The Last Post (REALLY)

I just wanted to wrap this blog up officially. I hope that the stuff I posted here was helpful for those of you who used it. I hope that we all pass and we can get back together in the fall for biosystematics and ecology. Let's all have a wonderful summer break (well sorta for those of us taking summer classes) and be ready to buckle down for fall. I want to thank everyone who helped contribute to the information posted here, and for those of you who texted, called, and generally pestered me to update for each class. Sometimes I wondered if it was only for me, but a lot of people did mention that they used the recordings, notes, and reviews.

Also, I'm putting a bug in your ear for a little trip coming up spring break 2013. Let's see how many of us can get in on the study abroad to the Galapagos Islands next spring break! Wouldn't that be fun? I'm totally going!

Well have a great summer, and if you need me, email veebs@me.com

Take care!
Your faithful blogstress,
Val

More review notes

So here's the review for 4/20, 4/23, 4/27, and 4/30. I was hoping I'd be finished with the lecture reviews, but I have had a slow start today. Hopefully it should pick up from here on out. So here ya go!



Review notes 4/20/12
Review notes 4/23/12
Review notes 4/27/12
Review notes 4/30/12

HERE'S THE EXAM REVIEW FINALLY! 
Exam 5 Practice Quiz
Exam 5 Practice Quiz Key

Cell Bio Review Notes 4/16 and 4/18

So I'm trying to come up with a proper strategy to study for the cell bio exam on Friday. I've tried all of my favorite techniques, and I'm still not performing like I'd like on Dr. Stokes' tests. So I'm going back and listening to the lectures again and trying to jot down the important highlights. Thing about Dr. Stokes, you never know which thing he wants to highlight. So I'm pretty much outlining his lecture. It's probably a lot deeper than the notes I take during class. But it's an intensive process, so it will not be quick. I've gotten 4/16 and 18 done, and I'll post them as I finish. But tonight, I'm going to bed. Tomorrow I'll get going on it as fast as I can. I hope this helps! <3

Cell Bio 4/16 notes
Cell Bio 4/18 notes

Study Review for Genetics Exam

I've been typing my sweet little fingers off all morning so that I can help everyone out. Here's the review and key for the cumulative part of the final tomorrow. I'm about to get to work on the non-cumulative part in just a second. Good luck! **Just wanted to add that I created this study guide with the information from previous tests. I wasn't able to transfer all of the questions, particularly the ones with images that I cannot copy. So you'll have to look over your old exams for the questions with the images. Also, again, let me say that this is not meant to be comprehensive, and while I hope it helps you, I cannot guarantee that this is what will be on the exam. It's just a helpful study guide that I hope works for all of us! Good luck!**

Exam Review pt. 1
Exam Review pt. 1 KEY
Exam Review pt. 2
Exam Review pt. 2 KEY

Class 4/30

Cell Bio
Audio
(I didn't take any handwritten notes today)
Don't forget to turn in your article summary either by email or hard copy by 5pm!

No Genetics class today!
Don't forget to turn in your fly reports and the online pcr report on Wednesday

Class 4/27

Cell Bio
Audio
Notes

Genetics
Audio
(handout notes)

*If anyone has any trouble accessing any files, please let me know, I have a dropbox account that I can share with you and you will be able to access the files. Thanks!

Technical difficulties?

I hope that no one is having troubles accessing the notes and audio for studying tonight. Sounds like we all waited til the last minute, no? Anyway, if you're having troubles, I'll be up for a little while tonight studying as well, you can email me at veebs (at) me (dot) com and I can invite you to my dropbox. Ciao!
~V

Class 4/25

Cell Bio
Audio 1
Audio 2
Notes

Genetics
Audio

Class 4/23/12

Cell Bio
Audio
Notes

Genetics
Audio
(handout notes)

**I missed class on Friday, I had my daughter at the DMV.

Class 4/18/12

Cell Bio
Audio
Notes

Genetics
Audio
(handout notes)

Class 4/16/12

Cell Bio
Audio
Notes

Genetics
Audio
No notes today, he gave handouts.

Chapter 13 Vocab Mental Case Archive File
Chapter 13 Vocab PowerPoint "flashcards"

Class 4/13/12

Cell Bio
Audio
Notes

Genetics
Audio
Notes

Class 4/11/12

I only recorded the lecture today during Cell Bio because I was reviewing for the Genetics exam during class. I know, shame on me, but I return the favor regularly during Genetics for Cell Bio as well. And there is nothing from Genetics today because we had the exam. Which I hope I totally owned. Anyway, here it is!

