> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 2 evergreens</em></s> #### [[Your notes should be avenues for learning]] Notes are more than just text or connections, they are a workplace for you to gather [[information]] and gain [[understanding]]. Each of my types of notes exemplifies this in different ways. %% [[source notes]] are little more than a place to write some basic notes or store some highlights, but how much I have referenced them shows my progress at processing what I read. %% [[Topic notes]] are places to gather [[information]], define terms, and disambiguate between other's ideas. Usually, they aren't very insightful, but they can be powerful for making headway on more difficult topics. > [!example] > > When I first got into [[physics]], I would watch various Youtube videos that gave me basic, high-level understanding of the various topics. These videos weren't dense or educational enough to take notes on, but they did help me get a basic [[understanding]]. After I finished a video I would write a short summary to see how well I understood the video. > ^[This recall also helped me remember what was in it] > Then I would go an make [[topic notes]] about the terms in the videos, and use the [[Wikipedia (plugin, obsidian)]] to import the intro page for each term. > I would then read through and revise the page to my liking based off my understanding from the videos. > Having the videos to be [[cognitive scaffolding]] was very helpful in understanding what information was important, and know I have a short summary of these terms that I can review with [[spaced repetition]] and continue to revise. > This proved to be an efficient way to get value out of video content and Wikipedia. There are three types of [[knowledge]] that are relevant to us. ^8c7851 - What is known - What you know about what is known - What you know The only way we can learn is by transforming [[information]] from being what other people know, to what we know, making this part of:: [[Evergreen notes help us bridge the gap between knowledge and understanding]]. - #TO/TEND/WATER example of using [[Wikipedia (plugin, obsidian)]] and [[topic notes]] as a way of learning - #TO/PONDER/IDEA how tagging [[source notes]] will resurface them years down the line - [[Evergreen notes organize knowledge so that it can grow]] - [[Evergreen notes should be updated over time]] ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SPROUT *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[learning]], [[note writing]], [[My TIM]]