Sketchnoting, annotating, doodling to synthesize information and help you remember... whatever you want to call it,
I say do it.  It's a fun, creative way to learn.

Tweeting my sketchnoting passion. My personal sketchnotes on twitter.com/hellokritty

My master's research was on the power of sketchnoting (documenting thinking) in math. (click here)

Student sketchnotes: 

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