Cornell Notes Activity – The lie that invented racism

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I’m usually a paper notes kind of person, but today it seemed easier to take notes in Word. I arranged my document with a table, loosely in the Cornell Notes format. As the TED Talk played, I stuck almost all of my notes in the general Notes section. After the video, I reviewed my notes, more… »

Reimagining Capitalism to address Climate Change

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I chose a talk by Rebecca Henderson who is an economist and business school professor. The talk was called “To Save Climate, We Have to Reimagine Capitalism”.  I was curious about the topic but was a bit disappointed in the lack of detail. I was very rusty at writing notes and went back afterwards to more… »

Cornell Notes activity

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I watched “A woman’s fury holds lifetimes of wisdom” by Tracee Ellis Ross I like the structure of this format, but I am very out of practice in taking notes.  My personal go-to for note taking is to write more than is needed (so I am sure I have everything I will need) and I more… »

Cornell Notes TED Talk

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I watched a TED talk that I had bookmarked for myself a long time ago and never got around to watching. The talk was “Math for Informed Citizens” by David Kung. It was a very interesting examination of how we should be teaching future generations to question what’s in front of them, not just with more… »

Cornell Notes: Beware of Online

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I decided to watch the TED Talk, Beware of Online “Filter Bubbles”, by Eli Pariser. This is a video that I show in my course, Virtual Communications. I have found in the past that even with guiding questions during the video, some students have difficulty retaining this information. The Cornell Notes method seems to be more… »

Cornell Notes

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To practice taking Cornell notes, I viewed the TED talk, How much sleep do you really need? Note taking is an important skill!  I agree with the suggestions to include spaces between ideas and incorporate abbreviations, which the note-taker can understand.  While I may not use this format, there are similarities in the approach I more… »