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Office Lens: a OneNote scanner for your pocket

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Learn how to use Office Lens, a Windows Phone App, that is like having a OneNote scanner in your pocket. Learn more at: www.onenote.com\apps

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Back to school with OneNote (Office 15-Minute Webinar)

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Going to college this fall? Start off on the right foot with OneNote-the app for digital note taking, which works on any device. In this webinar, we'll teach students how to get up and running on OneNote. Plus, we'll show existing OneNote users some little known tips and tricks for taking notes fast.

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pay attention when taking notes (jacob w, we're all looking at you.)

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pay attention when taking notes (jacob w, we're all looking at you.)

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Don't always rely on someones notes,you may not understand it

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Don't always rely on someones notes,you may not understand it

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Be prepared: activate your schema•Don’t try to record everything•Work in pairs to share tasks•Develop a system of short hand•Listen for cues for important points•Ask the Instructor to slow down!•Try out different strategies

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Be prepared: activate your schema•Don’t try to record everything•Work in pairs to share tasks•Develop a system of short hand•Listen for cues for important points•Ask the Instructor to slow down!•Try out different strategies

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Keep your Area clean (Lockers and hooks)

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Make notes

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Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well on all your schoolwork - everything from taking tests to researching a paper. Here are some tips on how to take good notes.

Write down key facts. If you have a teacher who writes notes on the board, that's a bonus: You can copy them down. If not, write down the most important points from class. Does your history teacher mention the date of a key Civil War battle? Does your English teacher give examples of Shakespeare's use of dramatic irony? Does your math teacher go over a particular formula? Write it down!

It can take time to learn how to listen for the main ideas and key facts, so keep trying and don't give up. Some teachers may mention lots of dates and facts in class, but only write the key ones on the board. Other teachers might not write anything down, but may repeat a certain date or piece of information. That's a clue that it's probably important. After a while, you'll get to know a teacher's style.

Don't overdo it. Don't go crazy taking notes, though: You'll be frantic if you try to write down every word that's said in class. And if you focus too much on getting your notes right, you might miss listening to what the teacher is saying. Some people actually learn better by listening, writing down a few key points, and then going over the material after class when they have more time.

Ask. Don't be afraid to ask the teacher to repeat something you miss. If the teacher's going too fast, chances are your classmates will also be relieved to hear the information again. If you don't want to ask in class, see your teacher afterwards. It's much easier than wondering if you got the notes right as you study.

Compare. Keep your notes handy when you're doing your reading assignments. Compare what you wrote with what the readings say - you can add to your notes as you read.

Going over your notes with a friend and comparing what the two of you put down can help reinforce what you're learning. It also can help you remember information when it's time for the test. And going over your notes will alert you and your friend to any errors.

Copy. If you've scribbled down notes in a hurry, you might not be able to read them when it comes time to prepare for a test. Look over your notes when you get home, and recopy them if you need to. Copying them also helps you learn and remember what you wrote.

Organize. Keep notes for each subject in one place so you can find everything easily when it comes time for a test. This could mean keeping a notebook or section of a notebook for each subject as you take notes in class.

Some people combine the copying technique with organization by using just one notebook for class notes and then copying these notes into a notebook for each subject when they get back home. The trick to making this technique work is to be sure you actually do it regularly. If you don't, your notes will be all over the place and things will get totally crazed when it's time to study for the test.

Good note-taking takes time. But the time you spend writing and reviewing notes pays off. Taking time to recopy your notes each evening saves time later when it comes to studying for the actual test.

Note-taking gives your mind a chance to absorb the material it needs to learn. Not only can this help you to do better on a test, it's also a great confidence booster when you're studying and find yourself saying, "Hey, I remember that!"

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Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well on all your schoolwork - everything from taking tests to researching a paper. Here are some tips on how to take good notes. Write down key facts. If you have a teacher who writes notes on the board, that's a bonus: You can copy them down.

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While we might associate note-taking with school, it's something most of us continue doing for the bulk of our lives. If your techniques are feeling a bit crowded recently, it's time to get back to the basics and reboot your notes. Here are a few of the best practices.

Taking notes serves one simple purpose: to help you remember information. That's really it, but with so many different methods of note-taking out there it's good to find what works for you on different projects. So, if you're a little lost for a place to start or you just want to reboot your technique, it might be time to get back to the basics to find a system that works for you.

