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Well, I gave up entirely on taking notes in high-school because laptops weren't allowed, and I can barely read my handwriting if I'm quickly taking notes. Where
by zrobotics 8y ago
Well, I gave up entirely on taking notes in high-school because laptops weren't allowed, and I can barely read my handwriting if I'm quickly taking notes. Whereas in uni I actually used my notes, and have even referred to them years later since they're actually readable and useful. Granted, I would have them 1/2 typed while reading the material before lecture and did a final-draft cleanup after lecture, but typed notes were far more helpful than handwritten notes.
Assuming that everyone learns the same way you do is just false. Some people really like mind maps, I don't find them personally helpful but I don't tell people it's a useless technique or that they're wrong. If a student can't be trusted to have a laptop without spending the lecture browsing Facebook, then why should the lecturer care? That student is only hurting their own academic performance, it shouldn't stop others from being able to learn in a manner that benefits themselves.
- jki275 8y agoHave you ever sat in the back row of a lecture hall and watched what the students are doing on their laptops?
- ivanbakel 8y agoWhat does that have to do with anything?
- jki275 8y agoA lot. Laptops are generally disruptive to the entire class, and (anecdotally, but I’ve done a lot of higher learning) almost all of their use is not for note taking or anything related to the class. So why not ban them? Many professors do.
- asimilator 8y agoSo when you get to the real world and everyone in the meeting is on their laptop? ...
- jki275 8y agoDoesn't work that way in a lot of the real world.
- ivanbakel 8y ago>So why not ban them? Because some students are using them to take notes, and banning electronics harms the learning of those students.
- anoncake 8y agoThey are distracting other students using a computer. Why do you want to ban using a computer but keep permitting distracting other students?