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I’ve always been a more visual learner so this experiment was pretty fun and helpful for me. I chose to illustrate my Classical Mythology notes which was an amazing choice considering that there’s a lot to illustrate. I had a lot of fun trying to convert the bullet points into images, especially the mythical points because it allowed me to be more creative. I tried to emulate different cartoon/illustration styles and tried to get out of my comfort zone which I believe I did. I didn’t layout the page well and trying to find a flow in the images was harder than I thought it would be. It was challenging trying to push myself to be more creative and trying to get all of the notes on one page. The visual notes helped me internalize the names and stories I needed more than the short-hand notes I used as the basis of this assignment.

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I didn’t know a lot about the memory palace that we looked in Psychology. It allowed me to learn of a new way to memories a lot of information as I displayed in the image and with the text. I created a palace and connected it to the story I wrote. Cicero was the one who invented the memory palace. I said how he would talk to clever hans which was a horse that a scientist tried to prove he could speak languages. But in reality he could only pay attention to small details that would allow the horse to respond because he didn’t actually know what people where saying. It was a great way to learn my material a lot better but it does take a lot of time.

While completing this assignment, I realized how useful of a tool that this method can. be.  I took my notes in class, then I created the note taking sketch.  This enabled me to easily summarize the main points of the lecture and put them into a sketch.  This was extremely salient because I now understand what I learned in philosophy to a greater extent.  Though theres is less text on the page, the amount of key information to know is retained.

I learned that I am more of a visual learner than I previously thought.  Prior to this assignment, I was always very keen on learning form the text.  However, now I understand that I too, in fact, can learn from my own drawings and visuals.  The aspect of this assignment I found interesting was the start.  I was interested on whether I would focus on information or pictures first.  Previously I would have thought information, but, in this assignment, I opted to draw first.  Then, I placed my information where I deemed appropriate.

Taking notes in a visual context was much different than my normal note-taking style. I chose to take notes for my NBB Freshman Seminar. In this class, we were working towards diagnosing a “patient” who had many neurological issues. In the beginning of class, we were given a set of symptoms, the patient’s age, and some environmental factors that could have been pertinent to her problem. From there, we were given more information in increments. I modeled my notes to represent the path of thinking that I had while attempting to diagnose the patient. With the correct information, the whole class was able to correctly diagnose the patient with Multiple Sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease that causes lesions on the brain and neurological issues. I think taking notes in a visual context really helped me to view the process of elimination that healthcare providers use to make hypotheses about what is wrong with their patients. I tend to think very analytically, and I believe my notes reflect this aspect very well. I don’t know that I would take notes like this in the future, as I don’t think I retained as much information or went into as much detail as I normally would.

Making this list allowed me to think about how I can express text visually. It seems as though it would help me study since I’m thinking about the text in the form of of an image. Images are easier for me to remember instead of just text. I hope my work is being published correctly, I’m still new to the media format.