Why do you say that? There's not a whole lot of people in my class who bring their laptops to class, but of that handful, I'd say it's mostly girls, if not half/half. I take all my notes on my computer. The snow leopard upgrade for macs lets me edit pdfs in Preview, so I can write my notes and highlight stuff directly on the pdf. When I'm studying for exams though, I still like to make my own handwritten outlines from the notes, I can't just look at the material and let it absorb.
You can print anything to OneNote. Word files, Power Point presentations, PDFs, etc. I even print my online receipts to OneNote and keep them nicely filed there.
I do this. I love it. I also use an application called PDF Annotator to write directly on PDF files with my tablet, and I use the Ink Tools function of Word and PowerPoint sometimes, too. It's a hodgepodge. OneNote works great with the tablet, though.
Can you think of any major disadvantages over traditional pen(cil)-and-paper note-taking, besides the obvious up-front cost of a tablet PC? Also, any tips on picking out a tablet?
Obviously cost is the major disadvantage. You'll probably want to pay to back up your files online. It will also take you a little time to get used to writing on the tablet.
I hate onenote... however, I have a tablet w/ wacom pen input. I use inking in word and PPT to add notes / highlights in the margins. Handwritten notes are no longer useful because the information is difficult to access later. If I can't find that great annotation on pg 6 of my oncology notes, the annotation was essentially never made.
Going from college back to military training, the lack of laptops is very apparent. The ability to verbally hear orders and carry them out is definitely a priority here. Not so much in the classroom (at least in my recent college experience)
hmm, why do you hate onenote? it's supposed to be much better than plain word/ppt, at least for fresh notes, not on margins, etc?
This is the opposite of what I've always been told. Maybe we're referring to the terms differently, but I've thought that "hearing" was the physical action your ears perform, and "listening" would be the processing the input.
It can be hard to flip though your notes without paper pages. You can do a search if you know what your looking for but if you have bad handwriting or only a vague idea of what you're looking for it can be awkward. Also, I'm wearing out my stylus and will have to buy a new one soon. lt's very important to make backups of your notes from time to time.
,a lot of people take notes on their laptops as well.. but personally I've found the mechanical act of writing helps me think about the concepts more than typing them out.
And where do you go to school? That sounds like a fantastic way to make sure everyone is on the same page. Probably makes study groups a little better as well if everyone has the same notes so people can ask different questions on the same foundations.
I'm at Jefferson in Philadelphia. For the record (if this wasn't clear above), this method is student's prerogative and not anything officially done top down.
that's pretty bad.