Sketching for the Diligent Notetaker

Sketch note taking was certainly a new concept for me. I’ve always been drawn to writing — my high school electives always consisted of creative writing courses and I even volunteered as a note taker throughout college. My note taking process in college involved dictating lectures verbatim, then later refining/organizing my work to convey the highlights.

Sketch note taking requires an entirely different approach. This method forces you to process the subject matter in real time, in order to develop meaningful sketches to represent the concepts.

This experience certainly made me engage more with the narrative. It required me to really think about the concepts being discussed, and how to express it in a meaningful way that will be easily understood later.

Overall, this exercise was useful and even eye opening. Sketching my thoughts forced me to really engage with the lecture and grasp what was being said. Additionally, recalling information by reviewing my sketch notes would be a much easier than reading through a page of notes. I believe with some practice, this method will be a very useful tool to optimize efficiency.

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