Web-enhanced Listening & Viewing Strategies Blog Post

I found the various note taking approaches to be very useful   I know that I have personally used most oft hem in some shape or form throughout my college career.  I think that note taking with PowerPoint can be very useful in classes when the the professors give very detailed notes.  I also think that it is easier to take notes that are typed because it is easier to read them and I also know personally that I can type much faster than I can write by hand.  When I am not able to bring a copy of the power point to class that I usually try to take written notes that hit on all of the main points that were discussed.

I believe that the Cornell method is very useful because it is logical.  It focuses in on thing that will spark your memory, provide examples, quiz yourself, and summarizes.  I try to do this in all of my notes because it is the best way to make sure that I truly  understand a topic.  I also try to highlight all key terms and define any term that i do not understand at first.

I plan on incorporating some of the technological resources that this course has introduced me to into my note taking.  I think that a mind map could be very helpful in some of my economic classes because a lot of the tool used to understand some of the most complex concepts are graphics.  I also it would be a nice alternative to my traditional notes and perhaps enhance my study sessions.

I personally enjoy listening to podcast.  They are very useful in researching topics and getting a different type of source of information other than the traditional textbooks.  I personally enjoy Ted Talks because they are very inspirational and show how people can think out of the box.

I have taken many course with online lecture components.  I think these are a very effective way of teaching because you can repeat things as many times as you feel necessary which makes note taking easier.  However, I still do personally prefer in person learning.