Masterpost

04.15.2015 || 1825H

Done with 1st 2 pages. 😅 I’m so slow! 🐌🐢

04:10 PM // Hello! I made these mind maps a few days ago. I’m really proud of them considering I never made one before.

Organising a Notebook:

I was looking at methods of keeping notebooks organised and I came across a really interesting blog post (source) that I want to share with you all. All of the pictures in this post come directly from the original blog post.

Make your entry into your notebook. In the example photographs, they have recorded a Chinese recipe.

Go to the back of the notebook and add a tag or title, e.g. “Chinese” on the left edge of the page.

Go back to the first page where the entry was, and on the same line number as you wrote “Chinese” make a black mark on the edge. You make this mark so that even when the notebook is closed, the mark is visible. After repeating this for various recipes, you now have various tags visible on the notebooks edge.

If you ever wanted to find a Chinese recipe, you simply look at the index, locate the label, and look along the visible edge which has been tagged as Chinese. Then just flick to each marked page.

You’re not limited to one tag per page. You could tag a page 2 or 3 times. So if you jot down a chicken stir fry you could tag it as “Chicken” and “Chinese”.

Hi I’m really indecisive and I’m trying to create an effective note making system for this year. Do you have any tips on how you take notes or use colours, post it notes or anything else? I'm hoping to do maths, science or language subjects if that makes a difference. Thank you! x

Hello!

Personally during high school I kept two notebooks per subject. In general, I used one of them (notebook A) to take notes during lessons, and the other (notebook B) to rewrite them at home adding information from textbooks and making sure I understood everything. 

For maths I followed the lessons on my book and did most of the notes at home. I kept a notebook to write the theorems and explanations I had to study, and an other one to do all the exercises and problems.

For science I had lessons very full of information, so on one notebook (A) I would write really fast everything I could, and on the other (B) I would rewrite everything checking the textbook. When I saw the teacher was following my textbook pretty closely, I just underlined the parts she explained during the lesson and added the extra information she gave in the margins. Then I would write the notes assembling the underlined parts and the margin notes in a notebook (B). If there were any graphs I had to write, I would do that in a different color.

For language subject I’m n to sure what you mean… But if it’s literature, I took notes during lessons on sheets of paper and combined them at home with the information on the textbook in a notebook. If it’s a foreign language, I personally studied latin, and I had a notebook for grammar and one for exercise.

I used highlighters in my textbooks, and even though I didn’t exactly color-code, I did use different colors to underline concepts of different importance. For example, I would use a more visible color such as a green/blue/pink for the most important concepts, and a more subtle one, like yellow, for less important (but still important) things. If there were textbooks that I did not want to ruin, I underlined with a pencil and a ruler, using a double line or a zigzag line for more important things.

In my notes I use colors to write important words or concepts. It doesn’t really matter to me which color I use, but to keep my notes very clean I tend to use black and blue. I use a lot of colors when I condense a lot of information in a small amount of place, like on one sheet of paper. In that case I use different colors for different topics. For example if I want to condense information about macromolecules, I would use a color for carbohydrates, a color for proteins, a color for fats etc.

I only use post-its in my textbooks to find easily where certain topics are, but I don’t really use them in note taking.

I hope I was helpful!

How I write outlines/take notes, for those of you that were asking :)

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How to effectively take notes

VIDEOS: 

How to take colour coded notes (starts at 0:58) How to take notes and study tips  (really like this video, and contains printables) How to effectively take notes in class Advanced Cornell Notes  Taking notes in college & backpack essentials  Study tips (starts at 1:58 ) Taking notes and studying Creating a study guide and printing notes (really helpful for how to print and organize notes) Taking class notes and studying for tests Outlining your textbook  (starts at 0:30)

APPS:

Evernote: Clip web pages (good for research), and take notes. Dropbox: good for keeping documents, photo and videos in one place. Khan Academy: videosfrom maths and science to humanities. Digg: Daily news. CliffsNotes: study for tests, create quizzes, read summaries, good for english/humanities. Studious: a reminder for when homework and tests are due. Pocket: researching tool. EasyBib: Scan the barcode of the book and it creates a citation.  iFormulas: formulas, rations, theorems. iTunes U: provides educational content for free.Also provides access to courses, and learn about different courses. 

OTHER:

Effective note taking via University of Reading (contains printable guide) How to take notes at university via The Guardian  Taking lecture and class notes via Dartmouth College (contains lots of resources too) Taking effective notes via howtostudy Taking notes via Harvard (pdf file - really useful and I recommend that you print this out and use it for reference) Creating a study guide via Utah State University (pdf file)

some notes from last exam

Ig: cllalagram

yay, my first masterpost !! it’s all about playlists i love to listen to while i study !! i hope you get some use out of it !!

instrumental

focus and study

what do u mean u dont like classical?

focus.

sit down + revise

classing it up

classical.

the universe’s background score

gaming, movies, tv, and anime

DETERMINATION

video game ost

running

PAUSE:

puella magi

sinnoh, pt. 1

animal crossing new leaf

study your little heart out

empowering

bad grls do it well

the female mastermind

CAPRICORN 

she’s a rebel

werkin girls

magical girls represent

eyeliner so sharp it’ll slit your throat

good vibes

a hopeful new year

indie love

i’m good, i’m good, i’m good

goodmorning!!!!

flour(s) in your hair

i wanna get better!!!!

the kids aren’t alright;

and that’s it !! thank you for reading and once again, i hope you get something from it !!

hey guys, this is a masterpost requested by loveathenaa about notes and studying basically!!!

notes

taking notes from a textbook

an alternative to flashcards

pretty notes!!!!

AMAZING mind maps!!

how 2 make banners

creating better flashcards

my fav online flashcard website [there’s also an app for ur phone]

note taking methods

illustrated study methods!!!!

some more

more note taking stuff bc i just can’t get enough B-)

printables!!!!

how 2 take lecture notes

annotating!!!

studying

get motivated!!!

relax whilst studying

study playlists by me!!!!

reasons to study

my fav focusing app

how 2 study

memorisation and things

101 study tips!!!

studying biology

when ur having a bad day

productive study breaks

self-study resources

khan academy + on youtube

physics

japanese

other languages <3

more and more languages yaaas

crash course videos!!!

math help

masterpost!!!

mythology!!!!

check out 3 minute philosophy

the school of life which is my fav ever!!!!

sparknotes which is another fave

gradesaver

bbc bitesize

hope this helps u guys out a bit also if u need anything or want to request a masterpost, please message me!!! -helena xx