spsuninja said:
The greatest contribution of this binder is the fact that it can be digitized by the device that everyone now carries in their pockets: a cellphone. One has no need of any additional equipment. It is arguably by far the cheapest, simplest, and most user friendly way for any student to go digital today. And I cannot stress the importance of going digital enough. I will never go back to paper.
This might be true although, you certainly can't get as much text on one of your white board sheets as a standard piece of paper. This means to get a full class worth of notes it is going to be a lot of pictures and they are going to be spread out over more pages making the information more disconnected and harder to see as a whole. Your approach may be better suited to a less structured learning environment like a meeting or conference.
One thing I use to do when studying for a test is to try to compress a lot of information into one page. There is an advantage to not having to flip through as many pages and staring at a computer screen can be distracting. I'm not saying it is not a good idea but it may not be the best approach for school if someone is good at taking notes.
I think that your approach would be better for a humanities department course where one does not have to follow complicated derivations over multiple pages.
Once I was sitting in my lab and overheard a fellow student say toanother: "Man, Jimmy better give me my physics one notes back before next week. I need those for my test." *face palm*. On numerous occasions I was asked (even several times by my professors) to share my notes with other students. All I needed was an email address.
This sounds like a plug which makes me wonder if the actual events you are describing occurred.
Throughout the last two semesters, no matter where I was on campus or off, I was always within a few feet of my notes as long as a computer was nearby. Digital note taking is simply a game changer.
There is little actual content in these two sentences. Qualitative content like this more focused towards trying to sell something then communicating information may get moderated.
As for tagging with keywords, please see the following link: .
I already watched this. You missed the point. People use social boomarking so they can tag content with the key words that are most relevant. Many key words in the body of a document are much less relevant then words which are deliberately used to tag content.
Furthermore, the thickness of dry erase markings make them much easier to photograph than pencil and paper, reducing the need to have steady hands as the notes are captured.
This might be true now but may change as cameras and software gets better.
Finally, I'd like to also mention another benefit of digital note taking, which is organization with other digital files. All the written notes can now be stored along side their audio and video counterparts.
One can do this if they scan their documents as well.
I recorded nearly every word spoken in class during my last semester. In fact, I spent most of my time in class just listening to the teacher speak, and on occasion I would mark down what was being discussed and at what time the recorder currently indicated.
For some people writing down what is being said helps them remember it.
Going digital was amazing. Once you make the jump, I guarantee you'll never go back either.
Another sentence void of content which may catch a moderators attention. Your post sounds like you are pushing a product. The moderators may want you to become a premium member if you are going to link to your personal site. I will not report this post but if you keeping bumping up this topic it will catch the attention of a moderator sooner or later.
Note taking is an important exercise to learning but a proper discussion of the topic should discuss the various methods available rather then trying to push one specific product.