The Extend Activity Bank

Here is my work on Cornell notes. I choose a video from Ted Talks on Mindfulness from Dr. Richard J. Davidson. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_NWWms37fwcJLbQXln7hqQ5ey_1LcOLCpWm7kWtoXPs/edit?usp=sharing The link to the TED Talks video is here  

This was a new exercise for me — not note taking — but using the Cornell method in the format the video suggested.  I found it useful for helping me focus on the key ideas — both terms and definitions/descriptions.  This is something I may attempt with my students in the future, as it acts more… »

Known and unknown skills based  note-taking as a response to the Cornell Notes activity  The summarizing and documentation skills are known skills that ours students have been using especially in studying. What has been unknown are the visual organization skills of the notebook that is quite innovative. Also the summary part is quite innovative.

These Cornell Notes are based on a TedX video: How to Write a Book in a Weekend Here is a link to the doc where I am keeping running track of these activities: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14sJxt2NkwxNOBNyx1Z2wvYGCm7xlfLbHKLqVgb9SKOM/edit#heading=h.m4u53w8u8wz6  

This was my first time to come across the term cornell notes. However, after going through the instructional materials I was able to write my own cornell notes. My cornell notes were based on a speech (in a video that I watched) by the Kenyan first lady entitled ‘Africa Digital Accessibility and inclusion Conference 2020’. more… »

This was my first time to come across the term cornell notes. However, after going through the instructional materials I was able to write my own cornell notes. My cornell notes were based on a speech (in a video that I watched) by the Kenyan first lady entitled ‘Africa Digital Accessibility and inclusion Conference 2020’. more… »

Like some other folks this is my first time using Cornell notes. I appreciated this practice and will be sharing it with my students. Additionally I will be inquiring with academic skills what they recommend for students. What I do question is how this would work in a lecture. I watched the TedTalk video “What more… »

I’ve tried Cornell notes before, but it has never stuck for me. I do like the idea for organization, particularly the summary at the end. There are a few things I think would help reinforce this type of notetaking in the classroom. The first is to teach students how to take notes and decipher what more… »

These notes are a summary of Josh Eyler’s marvelous keynote address  at Plymouth State University in May 2021.  He gave a fiercely inspiring talk on the ways we must acknowledge the grief and loss in our pandemic experiences, and ways we can shape the future to keep the emphasis on student experiences. I thoroughly recommend more… »