Want to know how to take notes electronically? Frustrated because students can never find their notes or pictures they take of the board? There is a solution but we have to move past the (awesome) Cornell notetaking system and other systems we've used in the past into 21st century notetaking. I use a system that I share in Chapter 4: Reinventing Notetakingย of Reinventing Writing. Recently on SmartBrief I gave an overview ย of PREPS and how it works.
PREPS stands for Prepare, Record, Engage, Ponder, and Sync.
Here's the first part of the article on SmartBrief, you'll want to go to their SmartBlog and read the rest.
Students everywhere are taking pictures of the board. It is almost like a โget out of jail freeโ card when it comes to taking notes. Can they find them later? Do they ever look at them again? Do they review them for the test? Obviously, we need new note-taking systems to help students learn, recall and capture in this modern age.
In light of the unique nature of electronic note taking, Iโve developed a system that I share in my new book โReinventing Writingโย that I call PREPS. In my opinion, there are two contenders for best notebook service:ย Evernoteย andย One Note.Iโll mention them throughout this guide.
1. PREPARE
Set up
Prepare your notebook by setting up categories and notebooks. Plan ahead for a class or meeting by using a template inย Kustom Noteย for Evernote or use one of the templates included with One Note. If you need help organizing, watchย the Evernote Secret Weaponย videos…
Read more about PREPSย on my guest post onย SmartBriefย “5 steps forย electronic notetaking success”
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Vicki, I think this article is really significant. How best to take notes (pencil/paper versus digital) is a real interest of mine, and that interest extends from how best to to it from the classroom to the board room to phone calls to 1-on-1 meetings. With devices and software that mature continually, we need concrete “best practice” strategies. I would like to see you continue to write about implementing digital note-taking with your students.
As a user of Audio note, I find it useful, though with the odd flaw. I can record the detail and still take notes and add pictures. When I need to review I have the benefit of listening again to all that took place. One drawback is background noise can interfere with voice capture and so I usually try to sit at the front of lectures. I then transfer really important info to Evernote and save it as it is compatible for use with Microsoft.
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