Note+Taking

A few minutes helping students organise themselves at the beginning of the year can save time and frustration as the year progresses. Students need 2 basic skills to keep their digital materials in order: good folder organisation and smart naming conventions.
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Note-taking templates** Here are some templates that your students can use for note-taking. Giving students a structured template to work with can help them better organise their notes and thoughts during class.

Template for individual students

Template for class scribe You could also try the mind-mapping software, FreeMind.

> This site offers handouts and advice on taking notes in class, listening effectively, and using notes for exams and studying. > This site offers an introduction to five types of note-taking systems from the Cornell method to mapping and more. > This site has a particularly good list of "signal phrases" that students can be listening for when lecturers are moving from one topic to another. > Education World offers a number of different lessons for grades 3-12, as well as some additional information on plagiarism. Microsoft One Note is also a great way to create and store notes.
 * Note-taking advice from around the Web .**
 * [|Dartmouth College Academic Skills Center:Taking Lecture and Class Notes]
 * [|CalPoly Academic Skills Center: Note-taking Systems]
 * [|St. John's University: Lecture Note-taking]
 * [|Education World: Note-Taking Lessons]