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Note Taking 101

Sub$tle

Workshop Goals

Note Taking Strategies

Improving Your Notes

Technology in the Classroom

Matching Note Taking Methods to Teaching Styles

Managing a Fast Speaking Professor

Cornell Note Style

For:

Ø Main ideas

Ø Ques$ons that

connect points

Ø Diagrams

Ø Prompts to help you

study

When:

Ø Before class

Ø During class

Ø A=er class

For:

Ø Recording

lecture

When:

Ø During class

For:

Ø Top-­‐level main ideas

Ø Quick reference

When:

Ø A=er class

Ø Before Next Class

(review)

Outlining Method

Informa$on is structured

from a

BIG, MAIN IDEA

down to

SMALL, SPECIFIC DETAILS

Tips and Methods to

improve your notes

Google Drive

Allows fast typers to keep up with lecturers easier

Learner can look up examples of content as the professor is discussing it

Example: Art History class is discussing the Mona Lisa, student can quickly

pull up a photo to have with his/her/their notes.

Outline tool allows for easy organization of notes, and quick searches of

material when studying for exams

Notes can be accessed on any device- no worries about losing a notebook

Note Taking Apps

AudioNote

Compa$ble with all devices

Record notes and audio

Combines the func$onality of a

notepad and voice recorder

One Note

Compa$ble with all devices

Type, write or draw notes

Draw or write notes on exis$ng PDF’s

Works with a touchscreen device

Use finger or a stylus

Matching Note Taking

Methods to Teaching Styles

If your professor is a: Take notes like this:

Booker

(goes by the textbook and reads from it in class.)

§ Take your textbook to class and underline what’s read.

§ Take notes in a notebook that clarify informa$on in the book ( use page

numbers)

Creator

(rarely covers informa$on from the book but usually introduces new

materials in class.)

§ Take notes in a special notebook.

§ Take notes on main points and get reference source a=er class (concept

mapping).

Speedster

(talks a mile a minute & words are run together.)

§ Use abbrevia$ons and take notes in non-­‐sentences

§ Listen for major ideas/points.

§ Use your own words

§ Leave blanks if you miss informa$on

Slow-­‐poke

(talks very slow and o=en in a monotone that can put you to sleep.)

§ Listen for main

§ Set a goal in terms of amount of notes to be taken and take that many.

Managing a Fast

Speaking Professor

When Professors Talk Too Fast...

Read all the material before class to get a founda$on of the material

Share notes with a classmate or form a study group. Different pieces of the lecture may be picked up by different peers

Leave space in your notes to make it easier to add informa$on later.

Develop a "lost" symbol (e.g. "?" or "Q") to insert in your notes if you get lost during the lecture. This way you can keep pace

with new informa$on and figure out a=er class what you missed.