The Secret Language of Comics

CNN Visual Notes

I usually doodle or draw as I take notes. Sometimes the doodles are related to the notes and sometimes they are just random drawings. I like to visualize processes in flow charts, and I like to use pictures to digest information. Some of the drawings/depictions in this visual note taking were already on my original […]

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Visual Psych Notes

The task for this sketch was to illustrate a class worth of notes from any class, the prompt can be seen here. I think that this is a particularly helpful practice for Psych because of the nature of the content. The class material is lots of memorization, yet the professor is determined to make the […]

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Visual Note Taking

At first, I wanted to use my Korean class for this assignment, but I decided to use my piano lessons instead. In piano lessons, I receive feedback from my instructor but it is hard for me to remember everything because, unlike my other classes, nothing is written down somewhere I can look back on. This […]

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Visual Note Taking

This assignment helped me better understand the most important concepts and their differences from my last chemistry class. When writing the notes for the first time during class, I was overwhelmed with information and had trouble understanding what my professor meant. This activity gave me an opportunity and motivation to look back on my notes […]

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sk3: Visual Note Taking

Through this visual notes exercise, I benefited greatly from the synergy of text and imagery. In my Politics 491: Cities, Politics, and Cinema class, this approach was especially impactful. The juxtaposition of “real time” versus “reel time” added an extra layer of depth to the concepts I was absorbing. Early in the course, we explored […]

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