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hi i'm celina and i'm an instructional

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designer at uwf

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today we are talking about sketchnoting

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as a study skill

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why sketchnoting well 90 of our daily

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information

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is visual adding visuals to text content

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increases retention by up to 65 percent

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and visual note-taking can increase

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comprehension

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by nearly 30 percent it is clear the

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fastest way to get new information

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into your brain is by drawing it sketch

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notes

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build on this idea by combining writing

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lettering and drawing to create rich

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visual notes and study guides

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sketchnoting is based in neuroscience

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because the brain processes linguistic

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input

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in a completely different area from all

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graphic content

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text only notes aren't the most

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efficient option

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by integrating both hemispheres of the

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brain

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sketch noting helps maximize focus

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problem solving creativity and retention

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of content

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drawing may also relieve some

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psychological distress

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making it easier to accomplish tasks

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research from princeton and ucla

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suggests that simply taking notes by

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hand

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can help you listen more effectively and

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identify the important concepts

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by blending visual content with words

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the two regions of the brain work

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together allowing the information to be

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stored in long-term memory

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this is called dual coding theory

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william clem

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a professor of neuroscience at texas a m

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university

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says the process is akin to a zip file

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a way to get your working memory to

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carry more so are you convinced yet

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let's try one more thing in a

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fascinating 2018 study from canada

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volunteers were told to memorize a list

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of words

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one half was told to repeatedly write

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the words down while another group was

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told to draw words as images

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in order to memorize them it's no

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surprise the doodlers were the hands

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down winners

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remembering about 50 percent more than

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their writing peers

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i know what you're saying i can't draw

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well

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this research also found that it didn't

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matter if

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subjects showed any artistic ability at

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all after just 40 seconds of low quality

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sketching

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they remembered more and also recalled

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more detail

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and context about the words

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in short they learned more faster

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sketchnotes prioritize ideas over the

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visual aesthetic

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believe me when i tell you that you

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don't have to be an artist

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to sketchnote can you make these basic

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elements of drawing

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if so you have what it takes to

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transform linguistic information

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to a visual context combining the basic

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elements in different ways

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allows you to depict pretty much

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anything in a representational way

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in fact the very process of figuring out

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how to draw a concept

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requires you to imagine it in detail in

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your mind

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you experience the physical feeling of

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rendering that idea

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and then in the end you look at a visual

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representation of it integrating

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all of your senses this is where the

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magic of sketch noting comes from

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by giving your brain so many different

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ways to engage with new material

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it isn't just drawing concepts though

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you can combine these elements to create

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dividers

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that provide a framework and structure

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for your notes

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you can also create containers to

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emphasize

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key elements typography can also help

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convey meaning

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emphasizing key points or helping

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organize your notes

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sketch noters from around the world

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recommend

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thinking about text as if you're drawing

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the letters

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text comes out cleaner and more legible

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this way combining

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imagery and lettering can be powerful to

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help convey

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emotion or feelings you have about a

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topic

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like other note-taking strategies

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sketchnoting benefits from some kind of

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organization

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having a basic structure in mind helps

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with the sketch noting process

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so where do we start the sketch noting

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process will look different for each

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person

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in each class when taking notes in the

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live lecture

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or even a recorded one for that matter i

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generally follow

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doug neal's process from his site verbal

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to visual

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he suggests dividing the page into two

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halves

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with a top to bottom approach use the

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left half to capture ideas with words

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and the right half to capture ideas with

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visuals

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you can also use visual notes to enhance

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your current note-taking style

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these concepts work especially well with

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cornell notes

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for recorded lectures try watching the

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video while taking visual notes without

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pausing or rewinding this helps you

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focus

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on key ideas because the pace of

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information will vary throughout the

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there will likely be times when you'll

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rely on quick words phrases and bullet

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points to keep up

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it's important to focus on key ideas

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listen for key words and phrases when

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the pace slows down

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you can look back and add visuals where

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they're lacking

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verbatim notes may help you remember the

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but interpreting and synthesizing it for

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visual notes

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is a much richer process that will help

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you in the long run

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after the lecture take a few minutes to

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fill in any gaps that might exist in

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your notes

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take time to refine and even

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add some visual interest to the notes if

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you want adding

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color and visual accents gives you yet

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another

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opportunity to read and review your

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notes then

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on a single page create a visual summary

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for the class period

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the lecture or even a module in the top

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two thirds create a mind map of the key

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ideas

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on the bottom of the page capture any

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follow-up actions you need to take

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books to read videos to watch and

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assignments to complete

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add that summary on the top of your

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lecture notes to give a quick reference

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for that topic or module

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take it a step further and add your

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opinion and analysis as well

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when you come to the end of a unit

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you'll want to bring together

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all of the ideas contained within it use

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your notes from class

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starting with the visual summary and

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digging into the details when necessary

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you'll use

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all of this to create a unit summary

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on one page map out all of the key ideas

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from the unit

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while showing the connections between

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them it can be incredibly powerful

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to see a large set of ideas all in one

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this also sets you up for midterm and

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final exams

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you'll have a solid grasp on each unit

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and the ability to dig into specifics

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with your notes from class

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with that combination of resources

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you'll be ready to

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rock whatever challenges your final

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exams throw your way

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there is no single note-taking strategy

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that works

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for everyone but sketchnoting is just

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one more tool

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that you can use to help you succeed in

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the classroom and beyond good luck and

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happy sketchnoting