<p>Hey so how do all of you take notes? Do you use the trusty, conventional pen and paper method or do you utilize computers? I personally prefer using Microsoft OneNote on my computer because I have horrible handwriting. For college though, Im thinking about getting an iPad and downloading a note taking app.</p>
<p>Never took notes in high school. But I always paid full attention in class.
I feel like typing is easier for notetaking anyways (unless it’s a math or chemistry course, or anything else that requires drawing), as writing is just too slow for me to catch up on professors’ lectures.</p>
<p>My school requires all students to do [C-Notes](<a href=“The Learning Toolbox - Cornell Notes”>http://coe.jmu.edu/LearningToolbox/cornellnotes.html</a>). They actually really help once you get into them.</p>
<p>I always take vague notes on everything. I just make sure I write down everything important… I write down questions I have as well. When I get home I make the notes more detailed and find answers to all of the questions I’ve written down.</p>
<p>what are some good note taking software for comps? i’ve been using word, but it seems you people have some advanced stuff haha…are there any good enough to realistically do math / science note taking on a comp?</p>
<p>The best note taking techniques will be those that help you to study later. That one note is such an awesome program to use. It makes keeping your info organized so easy. The problem is though if you can type fast enough to keep up. Bad handwriting is an issue but missing stuff because you can’t keep up is not good either. Missing things to to occasional technical difficulties, battery dying, is also bad.</p>
<p>Some people need some visual aids to take the notes and turn them into study guides later. The plain old pen and paper method can be turned into something a little more dynamic. If you have a notebook and a selection of gel pens or some other colored ink pens, it will help incredibly to keep the fast notes that you take down organized.</p>
<p>That is one of the nice things about using pen and paper. You can write how you want to. Instead of just going line by line, you can make color boxes for a certain type of info or circle some things in another color. The difference with the color and shape will help you to remember what you thought was crucial while taking the notes so that you can then transfer everything to one note later. The act of transcribing the notes from paper to computer is a great study plan all by itself.</p>
<p>I like to go with with the visual auditory mnemonic memorization technique with spacial orientation. :)</p>
<p>I used to do Cornell notes, but I always hated doing the ones of the left, the soft notes I think. Now I just write down the main points using bullet points, hi fens, and lots of spacing to write my notes. I use my own abbreviations so it doesn’t look condensed and chaotic. </p>
<p>I prefer typing up notes, but we can’t bring laptops into our high school. Paper and pencil/pen works just fine.</p>
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<p>I have an eidetic tonal memory, so I don’t really need to take notes, but I’ve found that paraphrasing rather than copying word for word really helps get that extra comprehension level because you’re not just writing something down, you’re understanding it, thinking about it, and then putting it in your own words.</p>
<p>Does anyone have a good note-taking technique for math and science though? I’ve got my humanities notes down solidly. Math and science are a struggle.</p>
<p>^Copy down ideas instead of memorizing the formulas? </p>
<p>My classes teach through discussion, so I never really take notes unless the professor tries to guide our discussion or provides specific info that he/she wants us to jot down. I like to color-code my notes so I can associate ideas and terms together…and also because I like colorful things :)</p>
<p>Definitely color-coding from now on…thanks!</p>
<p>evernote ftw!!!</p>
<p>I’ve gotten good enough at LaTex that I use that formatting program for any notes I feel the need to take.</p>