Chapter 7 Note taking

I want to start out by saying that I was never taught how to take proper notes. To be completely honest it was not until this school year that I learned about the different ways to take notes. I know for a fact my grades in college would have been a lot better if I would have been taught these ways sooner. I have never been a fan of note taking because I could never keep up with the teacher talking and would most likely never look at my notes again to study because they were a catastrophe.
While reading chapter seven I learned so many new things about note taking. They also explain how note taking and note making is different. With note taking you are writing from a lecture given and you can not go back for more information. With note making you are taking notes from a book or text and can later go back for more information by reading it again. This goes to show how important note taking is, you must get the right information and enough of it the first time, because most of the time you can not go back and get it again.
When I become a teacher I will organize my lectures in ways to make it possible to take notes. It is very important for teachers to understand how to present the material if they expect students to take notes. I feel that if they organize their material correctly and present at a reasonable pace, then every students could practice their great note taking skills. This chapter gives really great examples and suggestions for note taking in all of the major subject areas. I wish I had this chapter way back in High school!