Cell Bio Audio

For you late-night procrastinating losers... (YEAH MYSELF INCLUDED)

Here are some last-minute study tools that you may find helpful. Of course, all of you have probably been studying your heads off and you're having a nice wind-down before a good night of sleep. For the other 23.5 people in the class, this stuff's for you. (and ME)

If you don't have Mental Case, it kinda sucks to be you. But here's a study archive file of flashcards for the vocabulary part of the test.
Flash Cards

Here's a study review that I've made for chapters 8-12. Keys are being added as they are completed. (THANKS JENN!)
Chapter 8 Review
Chapter 8 Key

Chapter 9 Review
Chapter 9 Key 

Chapter 10 Review 
Chapter 10 Key

Chapter 11 Review
Chapter 11 Key
 
Chapter 12 Review  
Chapter 12 Key 

**Disclaimer: This is not an authorized study guide by any faculty at CSU. I am providing this resource as a supplement to your individual study habits, and this should not be depended upon as your sole source of study material. I am incredibly human and am liable to make mistakes, omissions, down-right nonsense, and the like. Please do not be angry at me if you toast your exam due to my goofy study notes. I really want to help, and I also find that compiling this information helps me to study. I hope everyone makes an awesome grade tomorrow! God bless!*

Class 4/9/12

Cell Bio
Notes
Audio
Audio 2
(apparently I hovered too close to the playback button, and in the middle of class my pen started playback. I recovered and started recording promptly. Sorry!)

Genetics
Audio
(he did handouts for notes today, so no notes)

Class 4/4/12

No genetics class today since Dr. Burgess is going to a conference for the rest of the week. No class on Friday for cell OR genetics. But Dr. Stokes did a very nice review today for the test tomorrow. I recorded it and tried to take good notes. Hopefully it will help!

Cell Bio
Audio
Notes

Class 4/2/12

Cell Biology
Notes

*I missed Cell Bio this morning, so I'm uploading Jenn's iPad notes. I'm hoping to get audio from Shraddha soon.

Genetics
Audio
Notes

Class 3/28/12

Cell Biology
Notes
Audio
(This includes lab notes, not audio, from today 3/29/12 as well)

Genetics
Notes
Audio

Class 3/26/12

Cell Biology
Audio
Notes

Genetics
Audio
Notes

Class 3/23/12

Cell Biology
Audio
Audio from Lab yesterday
Notes



Genetics
Audio
Notes (he gave handouts so there isn't a lot of notes)

Class 3/21/12

I was not in class today, my daughter was in the ER til 4am. However, Jenn gave me her typed notes, so there are no audio notes for today. Sorry!

Cell Bio Notes

Genetics Notes

Class 3/19/12

No cell bio class today, Dr. Stokes is out because Shraddha broke him. ;)
Also, I was about 5 minutes late to class, but the written notes are complete because Jenn let me copy hers. If you want that first minute audio, hit Jenn up. :)

Genetics
Notes
Audio

Class 3/16/12

Cell Biology
Notes
Audio

Genetics
Notes
Audio

Class 3/14/12

Cell Bio
Notes
Audio

Genetics
Notes
Audio

Vocabulary Chapter 8 Mental Case File

Class 3/12/12

Welcome back from Spring Break! Here's the lectures from today!

Cell Biology
Notes
Audio 1
Audio 2

My pen has been going off on its own for some reason and when I notice it's not recording, I flip it back on. Not sure what the deal is.

Genetics
Notes
Audio

Class 2/27/12

Cell Biology
Notes
Audio

Genetics
Notes
Audio

Some Study Help

Here's a Mental Case study archive for the genetics exam. If you have a Mac or an iOS device such as an iPod Touch, iPad, or iPhone, you can download Mental Case. MC is a flash card (and much more really) application that is very helpful for studying. So if you are able to use it, I'm sharing a study archive that the lovely Jenn Joiner (aka jennjoinerane) put together to study for the genetics exam this week. Enjoy!
Genetics flash cards for Mental Case

Class 2/24/12

Cell Bio
Notes
Audio


Genetics
Notes
Audio


(pardon the crazy carrying on at the top of my notes, Jenn and I were goofing off at the beginning!)

Cell Bio Lab 2/23/12 (he lectured instead of labbed)

Is labbed even a word? Probably not, but you get me.
Dr. Stokes didn't do the lab today, he lectured instead. So here's the audio and notes!

