Note-Taking ​
Word count
199 words
Reading time
2 minutes
Types ​
Digital ​
- More notes
- Easier to edit
- Less flexible
- Less recall
Outline style ​
A.k.a. bullet points
- Simple and clean
- Easy to write
- Inexpressive
Hand-drawn ​
- Less notes
- Harder to edit
- More flexible
- More recall
Flowchart ​
Shapes and arrows
- Flexible
Tips ​
- Before class:
- Do preparation as asked by the teacher
- Review the material
- During class:
- Be concentrated
- Rest well!!!
- Synthesize
- Do not record the lesson (not allowed)
- Be concentrated
- After class:
- Ask classmates, friends and teachers
- Review frequently (curve for forgetting)
Digital ​
- Use snippets
- Use buffers to temporarily store information, which is then extracted when complete
- Bullet points
- Annotate with italic, bold,
quote
, blockquote, callout - Prefer backlinks
- They show order of importance ("parent" nodes are bigger in the graph)
- More natural
- Evaluate importance of relation before linking
- Unnecessary links lead to an incomprehensible graph
Hand-drawn ​
- Use abbreviations and symbols
- Use colours
Flowchart ​
- Start with a central circle
- Use keywords with description