Taking notes in Lectures: Laptops vs Paper. Discuss. (1 Viewer)

[kietkiet]

Both ? One ? More ? Kidnap lecturer and force him to summarise the notes for you ?

 

[InsoulvencyReaper]

I plan on scribbling down notes in lectures and making notes afterwards with the assistance of the textbooks.

 

[Hatake88]

Kidnap lecturer and have him sit the exam for you. Duh.

On a more serious note, I prefer laptop for more "wordy" subjects (e.g. sociology or psychology) while pen and paper for more mathematical ones (e.g. statistics or economics). Reasoning is, I can jot down words quickest with a laptop but copy down graphs quicker with pen and ruler.

 

[Shadowdude]

Depends. If you get skeleton lecture notes to fill in during class, then you use those. If not, paper.

 

[wannaspoon]

Paper!!! laptop = internet... internet = nothing done...

 

[obliviousninja]

phablet. galaxy note.

 

[enoilgam]

It depends on the person really - I'd prefer paper because it is a pain lugging a laptop around and realistically, the Laptop offers no real advantage to paper beyond being a distraction.

 

[anomalousdecay]

It depends on the person really - I'd prefer paper because it is a pain lugging a laptop around and realistically, the Laptop offers no real advantage to paper beyond being a distraction.

Faster typing. That's all I can think of.

But my line of study is going to need paper, just as my high school study did so.

 

[superesse]

Planning to use a tablet, since it is easier for me to compile and organise notes that way. I become a little too much of an unnecessary perfectionist when it comes to writing notes on paper.

 

[wannabesurgeon]

For bulk information units I will probably use my iPad with the bluetooth keyboard and use the app Pages.. For units that require maths, lots of chemical equations and diagrams I will use paper.

 

[InsoulvencyReaper]

I couldn't make notes on my ipad. It was way to hard...

I'd prefer to make notes the old fashioned way, scribbles and all & then when I got home would fill in all the gaps on my laptop and organise my notes that way. Then print them off and put them in folders.

 

[obliviousninja]

fk laptops and pen/paper, I'm whipping out my type writer.

ps. Also helps with the indie look.

 

[InsoulvencyReaper]

fk laptops and pen/paper, I'm whipping out my type writer.

ps. Also helps with the indie look.

Carry a typewriter in your bag and you'll also be sporting the hunchback of notre dame look. So very indie.

 

[Lina3]

I was considering using a laptop (or some sort of voice recording device) to record my lectures. Would this be a practical idea?

 

[InsoulvencyReaper]

I was considering using a laptop (or some sort of voice recording device) to record my lectures. Would this be a practical idea?

My sister did that back in the 90s with a tape recorder. I'm pretty sure doing it now is still a good idea.

 

[D94]

Planning to use a tablet, since it is easier for me to compile and organise notes that way. I become a little too much of an unnecessary perfectionist when it comes to writing notes on paper.

Yes, easier to compile and organise, but to write/type, no way.

 

[superesse]

Yes, easier to compile and organise, but to write/type, no way.

Oh, I will be using a Windows tablet, so it comes with the attachable keyboard. Of course, using a tablet without an attachable keyboard is understandably quite difficult to type with, but otherwise it is much the same as a laptop (except lighter) for me.

 

[anomalousdecay]

Can't you use a stylus with the tablet and draw your own chemical equations and mathematical working?

I'd still prefer paper all day every day except when modelling or using maple/geogebra or other programs.

 

[obliviousninja]

I'm using my Nokia brick

 

[sirable1]

Theoretical based such as Humanities, Management, Marketing, Law etc. subjects - I use a laptop
Quantitative based such as Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Finance etc. subjects - I use a book/paper