The Paradox on the Use of Technology for Taking Notes During the first few weeks as a college freshman I identified many contrasts of a higher education and the public school system I was formed in. Grade school, and eventually secondary school, highly discouraged the use of electronics in the classroom. In fact, the use of electronic devices at all on campus was grounds for detention, a confiscation of the ‘contraband,’ and the phoning of parents to retrieve the device from the assistant principal. Comparatively, many professors at the university do not mind students’ use of phones, laptops, and various electronic aids. Finally, those days of hand-cramping notetaking were behind me—or so I thought. I was challenged by one of my professors
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Typically, while recording notes on a laptop, one tends to copy the professor’s presentation verbatim. Many unnecessary details then find their way into the students’ notes and, instead of a personal study guide, the notes seem as if they came straight out of the textbook. Handwritten notes, if done correctly, would keep the information simple yet as descriptive as possible. It would be in your own words other than the words of the professor, making it significantly easier to read later during the semester. This saves time and allows the student to focus on details they do not fully understand rather than overviewing all of the past class …show more content…
That is, technology, although it has become an indispensable aid in education, has also become an obstacle. The computer is doing all the work for us, leaving our brains idle when it should be processing, rewording, and organizing information. However, technology helps in accessing information beyond the classroom, opening up the student to understand concepts beyond the context of the professor’s lecture. It brings the student’s experience out into the world so that they could understand it from various perspectives. It creates a broader learning environment, as opposed to one that is limited by the thoughts and views of one
Typically, while recording notes on a laptop, one tends to copy the professor’s presentation verbatim. Many unnecessary details then find their way into the students’ notes and, instead of a personal study guide, the notes seem as if they came straight out of the textbook. Handwritten notes, if done correctly, would keep the information simple yet as descriptive as possible. It would be in your own words other than the words of the professor, making it significantly easier to read later during the semester. This saves time and allows the student to focus on details they do not fully understand rather than overviewing all of the past class …show more content…
That is, technology, although it has become an indispensable aid in education, has also become an obstacle. The computer is doing all the work for us, leaving our brains idle when it should be processing, rewording, and organizing information. However, technology helps in accessing information beyond the classroom, opening up the student to understand concepts beyond the context of the professor’s lecture. It brings the student’s experience out into the world so that they could understand it from various perspectives. It creates a broader learning environment, as opposed to one that is limited by the thoughts and views of one