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Originally Posted by smrk
What do some of the grad/profs do, do you guys find yourselves forgetting lots of thrilling things that you have to look up in your notes?
Well a couple of things on this...
1. All my lectures are on Powerpoint, so I can at least refresh myself on the main points when needed, so at the very least I remember what I want to talk about if I haven't taught the class in awhile.
2. I keep all my old college notes around. Now, this option probably isn't on everyone's list, but I always knew I wanted to go into teaching, and I didn't want to forget the cool stuff I'd learned anyway.
3. In my somewhat extensive library, I usually keep a couple flags in books where there is some key information I find useful, especially for teaching (although it's just generally interesting, which is why I use it).
4. For audio stuff (I enjoy a lot of these podcasts), I often listen to it a few times, but where possible, for really cool stuff, I try to cross-reference/confirm it and teach the material as soon as possible. Studies have shown over and over again that what solidifies memory more than anything else is the ability to convey that material to others.