Notes
Audio

Class 2/22/12

Cell Biology
Notes
Audio

Genetics
Notes
Audio 1
Audio 2
*Apparently my pen decides to shut off sporadically. I hope I didn't miss too much. :)

**If you come across a problem opening any files, please send me an email and I will fix it ASAP!

Vocabulary Review for Genetics

I always study my vocabulary by giving myself a test. I didn't do so well on last week's vocab test because I didn't take enough time to study the large list of words we had from chapter 4. So I'm going to start adding the review that I do on the blog here just in case it might help someone else. The first page has all the words with the definitions, and the second page is a blank "test" with just the definitions and a place to fill in the word. I hope I have all the words from the lectures! And if I'm MIA on Wednesday between Genetics and Lab, it's because I'm trying to do better. :)

Vocabulary Chapter 5

Also, I use Mental Case on my Mac/iPad for flash card review, I'm going to try to include the file here just in case someone wants to use them as well.

Mental Case Flashcard File

Class 2/20/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
Audio 1
Audio 2
*There are two separate audio files because my pen decided to stop recording at some point and I am not sure exactly how much is missing. But when I noticed I turned it back on. I also apologize for the big goofy mess at the beginning of the note, I skipped a section on my drawing and had to do-over.

Genetics 
Notes
Audio


**I missed class on Friday, but I was told that the class in Cell today was a review with additional notes from Friday. I do have handwritten notes from Friday's class for Genetics, I just need to write them up and upload them. I'll get on that ASAP. Thanks!

Genetics 2/17/12
Handwritten Notes

Class 1/15/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
Audio
Test Review Audio

Genetics
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Class 2/13/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
Audio


Genetics
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Class 2/10/12

Cell Biology
**Exam yesterday, did lab today**
Audio

Genetics
Handwritten Notes **This may be two days of notes for 2/10 and 2/13, looks like I forgot to add the date for 2/13 somewhere in here**
Audio

Class 2/8/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
(No audio)

Genetics
Handwritten Notes
(No audio)

Class 2/6/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Genetics
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Class 2/3/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
Audio


Genetics
Exam today

Class 2/1/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes *same file as last post,  apparently I smushed together 1/30 and 2/1.
Audio

Genetics
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Class 1/30/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Genetics
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Class 1/25/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Genetics
*my pen died and I don't have notes, sorry!

Class 1/23/12

**I missed class on 1/20, I apologize for missing notes. :)

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Genetics
Handwritten Notes *note that these are the same from 1/18, but I'm not sure where one stops and the next begins.*
Audio

Class 1/18/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Genetics
Handwritten Notes (I dated this range 1/18, but I'm pretty sure these notes carry through the next week because my next date in this notebook is 1/30. I did miss class on 1/20, but I did take notes for the week following, I guess I just didn't date them.)
Audio

Class 1/13/12

No Cell Bio Class

Genetics
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Class 1/11/12

Cell Biology
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Genetics
Handwritten Notes
Audio

Class 1/9/11

Cell Biology
Handwritten notes
Audio

Genetics
Handwritten Notes
(No audio)

The Beginning

Hi everyone!
If you've been linked to this blog it's because you're in the same Cell Biology class and/or Genetics class as I am this semester. I have a smartpen that (most of the time) records the lecture and my handwritten notes in each class. I have shared them with some other students this semester, but I thought I'd make it more centrally located so that anyone who wants to use this resource will be able to do so. I do have the capability to convert my handwritten notes to typed text, but for the most part I don't do that because it doesn't recognize some of my handwritten words and I have to do a lot of editing. If you're having trouble reading one of the handwritten notes, let me know and I will either translate or transcribe it for you.
The recordings come from my smartpen, and I find them very useful, especially in Dr. Stokes' Cell Bio class. The only drawback is that the pen is in my hand, so if I'm suffering from a cold or if I'm eating my breakfast in class you have to tolerate my many personal noises (I promise you they are not as annoying as a certain person who makes VERY personal noises in lab). There are a couple of recordings that are really obnoxious in that regard. Also, any comments I make or questions I ask, or wrong answers I reply with are recorded. So I sound like a perfect dunce. But it's all learning. I just wanted to give everyone proper warning. I plan to organize this according to class date so if anyone needs to go back and find something it will be easy to do. Leave me a comment or send me an email if you have any questions or need something in particular. I won't make you a sandwich, but I hope this does help you study for these classes.
*I wanted to also add the note that sometimes my recordings are corrupted on the pen. I'm not sure what's causing it, but there are a few days that the recording didn't work. Usually the written notes are not affected. I will note on those dates when it happens. There are a couple of other students who record the lectures as well, so maybe we can pool our resources and replace what I'm missing.*
**I occasionally miss class, if that happens, there won't be a post for that day, but I'll see if I can't find a collaborator who might share on here as well.**