In the past year, I have...
- annotated passage within the book,
- written paper notes/post-its to stick on the book,
- created #booksnaps,
- tried #sketchnoting the books on the iPad, and
- tried #sketchnoting the book using a Rocket book.
For my next attempt at keeping up with my reading, I'm trying Google Keep for my book notes, and so far, I love my new system! Keep is a digital post-it note app within G Suite. Because it's part of the Google family, it includes a powerful search feature and the ability to add collaborators to the notes. Furthermore, notes sync between devices.
As I start a new book, I take a picture of the cover to add to my Keep header. Next, I add a few labels (including "books") based on the subject.
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What's on my shelf now... |
The other part of this workflow that is a bonus for me is that I can now easily access my Keep notes within a Google Doc. Most of these books are for work, of course, so as I'm planning a session, I can open a relevant book in Keep, and add those quotes and notations directly into my Google Doc! I am getting so much better at adding page numbers to my notes, so it's incredibly easy to copy, paste, and create the book citations as I plan for upcoming PD sessions.
By the way, The New Pillars of Modern Teaching has been my favorite edu-read from the past year, and I think I documented my reading in every other way mentioned above! I may need to go back and take notes in Google Keep!


Do you have a tried-and-true way of taking notes about books?
I'm so happy when I'm reading, and I'm always up for learning!