For those who do not know how to take notes and/or do not find them useful!
(Provided by CalPac, Wednesday, September 19, 2012)
At California Pacific Charter Schools, most classes contain enotes embedded in their distance learning course. When it comes to needing resets, enotes are one of the first place teachers go to see what kind of notes a student took during the lessons. Cornell Notes are a great standard for taking notes effectively.
It is easy to get distracted while learning from a virtual setting. Sometimes students need a guide to help them get started in the note taking process. Some students do not think their notes help them. Some have a hard time taking notes from a lecture like the direct instruction videos found in our online school. Taking notes is generally the same whether in a traditional school or online. I suggest utilizing the following note taking strategies and tips to help the review process. I have included several links to different parts of a nice site that gives strategies and ideas about taking notes. I found the main site to be valuable for ALL students and teachers. I hope you like it and find it useful.
Cornell Notes:
http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/cornellnotes.html
Taking Notes from a taped lecture (most of the comments here apply to our virtual setting):
http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/pp123.html
Teacher who talks too fast (although some of this one does not pertain to a virtual class):
http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/iswam.html
The notes that I read don’t help me (can be useful with online content in the lessons):
http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/scrol.html
Since I am a math teacher, I found a site for using Cornell Notes for math:
http://www.aps.edu/aps/Taylor/math/mathnotes.html
Having a notebook in math or science classes along with enotes will add to better recall of the information. Most teachers allow notes for quizzes, tests, and final exams. Hopefully, you will find the virtual classroom more exciting with organized and useful notes.
-Yolanda Hedtke
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