Take Solid Notes by Keeping Them Simple

Organization is key with notes, and the more organized you are the better the chances you'll actually remember that information. The basic idea of notes is to keep them short, but have enough triggers in the keywords to jumpstart your memory when you look at them again:

Stick to keywords and very short sentences.

Write out your notes in your own words (not verbatim from a teacher or colleague). One exception to this is when you hear a good turn of phrase that helps you remember the the note, or if you're writing out a direct quote.

Adjust the note-taking style to fit both your needs and the speakers.

Really, you only want to write down what matters. Notes are tricky, because you want to keep things simple, and get down only the amount of information needed to help you recall it later. If you're not already using one, a text expander can also make the process of typing out notes a lot quicker by letting you instantly type our forms, bibliography info, and more.

You can also create a system of symbols to organize information quickly. This includes using something like an asterisk to denote an important task or a question mark to denote an item you want to research later. The idea is to make your notes easy to scan through to find the parts you need to pay more attention to.

Once you actually take the notes, you need a system to find what you're looking for. Writer Tim Ferriss recommends coming up with an indexing system so you can quickly find what you're looking for. This could mean hand-numbering pages, and writing out an index at the beginning of a notebook to quickly find notes.

He talks about doing this with paper, but digital note taking services like Evernote are great for this as well when you use tags. For simplicity's sake, we also like Simplenote as a plain text method that also supports tags. Just make sure you always tag your notes with relevant information like the class, meeting, project, or chapter.

Find a Note Taking System that Works for You

You have a lot of options for different note-taking methods, but none of them are perfect for everyone. Depending on the circumstance and the type of person you are, you'll have better luck with certain methods. So, it's best to try a few.

One summary of studies from the WAC Journal points out that structuring notes in a hierarchy (much like an outline) is the most beneficial to students. Since notes in a hierarchy are basically just an outline, you can use pretty much any piece of writing software out there to keep it all organized. This style keeps things organized, but it's not always useful in the real world where teachers and colleagues jump around on the topics they're covering.

That's where non-linear notes, including methods like mind-mapping, the Cornell System, or Smart Wisdom come in useful. Each of these types of notes are useful for certain people. The Cornell System (seen to the left), which uses a grid, is well-loved and easy to use for lectures, and while it's usually associated with brainstorming, mind mapping is great for taking notes during meetings (seen above). It's time-consuming, but worthwhile to play around with different methods to see what works best for you.

A lot of these non-linear note-taking methods work great both on paper and digitally. You can print out a set of guidelines for s omething like the Cornell System, or gr ab a template to use on your computer. For mind-mapping, you have a ton of options for digital notes.

Don't Waste Your Time with Outdated Techniques

It has long been recommended that rereading your notes, highlighting them, underlining them, or even summarizing them can help you retain information. The problem, as shown in a report by Association of Psychological Science, is that most of those methods aren't worth the time. In fact, as Time reports, they're mostly ineffective:

Highlighting and underlining led the authors' list of ineffective learning strategies. Although they are common practices, studies show they offer no benefit beyond simply reading the text. Some research even indicates that highlighting can get in the way of learning; because it draws attention to individual facts, it may hamper the process of making connections and drawing inferences. Nearly as bad is the practice of rereading, a common exercise that is much less effective than some of the better techniques you can use. Lastly, summarizing, or writing down the main points contained in a text, can be helpful for those who are skilled at it, but again, there are far better ways to spend your study time. Highlighting, underlining, rereading and summarizing were all rated by the authors as being of "low utility."

Better methods include taking breaks and spreading out your studying (known as distributed practice), and taking practice tests (which isn't really applicable outside of school). If you're not a student, then you can probably skip the reading aloud and highlighting tricks you picked up in your youth. Just keep your notes organized so you can quickly find them when you need to reference them.

Photos by Korean Resource Center, Tim Regan, and Valerie Everett.

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Back to Basics: Perfect Your Note-Taking Techniques

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While we might associate note-taking with school, it's something most of us continue doing for the bulk of our lives. If your techniques are feeling a bit crowded recently, it's time to get back to the basics and reboot your notes. Here are a few of the best practices.

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Ask a friend to borrow notes if you missed something in class

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Ask a friend to borrow notes if you missed something in class

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Use the Office Lens if you need to take a picture of a whiteboard needs a WP

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Microsoft OneNote | The digital note-taking app for your devices

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