LEARNING 101Note Taking

Things to Consider

Power Point Slides: reliable or unreliable?Can you survive on PowerPoints alone?

Why or Why not?Listening skills: do I write down key facts?

How do you know what to write down?Attendance: mandatory?

How much do you miss if you don’t go to class?

• Do all readings for the class ahead of time. • Review your notes from the previous class• Write down questions for the professor • Pack and double check • Give yourself enough time to get to class • Set up your notes with a clear heading

Being Prepared for Lecture

• Pay attention• Mentally restate• Ask clarifying questions

• Moving beyond just hearing

Active Listening

• Don’t Write Facts, Write Down Conclusions• What questions are being posed in lecture?• Set Up Your Page Like This:–Question• Answer–Evidence

3 Steps: Step 1

• Use Color –Create a system–Use a Visual Method

3 Steps: Step 2

• Review Your Notes–Organize them–Highlight–Write Down Questions

3 Steps: Step 3

• Who – People• What - Definitions• When – Dates• Where – Places• Why and How – Theories, Arguments, Illustrations

• Any and all of the 5 Ws is what you should write down.

Five Ws and H

• Keep your notes organized• Don’t take notes on random pieces of paper• Leave lots of white space• Don’t write down everything you see or hear• Ask questions

Tips

• Preview – skim the text

• Read – Thoroughly– Pause and check for understanding

• Review – look over you highlights– make notes– answer questions at the end of the chapter

Reading for Class

Header: Date, Class, Topic

In this section write down key words, and main ideas

• These should be short, not detailed

• You can look over this list to check for understanding, or knowledge

In this section take all of your class notes

• Leave white space and write neatly

• You don’t have to write every word, just what you think is important

In this section write a summary of the main ideas of that chapter or lecture

Cornell Method of Note Taking

Outlining

Note Taking 4 Methods of Note Taking

• Outlining• Mapping• Charting• Cornell

MappingExtrasensory perceptions

3 Types

Telepathy Clairvoyance PsychokineticSending forecasting Perceiving eventsmessages the Future external to

situation

Period Important People Events Significance1941-45 FDR WWII USA involvement

Charting

Other Methods of Note Taking

• Do you use a computer or not?– Personal preference

• Typing uses a different part of the brain• Reviewing your notes is even more critical• Type an outline as you read and fill it in during lecture• Don’t organize as you go, save this until after class• Take paper to class just in case• Ask yourself is my computer a distraction?• Download PowerPoints before getting to class

Note Taking in the Digital Age

• There are many apps• Test out different apps• Some are free, some are not• Find one you like• Many will sync from your phone to your

computer.• Not sure where to start Try EverNote

Digital Note Taking Tools