Reader Response Notebooks

The writing process is evolving from a static world of words on the printed page, to an interactive experience full of hyperlinks, video, photographs, music, sound clips, and artwork. The following recommended apps incorporate a variety of note taking and multimedia features. Each ranges in complexity, but all possess an intuitive interface useful for the K-5 classroom environment.

Free ADE Language Arts Course

Below is a quick demo lesson on how to transfer text annotations into notes. This shows a student transferring notes into the graphic organizer app Popplet but this process can be repeated with other apps as well.

Notability

Notability .99 cents

• Annotate PDFS
• Create Handwritten or typed notes
• Colored pens and highlighters
• Variety of papers (grids!)
• Import PDFS, presentations
• Record Audio
• Auto-sync notes with DropBox
• Export notes with email, Dropbox, and iTunes File Sharing
  
• Create detailed drawing or handwriting with "Zoom" feature
• Insert web-clips, photos, and drawings

PaperPort Notes

PaperPort Notes FREE!

Formerly Noterize

• Speech to text
• Dragon voice recognition
  
• Create both typed and handwritten notes
• Annotate PDFs
• Export notes with PaperPort Anywhere, Email, Google Docs, Box.net, Dropbox, and iTunes File Sharing
  
• Import files from PaperPort Anywhere, Box.net, Dropbox or  the Web Browser
• Send notes to other apps
• Highlight and bookmark notes
• Password protect files
• Import a PDF, PPT, TXT or image files
  

MomentDiary

MomentDiary FREE

• Diary format
  
• Record video and sound
• Take photo directly from notes
• Password protect files
• Calendar integration
• Time stamp notes
  
• Search notes by date
• Online Backup

NoteMaster

NoteMaster $3.99

• Sync notes with Google docs!
• Annotate images
• Create lists
• Categorize notes
• Use a keyword search to locate notes
  
• Password protect notes

sling Note

sling Note $2.99

• Best suited for the upper grades
  
• Cut web clips and paste web clips into notes
• Annotate web clips, photos and text
• Create handwritten, and typed notes
• View notes and web side-by-side
• Open two browsers at the same time
  
• Export notes as a PDF or HTML
  
• Export notes with iTunes File Sharing and Dropbox
• Open notes in other apps
• Translate websites
• Calculator
• Take photo directly from notes
• Import PDF, MS Office, iWork files and photos

Penultimate

Penultimate .99 cents

• Create handwritten notes
• Sketch ideas
• Variety of papers (grid)
  
• Take notes without needing to type
• Students will need a stylus
• Creates separate notebooks
  
• Automatic wrist protection
• Take photo directly from notes
• Import photos from camera roll
• Annotate images
  
• Edit notes and images with cut and paste feature
  
• Export notes with email, Dropbox and Evernote
  
• Export notes to photos
  
• Auto sync notes with Dropbox
  

Plain Text

PlainText FREE

• This is perfect for creating just plain ole text
• Auto sync notes with Dropbox
• Type notes
• Small file size is easy for emailing
• Create student folders
• Locate notes with keyword search

Evernote

Evernote FREE

• Record voice notes
• Store notes in Evernote trunk (cloud) 60 GB FREE
• Organize notes with tags or notebooks
• Type Notes
• Import Images
  
• Take photos with in app camera