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Deirdre Freeman
Courses Plus Student 5,802 PointsTaking Notes
I am taking the course How to Become a Web Designer. I don't take notes as I feel all information on topics covered are available on the web. Wondered what other people think about this approach?
4 Answers
Keith Doyle
25,973 PointsTaking notes has more benefit than a reference in the future. The act of writing something down has been proven to help with retention.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsHere's my basic process:
- Watch the videos
- Take notes on the important concepts as well as syntax using workflowy
- Refer back to your notes about syntax when doing the code challenges
- At the end of each badge build a little something for practice using the concepts you've just learned on code pen
The real trick is to remember what's possible and how to reference it. So when I can't remember the exact syntax of a CSS property, I consult a CSS quick reference which I keep in my bookmark bar for handy reference.
This topic has been dicussed a few times in this forum here are 2 great threads on the topic:
Deirdre Freeman
Courses Plus Student 5,802 PointsThank you James....... I am reviewing my learning approach and intend to redo all my sections again and take notes.
Jacob Miranda
18,783 PointsI have a separate notebook for Treehouse where everything is somewhat in sections. Makes going back for good tips easy
Deirdre Freeman
Courses Plus Student 5,802 PointsThanky you everyone, I have been taking notes the last few days, while they have slowed me up, I passed the code challenges easily and am now using codepen.