What is an Interactive Notebook? - An interactive student
notebook includes class notes, drawings, diagrams, timelines,
class work, opinions, reactions, and homework. In a nutshell,
the notebook becomes the student’s personalized [insert subject
matter] text. - If you do a simple Google search you will find
that History, Science, and Language Arts classes use this
concept the most but there is no reason that Family Consumer
Science courses couldn’t do the same! - Interactive Notebooks
Guidelines for Teachers (PPT) Why are Interactive Notebooks so
special? - Interactive notebooks are special because they
require students to process information for themselves. They way
this is done is that on the left side a of a notebook there are
class notes, quizzes, handouts, etc. On the right side of the
notebook there are student generated content such as pictures,
advertisements that fit the theme, cartoons, reactions,
responses, questions, etc. - Notebooks are graded, keep students
engaged and require students to proces