Cornell Note-Taking Method Template

[Joe Harris]

Has anyone seen or developed a Cornell Note-Taking format template for
OneNote? My son begins college next week, and my wife and (cognitive
psychologists) have drummed the Cornell method into his head and see great
potential for that with his required laptop.

 

[Grant Robertson]

Has anyone seen or developed a Cornell Note-Taking format template for
OneNote? My son begins college next week, and my wife and (cognitive
psychologists) have drummed the Cornell method into his head and see great
potential for that with his required laptop.

Could you give us a link to more info about this note taking method?

 

[Grant Robertson]

Cornell Note-Taking Method

OK, so I went to the trouble of looking it up myself. It doesn't look as
if you really need a template at all. Just stick to taking your original
notes on the right 2/3rd of the page. With the way the Writing guides
generally only grow to about 2/3 of the page wide without manual resizing
this would actually save you the trouble of resizing them yourself. You
may have to experiment to figure out the best place to start each line
but it should become second nature after a while.

Later, when you are writing in the 'Recall' column just make sure you
don't write too close to the main notes or the writing guides will
overlap. This will make it more difficult to get to the paragraph handles
of the main notes. Keep in mind that OneNote does not keep these separate
writing guides associated in any way. If you add text or rearrange the
main notes in any way after you have written your Recall notes they will
NOT be kept in alignment. Even if you add the 'Insert Space' tool, due to
the way it works, you will not be able to move both writing guides down
at the same time. Read my message in the 'Tablet handwritten doesn't move
when inserting space' thread for an explanation of this issue.

 

[krypticide]

Not sure if you could do this exactly, but you can try starting your notes
in the upper right part of the page, writing all the way down, then filling
in the left column during the review, and finally beneath all of it put your
summary.

OneNote is different in that pages aren't really pages. They're continuous,
so you lose that position reference you normally get with a page. It's
liberating in certain ways, constricting in others.

-Andy

 

[Geoguy]

*Not sure if you could do this exactly, but you can try starting your
notes
in the upper right part of the page, writing all the way down, then
filling
in the left column during the review, and finally beneath all of it
put your
summary.

OneNote is different in that pages aren't really pages. They're
continuous,
so you lose that position reference you normally get with a page.
It's
liberating in certain ways, constricting in others.

-Andy

Regarding the Cornell method - I encourage my student to use this. If
you are interested in a template, there is a great program called
GoBinder www.agilix.com which has a notes template for the Cornell
method. This program is specifically designed for students with a
syllabus feature, calendar, task list, and note taking tabs. It's
cheap too, around $50. It is design to be used with a Tablet PC, and
you need XP to operate it.

 

[Chris H.]

GoBinder is pretty flexible, too, and can be customized (even with logos)
beyond just school usage. The $49.95 price is only through August 31, 2004.
There are details here: https://www.gobinder.com/buy.aspx
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
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