”. I would think that a icon would appear on the toolbar?