Understanding+Lectures

Preparation (pre-lecture)
1. Before class, try and anticipate what may be presented by your professor during the lecture:
 * Look at the syllabus
 * Reflect what has been presented in class thus far
 * Quickly review your notes from last lecture
 * All three of the above things can be done quickly and easily if all information is stored in one place, such as Evernote
 * Skim through the readings that are assigned for the lecture topic
 * Chapter **headings ** and subheadings
 * Introductory chapter **index **
 * Conclusion or **<span style="color: #89cf4b; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 13pt; text-align: center;">summary ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">section at end of the chapter
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Discussion **<span style="color: #89cf4b; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 13pt; text-align: center;">questions ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">at end of chapter

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Sourced from Stanford University's Center for Teaching and Learning)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Practice (during lecture)
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0056d6; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">Experiment <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">with using one of the following note-taking templates during your next lecture class:


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|The Cornell Method] - A tried and true format for effective note-taking
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[[file:evernoteaturi/cornell_note_taking.doc|The Cornell Method]] - A slightly different format, but same general ideas as contained in above link
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Question-Evidence-Conclusion Structure] - See bottom of page 6 for explanation of this strategy

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Process (post-lecture)
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. Within 24 to 48 hours after taking your lecture notes, go back to them and review by using at least one of the following methods:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0096ff; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">Summarize key concepts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Using the Cornell Method as a guide, review your notes and summarize the major ideas and concepts covered at the end of your notes
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Your summary can be be done in written form or by making a concept/mind map.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #89cf4b; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; text-align: left;">Compare notes
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Find a friend or peer in your class and set up a time to meet and compare your lecture notes
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Or create a shared notebook on Evernote
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Take the time to notice the content of their notes
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Differences in content
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Differences in notetaking strategy (structure, abbreviations, etc)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Write down your observations (an organized, bulleted format is fine). Write a brief, two- to three-sentence reflection about how this exercise helped you think about your approach to note-taking.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0096ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">Elaborate and Expand:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Are you having difficulty understanding a particular concept? Are you curious about an idea that was discussed in class? Find out more by taking advantage of the wealth of knowledge available via the Internet! There are a wealth of useful and relevant resources that you can access just by doing a Google or other browser search. Yes, you want to make sure the information is valid. Pay attention to the publishing individual, organization, or institution; if there is no reputable author attached to a source that you really like, do more searches until you come up with multiple sources that help to verify the content.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Find at least one source online that provides clarification and/or more information on the concept you wish to know more about.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use your Webclipper to clip this source into a new note; you can also insert the link into a new note - see Tutorial 5 Capturing information for instructions.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Within this new note (in which you've webclipped your source or pasted the web link), write two to three sentences summarizing the ideas that you find relevant (i.e. that helped to clarify your thinking or enhanced or expanded on the original ideas).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Send this new note (via Evernote) to your instructor.