1. Visual Note-Taking
As members of the March 2020 UX-UI Bootcamp for Ironhack, we were asked to develop exercises and challenges that will allow us to delve into the world we will try to become professionals in. This is the first of this series.
For this exercise, I attended a Meetup lecture on the fundamentals of Scrum.
I had not realized until I knew there was a name for it, that I had unconsciously been doing this for years, both as a student and a professional. All my notes and notebooks over the years have always been a synthesis and series of small illustrations and infographics, peppered here and there with actual blocks of text that contain relevant information.
Practicing this type of note-taking helps you translate what you have learned into an image, and will later help you in remembering certain key points of lectures, meetings, and lessons you may need to have a reference on.
The notes are less about having perfect drawings or tons of colors. They need to communicate and help you associate what you’ve summarized with what you’ve learned, and get you into the habit of putting your thoughts and ideas into graphics, as well.