Sunday, October 16, 2011
Plug In Notes
This weeks learning strategies had to do with note taking. This is an area I am not so good in but the plug in notes really made me take efficient notes. I decided to use this for my two lecture courses, SOC 101 and IST 195. I am a visual learner so making sure my notes have an aesthetically pleasing presence is important. When using the plug in notes, I filled the blank spaces in with important information of the previous topic. When plugging in I got to use different types of ways to elaborate the information. I used a chart comparing different types of USB plugs for my IST class. When I made this chart I got a chance to transform my regular boring notes, to a way that I can better understand and learn. This gave me a chance to evaluate all of the plug ins, which contained the most important information. In my SOC 101 class I got to fill in the plug ins with a venn diagram. This was perfect for me. I am a visual learner so making these charts and diagrams made it easy for me to understand the information better as well as make up questions easier. After class I got to make the Q and A table. This is always a great source to study from when studying for an exam. This is a way to put all of the most important information from that lecture, and create possible test questions and see where you need improvement. I found out that I need to study the Input section more than the Output section in my IST 195 class. This was useful information because I studied input more than output to spread my knowledge throughout all of the material. This is a great strategy to use during class, after class, and while studying. It gave me an opportunity to directly transform the most important information from the lectures and turn them into valuable questions. This was really beneficial when studying for the exams in these classes. I am definitely looking forward to how I do on my SOC 101 class on Monday. This note taking strategy was hugely beneficial to my learning, and my studying, especially in my lecture classes.
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It seems like this works for you and has great potential for you. Continue using this for your courses and if necessary adjust them to better your studying and I would like to see how it benefits you come your round of exams.
ReplyDeleteLooks like this strategy was very effective for you also. It is great that this strategy helped all of us out. I hope you not just use this strategy in this class but use it for everything. I like how you adapted and creatively used different colors, fonts, and sizes for your important terms.
ReplyDeleteI like your use of colors to help distinguish between the specifics. As a suggestion, I think you should include a picture of what you did. Outside of that, I think the venn diagram plug in was a fairly creative way of adapting the strategy to your visual needs. I am also a visual learner, and I too look for strategies or adaptations that fit my needs. Keep up the good work.
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