5.Taking Notes, Writing and Speaking
Success Over the Internet

Academictips.org provides information on note taking techniques, methods of taking notes, using group notes, secrets to taking better notes, noteworthy notes, preparing for class and using colors.
http://www.academictips.org/acad/literature/notetaking.html

Dartmouth College provides information on taking lecture notes, listening and the Cornell format.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/notes.html

Berkeley College offers 5 Tips for Effective Note Taking:
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic/notes-tips.htm

Kalamazoo college has a good Web site with examples of telegraphic sentences and signal words for note taking:
http://puma.kvcc.edu/success/Notetaking/Notetakingtips.htm 

Learn how to draw mind maps with Mind Tools:
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm

Learn about mind maps and watch a video by Tony Buzan, the inventor of mind maps.

For information on the connection between note taking and memory, visit this site:
http://memory-key.com/StudySkills/notetaking.htm 

Writing

The University of Chicago has a "Short Guide to College Writing:"
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/

Cabrillo College offers tools for college writing including 8 steps for writing an essay and how to develop strong introductions, thesis statements and conclusions.
http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/writingcenter/290/essays.html

Use the citation machine to create your references in MLA or APA style:
http://citationmachine.net/

Capital Community College provides a guide to grammar and writing:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Jack Lynch of Rutgers University maintains an alphabetical Guide to Grammar and Style at:
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/a.html
 
Visit the Quotations Page to find quotes for your papers and speeches: http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/


Speaking 

Visit The Art of Communicating Web site to learn how to make effective presentations. It is brief, useful and written with a sense of humor:
http://www.presentingsolutions.com/effectivepresentations.html

Visit the Public Speaking Web site to learn how to assess, analyze, research, organize and deliver your speech: http://www.abacon.com/pubspeak/ 

Study Guides and Strategies provides some brief, but important tips for public speaking:
http://www.studygs.net/speaking.htm

Access the best speeches made in history at the History Channel Web site:
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html  

Learn about tips for improving your speeches or join the Toastmasters at: http://www.toastmasters.org/  

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