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Reading academic papers, 2010

A number of students have asked me for suggestions about how to go about reading more effectively (faster, with more understanding). I prepared the above presentation as a way to illustrate a number of key ideas while also linking them to the theoretical frameworks that we have been covering in p544: Applied Cognition and Learning Strategies. There are certainly different ways this could be analyzed, and we will cover a number of them throughout the semester. As with the majority of my presentations, this was the backdrop and spark for intense and productive discussion and debate. Therefore, read it individually at your own peril.

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categories Drawing Things Together | Joshua September 21, 2010 | comments View Comments

Skim

skimIconI recently discovered (as in: a colleague suggested this to me) the freeware app Skim for the mac. This is a great little tool for taking notes within a PDF file that I find much much more usable than acrobat pro. Also, the notes are stored in the file-system, not in the actual PDF so that you can then email the pdf to a colleague or student without the notes.  It supports attaching notes, highlighting, circling / labeling, a presentation mode, and a host of other handy little tricks.

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categories Academic Tools | Joshua July 16, 2009 | comments View Comments