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Approaches to Learning: Research and Writing at ISU: NoodleTools

This guide supports teachers and students with common approaches to research and writing across subject areas in the MYP and DP at the International School of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

NoodleTools: How to connect

NoodleTools allows you to track your sources, notes, and ideas in one place. It also allows you to organize notes, connect them to sources, accurately include in-text citations and turn your notes into an outline in Google Drive. NoodleTools is also available by clicking on the Google Apps icon when you're logged into your ISU Google Account and scrolling down until you see the NoodleTools icon.

Create a NoodleTools Project

How to create a project

Start here, with our 60-second primer on how to create your first project in NoodleTools. (Click here to view this content on the NoodleTools site.)

Notecards 1: How to create and use Notecards in NoodleTools

How to create a notecard

Start here with our 60-second primer on how to create your first notecard in NoodleTools. (Click here to view this content on the NoodleTools help site.)

NoodleTools notecards afford you space to think as you gather facts, opinions, and evidence. Besides giving your notecard a short, descriptive title and identifying the source it comes from, you will work with three primary fields:

  • Direct quotation (“A”): Store source material for future reference. Highlight and annotate to ensure close reading.
  • Paraphrase or summary (“B”): Explain the source material in your own words. Check your understanding.
  • My ideas (“C”): Reflect and engage. Articulate ideas, assumptions and questions. What do I wonder? How does it fit with what I know? How should I follow up?

Document your sources in NoodleTools

How to create a citation

Start here, with our 60-second primer on how to create your first citation in NoodleTools. (Click here to view this content on the NoodleTools help site.)

Notecards 2: How to fill in a notecard

How to fill in a notecard

Part 2 elaborates on how to fill in the “Direct quotation,” “Summary or paraphase” and “My ideas” fields. (Click here to view this content on the NoodleTools help site.)