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Featuring the Wacom Bamboo Slate.
Does anybody really like taking notes? Probably not. Because if you’re taking notes, then you’re in class. And does anybody really like to be in class? Either way, it does help with the whole graduating thing. So we all have to do it. Unfortunately, we don’t all do it well. If you’re that person, don’t worry! Here are 5 notetaking tips to help you get that A (BU deflation and all):
1) Ready, Set, Write
It’s really hard to take notes without a notebook. Shocking. Your world has been turned upside down. But in all seriousness, how many times have you spent the first ten minutes of class rumbling through your bag desperately searching for a pen? Or kicked yourself because you forgot your computer charger? Coming to class prepared will make your life so much easier. And let’s be honest, don’t we all need life to be a little easier?
2) Write, Not Type
Writing your notes, as opposed to typing them, has been shown to help with memory. Does that mean you’ll spend less time going over your flashcards in Mugar? Let’s just go with that…
3) Speaking Your Language
Create your own language! Not like Spanish or Klingon or anything like that. But creating a shorthanded that you can easily understand can be really helpful. By abbreviating here and there, you can spend more time listening to the professor and really understand what he/she is saying. Graphs and drawing can also help you remember what you’re learning, as long as they are relevant to the class. Aka minimize the doodling.
4) Don’t Loose Your Notes
Again, it may seem obvious. But where exactly are your lecture notes from the first week of school? Exactly. It can be really hard to keep all of your notes together for an entire semester. Especially, if you write them by hand. Getting organized and staying organized is essential to notetaking. With the Wacom Bamboo Slate, you can handwrite your notes on a notepad and have them transfered to iCloud. Aka lose proof. Win, win? Unless it’s Calculus, then we all loose.
5) Review Your Notes
The most important part of notetaking? Reviewing your notes. That’s why you took them in the first place. So if your notes are unorganized, illegible, scribbled nonsense that you can’t stand to look at, there’s a problem. And that final is going to be really hard!