By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If you regularly take notes in class, youâre far ahead of students who donât take notes in class. Even if youâre taking notes on a napkin, that puts you light years ahead of students who donât take notes at all. So, …
5 Tips for Taking Digital Notes
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If youâre looking for tips for taking digital notes, and youâre a student or a working professional, this blog post is for you. Note-taking is both an art and a science. In other words, the best note-taking systems incorporate a few …
How to Study Using Mind Mapping: A Study Method for Visual Learners
By Katie Azevedo M.Ed. In this blog post, I am going to teach you how to study using mind mapping. Mind mapping is a great strategy for brainstorming, taking notes, and studying. Itâs a particularly helpful study method for visual learners, or students who prefer …
How to Take Notes That Are Easy to Study From
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The entire point of taking notes is so that they become something useful to you. If youâre taking notes that are disorganized, unclear or incomplete, theyâre not useful, which is a waste of your time. In this blog post, I teach …
What to highlight when annotating novels
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. There seems to be endless confusion around annotation techniques. âWhat do I highlight?â is one of the most common skill-based questions Iâm asked, and so this blog post teaches you what to highlight when annotating novels. In a future blog post, …
How to choose school supplies based on your learning style
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Learning styles (or learning preferences) can influence the way we feel about and understand what weâre learning. I have many resources that teach tips for setting up your study space and using study methods based on your learning style. You can …
How to take notes from a video: 19 video note-taking tips
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post teaches you how to take notes from a video. There are various scenarios when youâll have to take notes from a video, especially for online classes. The following best practices apply to students in middle school, high school, college …
How to take notes from a textbook: 11 note-taking tips
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Before you learn how to take notes from a textbook, you need to make two key decisions. Where will you take your notes, and what note-taking format will you choose? I explain both decisions below. Where to take your textbook notes …
How to write a summary of a text: 6 tips for summarizing
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Knowing how to write a summary of a text is one of the most important skills for school and work. Itâs even important outside of school, like in everyday conversations with people (Hey, what was that movie about? Howâs that book …
10 lists every student should have
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. While the human brain is unfathomably amazing, itâs not meant to store large amounts of unconnected information. Thatâs why we have lists. Lists externally store non-urgent data for future reference. Using lists can reduce stress, increase the accessibility of information, help …