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that College Kid: Note taking really isn’t that bad (Pingback) Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
[] over at study hacks wrote a blog post on how to take notes for power point slides, which got me thinking about my note-taking strategies. i’m a great note taker, always have []
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Timothe Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Wait! What about the good’ol’fashioned pen? you know, with ink and stuff.
Because writing clearly allow you to anchor (i’m not quite sure of the word in english) ideas its a basis of psychomotricity, and there are a lot of other applications it’s obviously better to write down stuff (even if it is in the margin of the printed slides) on your own, not on a computer. trust me.
Even if i have a deep relationship with my laptop, he never ever shown up in any conference, seminar, or lecture i’ve been invited to (well maybe one or twice, but it was only because i was the speaker).
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Study Hacks Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Alas, i must disagree. as readers of straight-a know, i’m a big proponent of taking notes on your laptop. there are three reasons:
(1) you type much faster than you can write
(2) you type neater than you can write
(3) it is much easier to deal with computer files when it comes time to reorganize and print This information into study guides
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Ilham Hafizovic Says:
November 26th, 2007 at 12:51 am
I agree as well with cal’s points on why taking notes on laptop is better. personally it is much easier to follow along with the professor since i personally can type faster than i can write, and i can always organize them better (even during class, This really saves up a lot of time later on! ! ! ) than i can while writing it down.
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Techgirl Says:
November 30th, 2007 at 3:19 am
Unfortunately, i have profs who won’t allow laptops in class. drives me nutsy, as i type much faster than i write longhand, and my handwriting is typically illegible.
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Study Hacks Says:
November 30th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Techgirl,
Laptop bans are increasingly common. it’s our own damn fault, because of all the web-surfing we do! there have been classes where i’ve actually type up my notes at the end of each week to simplify studying later. it really helped. but it was hard to consistently motivate myself to do.
- cal
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piege Says:
December 6th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
I just read This post and i think it’s a great idea. however, most of my teacher send us slides in pdf format. so doing This is pretty much complicated.
Maybe adobe could do it but i’m on linux. if anyone here finds a lightweight open-source program to do What is said on This blog please tell me !
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December 6th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
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Megen Says:
December 7th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
I don’t do This because i can’t find any way to print just the notes from the slides. printing the slides with notes prints an entire page per slide, and many of my lectures have 60+ slides per lecture…it would waste a tone of paper. i have a mac. anyone know how to consolidate with notes? right now i print out the slides three per page with the lines next to them and take notes longhand, but if i could type in that area it would vastly improve my life!
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Study Hacks Says:
December 7th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Megen:
Great question. i don’t know the answer, but would be really interested to hear if someone did. for some lectures with many notes i used to just cull out the non-essential before printing.
- cal
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Vincent Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:32 am
This is a response to cal and megan. i use Microsoft onenote to take notes (for those who aren’t familiar with This superb note-taking program, check out http://office. Microsoft. Com/en-us/onenote/default. aspx). in any program that allows you to print, like powerpoint, select the printer name “send to onenote 2007. ” your slides will pop up in onenote and you can send them to anywhere in onenote. you can conveniently take notes right by the slides and change the slide size so you don’t kill your printer. for example, you can have 5 slides in a column with your notes typed on the side. use page setup to make sure your content prints within 8. 5 by 11 inches.
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Vincent Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 am
This comment doesn’t relate to the topic at hand, cal. but could you write an entry about how you would handle professors with foreign accents? and i mean professors whose accents are about impossible to understand — like you look at your notes and they don’t make sense. and after seeking professors who teach the same class, but who have foreign accents as well, What would you do?
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Study Hacks Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:11 pm
@vincent
Thanks for the tip on onenote. for students who have the software, sounds like a good way to deal with power point.
In terms of the foreign accent issue — which i’m lucky to have faced only once, surprisingly enough, taking cs courses at three different universities — i think emphasis needs to be turned to the recitation sections, which become like your main lecture. i’ll think about if i have enough advice here for a full post. thanks for the idea!
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Stefan Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 3:57 am
Hey cal, bought your book, read parts of it (short on time before semester), and really enjoyed it. quick question though,i am taking a business course and the prof prints out the powerpoint slides for us, with no room to write notes (except small margins). however, she also does put them online, but i am in no way able to obtain a laptop to take notes during class.
What is my best option?
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Study Hacks Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
@stefan:
You might try printing the files in advance using the notes page view as described above. because you haven’t taken notes yet, This should just leave a blank half page under each slide. you can then take notes in This space (and on the back) during the lecture.
Another approach is to use some special notation in your notebook to indicate What slide number in the presentation you are taking notes on. (i. e. , “p9″ for slide number 9). i used to do something similar back before the era of laptops dawned upon us.
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Shannon Says:
February 28th, 2008 at 5:14 am
The way i’ve dealt with just printing notes from slideshows (using office 2007) is to go to the orange button in your top left hand side (idk What they call that thing? ) and go to publish>create handouts in Microsoft word>notes next to slide. it will send everything to word. then i delete the columns containing the slide pictures and slide number and clean up What’s left. it’s a pain… but when it saves you precious printer ink, paper, and time… it’s worth it!
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taking case notes with a word processor (Pingback) Says:
June 20th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
[] as usual. … i use Microsoft onenote to take notes for those who aren’t familiar with This …http://www. Calnewport. Com/blog/? P=194study hacks &187 blog archive &187 monday master class: how to take …in This case, take notes in a []
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DottyWine Says:
September 26th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
My classes are basically math classes (i’m too lazy to explain it all again) so i guess i have to study with a laptop and a notebook open.
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dave Says:
March 20th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Old school technique for anyone who can’t use a laptop: from the syllabus you know What chapters are being covered. bring the book(s). if the book allows write your notes in the margin or write in a notebook. if writing in a notebook make sure to note the textbook page the lecture is clarifying or adding to. when you get your powerpoint information, add your notes from class then. remember, your notes should be short hand and need only help to spark your memory for when you fill in the details around the powerpoint notes. for anyone with bad handwriting – practice and improve.
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QmartRage Says:
May 5th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
This is What i do at medschool, where everything is powerpoint… one thing that you can do to slim down the amount of paper that you use is to use the “layout” feature when ur printing to put multiple notes pages on a single printed page; also, you can remove the slide all together when in the “master notes” mode of powerpoint
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Jon Lew Says:
September 28th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
I find it hard to stay awake in classes, even when i’m taking notes. This often occurs in lectures with lecturers with foreign accents (large number of these), or lecturers who give very disorganized lectures. thankfully, my lectures are often webcasted. Interestingly, i can actually stay awake when i listen to these at my own pleasure. any recommendations? (i’m a cs major too)
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C Says:
January 7th, 2011 at 11:06 pm
How about when professors post power point slides in pdf form? such that you can only open them as pdf’s. typically, students print the slides out, 4 per page, and then fill in extra information during class. the professors who do This also don’t post complete slides, with information blanks on the actual slides.
Any ideas?
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Ron Says:
January 18th, 2011 at 5:14 am
For professors who post powerpoint slides in pdf form, try out “okular. ” it’s a free universal document viewer that works on multiple platforms. when you open a pdf file, press f6 or go to tools->review a small panel should pop up. at the very top of This panel, when you hover your mouse over it, is called note[1]. click it and it should say “text annotation” at the top, now click anywhere on the pdf file to add a tiny icon. double-click This and type in Whatever you want.
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Nicole Says:
May 24th, 2011 at 1:22 am
I usually print the slides and use the morse code method…of course, i also rarely take notes.
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