Note Taking

In this blog i will be writing about note taking giving hints and tips on how to take notes.

You can take notes for a lot of different sources such as textbooks, films, TV and many other sources however the notes you take must be relevant to the piece of work that you are working on.

Notes can be taken on many different ways such as Notepad + Pen, iPad, Mobile Phone or any other device that you are able to take notes with.

Make sure you always take more notes then you need, this means you will have more notes to work with when it comes to doing

Don't write town every word of your lecture, or copy long parts of text from books, a point of note taking is that you take digestive chunks.

When taking notes from any source, keep in mind that you are attempting to make a compressed and accurate record of information, other people's opinions and possibly your own observations on the subject in  question.

Some people take so many notes that they don't know which to use when it's time to do the writing. they feel that they are drowning in a sea of information.

This problem is usually caused by two common weaknesses in note-taking technique:

Transcribing too much of the original
Being unselective in the choice of topics.

There are two possible solution to this problem:

Select only those few words of the source material which will be of use. Avoid being descriptive. Think more, and write less. Be rigorously selective.

Keep the project topic or the essay question more clearly in mind. Take notes only on those issues which are directly relevant to the subject in question.

Time Management

Okay, I've not managed to get much research done for this task, since my Internet has been cut off temporarily. I didn't manage to get anything done in-between lessons since I was working on other things. Ironically if I had managed my time better, I would have got some research done.

Anyway here is what I have managed to come up with.

Okay this is my first slide, introducing what the powerpoint is about.

 

Okay, this is what my presentation will consist off. I will the explain the way I structure my time, I will also explain how to avoid wasting too much time. I will then explain what to do to pass your year and achieve the best grade available to you

 

Okay I’m not the best at structuring my time however, I found that if you create a timetable for your study days you are able to concentrate more and procrastinate less. I have also found taking regular breaks from studying helps a lot, studies have shown that after 20 minutes of working you stop concentrating.

I’ve also found that working in-between breaks helps a lot, I have found that I work better in uni there is a lot less distractions around me, which allows me to update my blog, and do any other additional work that is needed.

Studying from home on a study day is what they are for, I know it is hard to concentrate at home – but if you set even a hour a day away for study that will allow you to keep your brain refreshed.

Create a Gnatt chart, this chart will allow you structure your time well and efficiently, a Gnatt chart will allow you to structure weeks.

 

Okay, last year I failed my year which has been the biggest waste of money ever.

Although I did learn a few things from this first thing being is;

Set aside time to do your assignments, often enough assignments just get pushed to the back of your mind until the day before they are due, however you may be able to fluke them you won’t get the best grade available to you.

Set personal targets for yourself, say if you aren't very good at a certain module set yourself a mini project, so that you can work at being better at the module you struggle at.

 

 

These are my slides and notes for my slides. Sorry they arent too detailed I tried my best with them, however due to not have any internet access at home at this current point in time.