【Shared Notes】How to Use Shared Notes in a Class
With Shared Notes, multiple students can collaboratively edit a single screen.
This page introduces ways to use Shared Notes effectively.
For information on how to create a Note, please refer to the following page.
How to Use Shared Notes for Group Activities
Index
Sharing Ideas
Collaborative Editing
Examples of Using Shared Notes
Sharing Ideas
Students can share and edit each other's ideas.
Easily Share Ideas and Knowledge
Multiple students can continuously add their own ideas and knowledge to a single Card.
Shared Notes can be used for sharing opinions within Groups, brainstorming activities, and more.
References
Grade 4 Japanese Language: Let's Create a Digital Newspaper — Clearly Report Facts (Let's Make a Newspaper) 【Lesson Plan】 Niigata University Graduate School of Teacher Education (Implemented at a public elementary school in Niigata City) Takumi Hasegawa
Grade 5 Social Studies: Natural Conditions and People's Lives — Warm Regions and Cold Regions — 【Lesson Plan】 Minamitane Town Kinan Elementary School Yuichiro Kuroki
Share Opinions Across Groups and Classes
Opinions can be easily shared across a Group or an entire Class.
Students can view each other's opinions and add or revise their own ideas.
References
Grade 5 Japanese Language: Create Summer Haiku — Everyday Life in Seventeen Syllables 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Samukawa Elementary School Toshihiko Hoshino
Grade 5 Science: Let's Create an Original Rapeseed Encyclopedia with Shared Notes! Structure of Flowers 【Lesson Plan】 Notre Dame Gakuin Elementary School Hiromichi Umeshita
Peer Evaluation
Students can evaluate each other's opinions and presentations.
This can also be used for activities where students praise each other's strengths.
References
Grade 4 Special Activities: Class Activity 3 — Think About Dreams: What Can We Do Toward Our Dreams? 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Kawanoe Elementary School Rikuto Okada
Grade 7 Social Studies: Start a Business in the United States — Regions of the World: North America 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Shingu Junior High School Norihisa Okura
Collecting and Organizing Information
Students can bring together information they have researched and organize it.
Collaborative research activities can be carried out within Groups or Classes.
Reference
Grade 3 Japanese Language: Our School Pride — Explain What You Want to Share with Reasons 【Lesson Plan】 Okinawa City Goei Elementary School Taku Kubota
Grade 3 Social Studies: Let's Research Our City! My Town, Everyone's Town (City Overview) 【Lesson Plan】 Katsuyama City Shikadani Elementary School Ryota Terashima
Collaborative Editing
Presentations, wall newspapers, reports, and other materials can also be collaboratively edited.
Creating Wall Newspapers, Reports, and Presentations
Students can collaboratively create wall newspapers and reports.
Web pages, photos, and other materials can be easily imported.
By placing each Group's work in one Shared Note, students can freely view each other's presentations and conduct peer evaluations.
References
Grade 4 Japanese Language: Create a Newspaper in Groups 【Lesson Plan】 Chikuma City Goka Elementary School Kazuya Kanisawa
Grade 4 Japanese Language: Present Based on Research — Research and Talk: Daily Life Survey Team 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Nakanosho Elementary School Hikari Uchida
Let's Think Together!
Shared Notes can be used for discussions about formations in Physical Education classes and group discussions.
Multiple students can move Cards from their own devices while discussing together.
Reference
Grade 5 Physical Education: Move to a Position Where You Can Score Easily and Shoot — Handball (Shooting Game) 【Lesson Plan】 Nanzan University Affiliated Elementary School Takahiro Fujiwara
Mutual Reference and Peer Evaluation Using Student-Specific Shared Notes
By using Student-Specific Shared Notes, where an individual Shared Note is created for each student, students can view and evaluate each other's work.
For more information about how to use Student-Specific Shared Notes, please refer to the following page.
How to Use Student-Specific Shared Notes
Examples of Using Shared Notes
Examples of using Shared Notes are introduced below.
