This document provides an overview of various technology tools that can help students with executive functioning issues. It discusses tools for organization, note-taking, homework, memory, time management, writing, and studying. Specific apps and websites are recommended for tasks like creating templates, digital planners, calendars, flashcards, and blocking distractions. Pros and cons of different paperless organization approaches are also considered. The document aims to help students develop skills for paying attention, prioritizing tasks, and managing their workload.
6. • Part II: The Executive
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Strategies
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7. Executive Functions
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and event and our response to an
event
Our behavior is the result of how we
respond to the event
8. How we pay attention
• Students pay attention differently
today then previous generations
Cathy Davis in her book
“Now You See It”
9. Working Definition of Attention
• How we use our attention in our
thinking
• How we use our attention in relation to
our feelings
• How we use our attention in our
actions
10. College Student Research
• Attention alternates between being
engaged and non-engaged
• Student self report via clicker
o Reported after they realized not engaged
• More engaged in non lecture activities
o Demonstrations, group work, clicker
11. National Center for Learning
Disabilities “Executive Function
around the Clock”
17. Organization
• The ability to design and maintain
systems for keeping track of information
or materials
● Arranging information, systematizing
moving and sorting information
21. " Orality and Literacy"
by Walter Ong
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Humans forget things easily, and the more time passes the
more we forget.
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Only 10 percent of an audio lecture may last in memory, but
students who take and review their notes can recall about
80% of a lecture
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University of Washington research suggests that physical
writing ( chirographic ) activates regions of the brain that
involve thinking, language and working memory.
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http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/01/10-note-taking-tips-for-21st-century.html
25. Note Taking Tasks
• Listen To Teacher
• Observe/Refer, screen, board, book
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Utilize prior knowledge
• Prioritizing what is important
26. Notetaking
Different Subjects = Different needs
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History, Places, people, Time
Math, Process, steps
Science, Concepts, diagrams, Terms
Literature, plot setting Characters,
27. Note Taking Tasks
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Write/type/Draw notes
Review the notes later
Organize their notes
Locate information from notes
Extract key concepts to help with their
understanding
33. Cornell System
• A: Cue Column
o Recall Column
o Write after taking notes
• B: Summaries Area
o Brief Summary of Notes
• C: Note Taking
o Write Actual Notes
36. Google Template
Use an Existing Templates
Sign in to your Google account
When viewing your list of GoogleDocs, choose Create New >
From Template.
Use the search box at the top of the page to find templates and
use the links on the left side of the page to narrow your search
by category or specific type of Google Doc.
When you find a template you like, click Use This Template. A
copy of the template will move to your list of Google Docs.
Modify the template as needed and use it.
47. Audio Notes
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Audio Note app ($4.99 and lite version)
o Take typed or handwritten notes
o Audio record within your notes
o IQ Note: IOS
Super Note App: Android and IOS
o Android and IOS
You Note: IOS
Say & Go: IOS
Voice Recorder Pro: IOS
Voice Note: Chrome App
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48. Visual Notetaking
• “The Art of Explanation making your
ideas products, and services easier to
understand” by Lee Lefever
• “Blah, Blah, Blah, What to do When
Words Don’t Work”
by Dan Roam
55. Evernote Tools
• Web Clipper
• Skitch: annotate, draw
• Peek: Study
• Kustom Note
• Textever Pro: Take Evernote notes on fly
• Swift Key: Word Prediction for notes
• Post Ever: Post text and/or pictures
• Live Minutes: Collaborate
61. Web Based & Mobile Planners
SquareLeaf: Web
Skoach: Web
Heap Note: Web and Chrome app
My Study Life : Web, Chrome, IOS, Android
Studiez: Mac, Iphone, iPad
My Homework: IOS, Android, Windows, Web
iHomework for iPhone
Erudio: IOS
83. Reminders Web Based
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ToDoist Next: Web, IOS, Chrome,Android,
Mac
AnyDo: IOS, Chrome App and Extention
Google Keep for Chrome App
WunderList: Web, IOS, Android, Chrome,
Mac
Google Calendar
Remember the Milk
Weave
Productiv: Web, IOS, Android, Mac
88. Mobile Time Management
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Awesome Note+ To-do/Calendar/Reminder synch
to evernote or google
Reminders
Alert Notes
Dooo
Gettodo
SteerList
GQueues- Manage Tasks sync with Google. IOS
and Android also
94. Brainstorming/Mind Maps
Google Draw: Web
Read Write and Think Timeline: Web and
IOS and Android
Magical Pad: Mac and iPad
Inspiration: Windows, Mac, IOS,
MindMeister: Web, IOS and Android
Lucidchart: Chrome app, Android
Bubbl.us Web