Hi
Activate each chapter as a book in itself. You definitely want to activate each chapter individually. Photoread the 2 chapters before, the chapter you are activating, & the 2 chapters after.
Skittering is very useful for academic material or material that is instructional in nature. Skittering involves a wild, dancing about movement like that of a waterbug on the surface of a pond. This movement of the eyes gives the brain an opportunity to look at all the words of a paragraph that supports its main premise.
To do skittering read the first sentence(topic sentence) of the paragraph you are going to begin skittering on. Move your eyes in a rapid pattern over all the words in the paragraph, except those in the first & last sentence,noticing those words that seem to carry meaningful support to the premise in the first sentence. The movement of your eyes can follow a zigzag pattern from top to bottom or bottom to top.It can follow circular pattern clockwise or counterclockwise and move from the center out or from the edges to the center. There is no set pattern, but you will discover a preference for one of them. Play with them all to find what works best for you. This movement gives your brain a chance to spot ideas that augment or add to the main concept in a paragraph. If the meaning of the paragraph remains unclear, read the last sentence. Continue this process through each succeeding paragraph until you near the end of the reading selection.
Review and reflect. Make a mindmap in your own words. Sure you have an open book but do not copy the words word for word put it into your own words.
Photoreading a book everyday is fine. It is especially helpful with a complex book.
Skittering is on page 64 & 65 of the Photoreading book 3rd edition.Five day plan (highly recommended) is on page 76 & 77 of the Photoreading book 3rd edition. If you do not have a photoreading book do a search on skittering and five day plan.
I found a really great post from TomV regarding computer programming languages & photoreading that i think you will find useful.
From TomV
I'm a Software Engineer and a PhotoReader, and I don't think you should mindmap referencelists. What you want to go for is the basics of a language, such as objects, variables, the structure of functions, pointers, references, inheritance, OO design, etc. Mindmap the core ideas of the programming language, and branch those out on your mindmap. Mindmapping is not very useful for listing functions; you should use it for concepts instead. Besides, learning a popular OO-based programming language is not that difficult - once you get the basics. C# is based upon Java, Java is based upon C++, etc. There are some small differences in the structure of the language and the use of memory, but other than that, once you get the hang of it, learning a new language shouldn't be difficult. I still need to reference the JavaDoc or the MSDN libraries from time to time, because there are so many classes out there with so many functions, it would blow your mind to remember them all. It can be done, but what would be the benefit? What would be the purpose for remembering all of those functions? You don't need to remember them all to program efficiently, trust me. I think it's better to focus on learning how to design your software and learn the basics with PhotoReading, and then start practicing in the real world. You can read about a language all you want, and understand it, but you still need to program it! The same saying goes for Design Patterns by the way. I'm in my final couple of weeks now before I'm going to graduate, and I know many people in my class who still don't understand the basics of programming completely in a practical way; even through they've completed many projects over the past couple of years. You've got to walk the talk, practice what you learn. PhotoReading definitely makes learning a programming language easier, but don't substitute it for applying your knowledge. That's just what I wanted to let you know.
So in short, mind map the important language characteristics. You will find them throughout the book(s) you PhotoRead.
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