Note Taking by Hand Update December 2016

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Picture from VSTE Notes December 2016

Things I like

  • I like the business card boxes.  The one of the right that has “List From sight words fun” I was going to print out a list from the website.  I never got it done.  The one on the left is a sketch of one of presentation slides.
  • I like that it is on paper.  I agree with the work by Princeton faculty Mueller and Oppenheimer.  I feel my processing is better on paper.  When I note take digitally I don’t process the information like when I have to write it down.
  • I love the pictures.
  • Using more space.  When I first started I tried to make everything as tight in as possible, to take up the least amount of space.  I don’t want to write for the purpose of taking up space, but more processing on paper should be better than less.

 

Things to think about

  • No color.  I’ve been using the Pilot G-2 Pens (.5 and .38 widths).  I do have Black, Blue, Red, and Green, but I tend to only pick up one color and go from there.  I also need a process for WHY to use color.  I’ll maybe experiment and go from there.  Or maybe some highlight colors with pencils.
  • I wonder if there is some way to add in a mind-map.
  • I know I don’t always go back and revisit those questions and todo lists. Should I?  Do I need to build in a time to go back and look at my notes. For the VSTE notes I’ve spent a while reviewing notes to figure out what I should talk to teams about.  For my every day notes, I don’t review as much.

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