best way to use OneNote for lesson plans (teaching)

[Doug Smith]

Hi,
I'm interested in saving my lesson materials and lesson plans in
OneNote. I already have several document / lessons created in various
Word Documents. What is the best way to migrate this material to
OneNote? So far I can think of three methods. First, I can print each
document to OneNote. Second, I can copy/paste the contents from Word to
OneNote. Or third, I can start a notebook then link (or embed?) the
Word document.

I would like to be able to edit the content, so that sort of rules out
the printing method. I want to be able to edit and print the material
without having to worry about keeping links to external files. The hope
is that OneNote would contain everything so i don't have to worry about
accidently deleting a lesson plan or worksheet or quiz, etc. In other
words, it would be nice to only have to save and backup the onenote
file, and not have to worry about other external documents. I'm not
sure how well I can control the printing if I copy/paste content from
Word to OneNote. If I make some edits after the content is in OneNote,
I'm not sure how I can really control the final output because of
changes in page length, where the margins are, etc.

Can you offer any insights or suggestions on how I can maximize the
capabilities of OneNote?

thanks!

 

[Doug Smith]

I cut and paste everything so I can edit it later. I find that
creating section groups gives me a few more options in the
hiearchies as I create areas for lectures, quizzes, book notes,
class documents, &c. As you keep working with the program, you'll
figure out what works best for you. In my experience, the trial
and error method works much better for learning OneNotes
than the tutorial/workbook approach.

s

Would you create worksheets as a page or sub-page, and do these print
off okay for handouts? The same goes for quizzes, are they kept as
pages inside a section?

Currently I am thinking about using a Section Group as a Unit, and
Sections as lessons. Then inside each section (lesson) I have pages
which correspond to lesson plan, worksheets, notes, homework, etc.

thanks

 

[Doug Smith]

My worksheets are individual pages. The sub-page tab isn't definitive
enough for me to use it very often. The pages printed off nicely when
I have used a printer. I mostly put things online for studnets to
use.

s

That sounds interesting, are you in a high school, college or??? I'm in
a high school and there aren't any classroom computers and the students
definitely don't have their own notebooks. I'm not even sure I can rely
on students having dependable computer/internet at home.

thanks

 

[Doug Smith]

I cut and paste everything so I can edit it later. I find that
creating section groups gives me a few more options in the
hiearchies as I create areas for lectures, quizzes, book notes,
class documents, &c. As you keep working with the program, you'll
figure out what works best for you. In my experience, the trial
and error method works much better for learning OneNotes
than the tutorial/workbook approach.

s

I've been playing with this.
If you create areas for lectures and quizzes etc inside ON, how are you
finding the ability to print out documents (ie quizzes, worksheets...)
for the students?

I really like putting things directly into ON, it has a lot of
advantages. But when I try to print out something like a lab or
worksheet, the printing leaves something to be desired. The ability to
insert a page break, for example, is frustrating.

Thanks!