Notetaking ideas for powerpoints without the file

[LongApple]

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In powerpoint lecture classes, I generally like to print out the powerpoint with white space underneath each slide and then take notes there

However, for multiple classes I have had, the instructor does not want to post the powerpoint file until after the lecture, reasoning that if he posts beforehand that some people will forgo lecture

What are your thoughts on a good way to be able to match your notes to which powerpoint slide it corresponds to?

Offhand, I could only think of some clunky ways to deal with this
- draw a horizontal line everytime he goes to a new slide (but if he ever backtracks slides or has very similar looking slides, this doesn't really work)
- tablet camera pictures inserting into a tablet notetaking app (not ideal, it takes away alot of your attention to insert and resize an image mid lecture)
- if you know people who took the class, you can maybe ask to get their older version of the lecture slides files, though I wonder how receptive in medical school people are to giving lecture powerpoint files

 

[965978]

If you take your own notes without regard of keeping track which slides the notes are coming from, then the process of organizing notes into different slides AFTER lecture might be extremely productive in retaining the material. Because it would force you to line up your own notes with what the professor is providing you.

 

[Goro]

In powerpoint lecture classes, I generally like to print out the powerpoint with white space underneath each slide and then take notes there

However, for multiple classes I have had, the instructor does not want to post the powerpoint file until after the lecture, reasoning that if he posts beforehand that some people will forgo lecture

What are your thoughts on a good way to be able to match your notes to which powerpoint slide it corresponds to?

Offhand, I could only think of some clunky ways to deal with this
- draw a horizontal line everytime he goes to a new slide (but if he ever backtracks slides or has very similar looking slides, this doesn't really work)
- tablet camera pictures inserting into a tablet notetaking app (not ideal, it takes away alot of your attention to insert and resize an image mid lecture)
- if you know people who took the class, you can maybe ask to get their older version of the lecture slides files, though I wonder how receptive in medical school people are to giving lecture powerpoint files

You could simply take notes, like people used to do before there was a PPT.

 

[chemdoctor]

Why not just take your laptop, open up word document and type whatever is on the PPT and whatever comes out of his mouth?

 

[907914]

Why not just take your laptop, open up word document and type whatever is on the PPT and whatever comes out of his mouth?

Because then you spend too much time focusing on making sure you catch everything to type down than paying attention to nuances of concepts. Notes that are short and in your own words are really the best kind. And if there is something you can draw instead of write down, draw it instead!

 

[Mike Bagwell]

This is actually a really good question.

I think a lot of people would be more productive if lecture material was uniform across classes. I've dealt with professors who post PPT's before class and then edit them right before class; professors who post PPT's and don't utilize them effectively during class; and then those professors who know you are taking notes and take the time to emphasize key points so you can write them down.

What I like to do is print 4 PPT's per page and then I draw on them. If a slide is not emphasized, I make a note of that too. When I get home I draw on the slides to explain the material to myself again. That's 50% of it. The other 50% is doing questions.