Slide design

[Michel Fortin]

On 2009-05-04 14:47:10 -0400, Sean Kelly <sean at invisibleduck.org> said:

> For lectures I basically have a choice between two options:
> 
> 1. Take notes and not remember a darn thing that was said.
> 2. Not take any notes and remember the lecture.
> 
> I've seen a few raised eyebrows at times, but this is why I never write
> anything down at a meeting or lecture I'm attending--it draws my focus
> away from the material being presented.
> 
> What I really like is when a lecturer provides pre-written notes for their
> presentation.  This way I can get everything out of the lecture itself, and
> still have material to review later if I want to be reminded of some detail.
> Other than a professor or two I've seen precious few people actually do
> this however.

Strangely enough, I was doing this most of the time during lectures at 
university. I was taking notes, but only scarcely, and often not at all 
in the many courses where there was enough supporting material.


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Michel Fortin
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