A quick introduction to taking notes (including sketch notes) and studying using the Cornell method.

1. Introduction to Cornell
Notes
Alison Innes

2. Why do we take notes?
What are Cornell Notes?
How can Cornell Notes help me?

5. 1. Set up your page
2. Take notes
3. Identify key ideas/questions
4. Write a summary
5. Review
5 Steps for Cornell Notes

6. But what do I write?

8. Note taking
• Organizes information in a way that makes sense to you
• Helps identify key ideas
• Shows relationships between main ideas
• Is a personal choice and requires experimentation

9. A-Z Learning Services
https://brocku.ca/learning-services
• Workshops https://experiencebu.brocku.ca/organization/learningservices/events
• Time management, seminar prep and participation, note taking, citations and quotations, exam prep, etc.

10. “The Cornell Note-Taking System” http://lsc.cornell.edu/notes.html The Learning Strategies Center,
Cornell University. Online.
“How to Take Cornell Notes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtW9IyE04OQ Jennifer
DesRochers. Published on Jul 26, 2012. YouTube. Online.
“The Cornell Note Taking System” https://www.uwec.edu/ASC/resources/upload/Cornell-Note-Taking-
System.pdf Academic Skills Center, University of Wisconsin– Eau Claire. PDF. Online.
“Make Your Cornell Notes Template with Word” https://www.timeatlas.com/cornell-note-template/
Productivity Portfolio. Online.
“Cornell Note Organization Format” http://rkenedy.info.yorku.ca/online-links/critical-skills-for-
students/cornell-note-organization-format/ Department of Sociology, York University. Online.
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