Students learned how to take notes using a method called Edusketch by watching videos and using handouts created by a friend of Mrs. Abernethy's named Carol Ann McGuire. Students use color, fonts, and containers to make their notes more memorable and attractive. Here is a link to the videos: http://edusketch.weebly.com/resources.html
When taking notes, students ultimate goal is to make their notes "blogworthy" meaning worthy of being posted online. The notes you see on this site are notes that students worked hard to make blogworthy.