Highlights Introduction * In my teaching practice I am always aware of the need for my learners to regularly engage with material I am teaching them to embed it in their long-term memory. It’s also important they practice retrieval in order to remember (00:40). * Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve in under 2 minutes (01:17). * Something I have realised while studying my master’s in education is that I don’t pay enough attention to this with my own learning - particularly with what I read. So I did some research and tried a few techniques to help me remember what I read. I will share my approach in this episode (01:55).

Materials in Focus * This episode focuses non-fiction rather than fiction, and ‘real books’ rather than audiobooks (03:10). * 12 non-fiction book target for 2021 (04:32 ).

How I Remember What I Read * Highlighting is great but not enough - highlights must be revisited (05:57). * Add annotations to highlights - what does this highlight mean, why did you highlight it and how is the idea interesting or useful to you? (08:04). * Send highlights to Readwise and use spaced repetition via email (09:55). * Use a tool like Notion to manage your notes, annotations and highlights. For example I have: (10:27) + A reading database (each entry includes author details, progress etc and for academic reading the original PDF, annotated PDF and bibliographic details). + A Readwise database (linked to my notes and reading databases). + A notes database. * Write a book summary (11:25). * Consider a three sentence summary in the style of James Clear (11:57). * Summary (12:58).

Helpful links * Readwise * How to use Readwise with Notion * Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve * James Clear’s three sentence book summaries