Elementary School
Grade 2 Elementary School
Japanese Language
Grade 2 Japanese Language: Song of Rain 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Samukawa Elementary School Konomi Oda
Grade 2 Japanese Language: Become a Dandelion Specialist — Dandelions 【Lesson Plan】 Hirakata City Kasuga Elementary School Kazuyuki Miyake
Grade 3 Elementary School
Japanese Language
Grade 3 Japanese Language: Express with Words That Communicate 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Kinsei Daiichi Elementary School Saki Inui
Grade 3 Japanese Language: Practice Dialogue — If You Spent Three Days in a Mountain Lodge 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Mishima Elementary School Shuhei Nishimoto
Grade 3 Japanese Language: Our School Pride — Explain What You Want to Share with Reasons 【Lesson Plan】 Okinawa City Goei Elementary School Taku Kubota
Social Studies
Grade 3 Social Studies: Let's Research Our City! My Town, Everyone's Town (City Overview) 【Lesson Plan】 Katsuyama City Shikadani Elementary School Ryota Terashima
Grade 4 Elementary School
Japanese Language
Grade 4 Japanese Language: Present Based on Research — Research and Talk: Daily Life Survey Team 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Nakanosho Elementary School Hikari Uchida
Grade 4 Japanese Language: Create a Newspaper in Groups 【Lesson Plan】 Chikuma City Goka Elementary School Kazuya Kanisawa
Grade 4 Japanese Language: Create a Digital Newspaper — Clearly Report Facts (Let's Make a Newspaper) 【Lesson Plan】 Niigata University Graduate School of Teacher Education (Implemented at a public elementary school in Niigata City) Takumi Hasegawa
Social Studies
Grade 4 Social Studies: Think About What We Can Do to Reduce Waste — Waste Disposal and Use 【Lesson Plan】 Asahikawa City Suehiro Kita Elementary School Yume Osada
Grade 4 Social Studies: Summarize the Flow of Water — Creating Comfortable Lives 【Lesson Plan】 Katsuyama City Heisenji Elementary School Tomoya Muraaki
Special Activities
Grade 4 Special Activities: Class Activity 3 — Think About Dreams: What Can We Do Toward Our Dreams? 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Kawanoe Elementary School Rikuto Okada
Grade 5 Elementary School
Japanese Language
Grade 5 Japanese Language: Create Summer Haiku — Everyday Life in Seventeen Syllables 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Samukawa Elementary School Toshihiko Hoshino
Grade 5 Japanese Language: Think About the Climax of a Story — Grandpa Daizo and the Geese 【Lesson Plan】 Fuji City Oka Elementary School Naoyuki Nishizawa
Social Studies
Grade 5 Social Studies: Natural Conditions and People's Lives — Warm Regions and Cold Regions 【Lesson Plan】 Minamitane Town Kinan Elementary School Yuichiro Kuroki
Science
Grade 5 Science: Let's Create an Original Rapeseed Encyclopedia with Shared Notes! Structure of Flowers 【Lesson Plan】 Notre Dame Gakuin Elementary School Hiromichi Umeshita
Physical Education
Grade 5 Physical Education: Move to a Position Where You Can Score Easily and Shoot — Handball (Shooting Game) 【Lesson Plan】 Nanzan University Affiliated Elementary School Takahiro Fujiwara
Grade 6 Elementary School
Mathematics
Grade 6 Mathematics: Explain How to Draw Line Symmetric Figures — Investigate Balanced Shapes, Classification, and Properties 【Lesson Plan】 Fuji City Fujikawa Daini Elementary School Hiroki Tsuboi
Science
Grade 6 Science: Where Food Goes — Functions of the Animal Body 【Lesson Plan】 Kanonji City Kanonji Elementary School Kosuke Takaya
Moral Education
Grade 6 Moral Education: It's Not My Fault — About Responsibility: Justice to Stop Bullying 【Lesson Plan】 Nozomigaoka Elementary School, Ogori City, Fukuoka Prefecture Masayoshi Nozuka
Home Economics
Grade 6 Home Economics: Make Everyday Life Comfortable — Clean Operation 【Lesson Plan】 Tsumatori Elementary School, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture Keiji Ochi
Junior High School
Grade 7 Junior High School
Social Studies
Grade 7 Social Studies: Start a Business in the United States — Regions of the World: North America 【Lesson Plan】 Shikokuchuo City Shingu Junior High School Norihisa Okura
Music
Grade 7 Music: Think About the Relationship Between Sonnets and Music — The Four Seasons "Spring": Harmony and Creative Ideas 【Lesson Plan】 Funabashi City Kaijin Junior High School Yuki Hama
Grade 8 Junior High School
Social Studies
Grade 8 Social Studies: European and American Countries Aiming for Global Expansion — "Modernization" in European and American Countries 【Lesson Plan】 Yonago City Higashiyama Junior High School Shinya Hirose
Grade 9 Junior High School
Technology and Home Economics
Grade 9 Technology and Home Economics: Programming (Cleaning Robot) — Technology of Information 【Lesson Plan】 Kyoto City Board of Education Takanori Hino
Japanese Language
Grade 9 Japanese Language: Think About a Persuasive Structure — Broaden Your Perspective 【Lesson Plan】 Ikoma City Ikoma Kita Junior High School Keiko Okumura
High School
Grade 10 Integrated Studies / Inquiry, Information Let's Start a Band! — Problem-Solving Process 【Lesson Plan】 Okayama Prefectural Tamano Konan High School Takenori Okazaki
Related Information
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