What would you use to take notes in class besides paper?

[MuffD]

I'm going back to school this fall and can't decide if I want to use my pocketpc with a keyboard or if I just should bring my laptop to school.

Thanks for your advice.

 

[Broohaha]

my butt

sorry couldnt resist

 

[isekii]

tablet pc

 

[MrDingleDangle]

if i didnt have paper i would probably use my arm

 

[brunswickite]

mental notes, havent taken notes in 3 years of college

 

[gigapet]

my friend

 

[Lonyo]

I'd probably want to take a laptop if I could.
I reckon I can type quicker than I can write.

 

[cessna152]

I thought that I would use my pocket pc and keyboard to take notes... But I always ended up watching divx movies or playing games. That was after I got over the feeling of embarassment of taking it out during class. So in the end paper is best

 

[rh71]

<-- would be too embarrassed to whip out a laptop in a large lecture hall... unless everyone else does it (law students).

 

[brianp34]

It depends on the type of class. There's no way I'd try taking chemistry/physics/calc notes on anything other than a legal pad. History and crap like that I guess something else would work, but I never took notes in those classes anyway.

 

[Danman]

My Axim.

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: cessna152
I thought that I would use my pocket pc and keyboard to take notes... But I always ended up watching divx movies or playing games. That was after I got over the feeling of embarassment of taking it out during class. So in the end paper is best

same here. a paper and pad is the best way

 

[ClueLis]

If I didn't have paper I'd have to switch to papyrus.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: brunswickite
mental notes, havent taken notes in 3 years of college

That's what I did mostly. I'd write down the odd note or two.

Unlike many of the other idiots....errr.. students that spent more time on the writing and formatting of their notes than actually listening to the lecture.

amish

 

[MuffD]

My only class that would require hard core notes would be Chemistry this year. Maybe I'll just stick to plain ole paper/pen.
The idea of bringin my ppc would be cool but I probably would be better off trying to listen to the lecture more like Amish mentioned.

 

[rh71]

Anyone who thinks they have a photographic memory and can remember little / never-before-known-facts and retrieve it from memory 3 months later, please quote and reply to this.

 

[tikwanleap]

Originally posted by: isekii
tablet pc

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
I'd probably want to take a laptop if I could.
I reckon I can type quicker than I can write.

I did this in law school - it was quite common even when I was in school 5-7 years ago. The thing is, I think there is a real educational value in transcribing and reformatting your notes into an outline, a step I was able to skip, so I am not sure it turned out to be the most effective technique I could have used.

 

[KingNothing]

I take a laptop with me to all of my classes, it's great. I've seen some people use a palm pilot with a keyboard attachment, which is fine but you don't get very much line width. A laptop lets you take awesome notes because, like Don Vito said, you can organize your notes into an outline as you're taking them.

 

[MegaloManiaK]

Originally posted by: rh71
<-- would be too embarrassed to whip out a laptop in a large lecture hall... unless everyone else does it (law students).

Same here. It seems silly to be embarrassed about it.

But its more than enough to stop me. Pen and paper all the way.

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
I'd probably want to take a laptop if I could.
I reckon I can type quicker than I can write.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: rh71
Anyone who thinks they have a photographic memory and can remember little / never-before-known-facts and retrieve it from memory 3 months later, please quote and reply to this.

I can't, but my classes rarely required it. Most of them had a review the day before an exam.

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

I take a MD recorder along side my laptop. Works well for me. FSCK being embarrased about using a laptop if no one else is. I can type MUCH faster than I write and it's more readable. And if it helps me keep my 4.0/4.0 then what do I care what other people think? It's MY money I'm paying for classes in the first place, I'll do what I want.

 

[dquan97]

I used to bring a laptop, until I found out the joys of having Alphabet soup during lecture!

 

[WinkOsmosis]

I used my PocketPC with a keyboard for History. Good stuff.