Interactive Notebooks

Interactive Notebooks
I've spent the past few days researching about interactive notebooks, sometimes called interactive journals for a class assignment.  I've been particularly inspired by these You Tube videos:  

  http://youtu.be/zzEiwsO7rtw

http://youtu.be/PtzOVdw8kI0

I really like the idea that one side of the notebook is "note-taking", that is information copied from a source, and one side is "note-making", which is reorganizing and adding color, graphics, and a personal "spin" on the content.  Writing on two facing pages, allows the student and the teacher to clearly see the content and the students' personal interaction with it.  I plan on having my students create one page of content and one page of reflection each week.  The content will sometimes be done in Math class (copying sample problems that I work out or writing down rubrics), sometimes as homework (trying a few problems at home).  The personal reflection will always be done at home and will be due every Friday.  
I saw several rubrics online but, of course, needed to create something that worked in my situation.  I wanted to grade three components:  Overall Organization (which includes neatness and the Table of Contents), the right side (the content), and the left side (personalization).  Students will trim, then glue the rubric into their notebook.  To save space, I will use the same rubric each trimester.  To distinguish amongst trimesters I will use a different color each time to circle the descriptors on the rubric.

 Generic Interactive Notebook Rubric

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