The Marble Jar Channel

Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar Channel and in today's video, I'll share how I take paperless notes on PowerPoint slides for my distance education classes.  I've recently gone back to graduate school to get a masters in social work.  My program is hybrid, meaning it's mostly online with a more minor in-person component.  This is a part-time program, so I'm enrolled in two classes this semester.  Both of my professors provide PowerPoint slides that accompany our independent reading.  I find it useful to use the PowerPoint slides as a reference while reading the material (rather than reviewing them afterwards) in order to structure my learning in the same way the professor has organized her notes.  In fact, what I really prefer is to write directly on the PowerPoint slides.  This isn't always possible in every class if you are in a lecture and the professor doesn't make the slides available in advance, but for my dista...