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for Reagen et al: I took notes by hand all through HS and college, and given the existence of laptops, I think doing it by hand is retarded.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Mar 8 '10, 21:46

so there!

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this only makes sense if you can type as fast as you write and I am willing to bet that only a small percentage of the population can do this effectve -- nm - Beaker Mar 9, 04:42
If i've got a laptop in front of me and there's a wireless connection, I'm going to be considerably less focused on the class - Tim Mar 8, 21:53 1
- that's too bad, but your lack of control should not mean I can't have a laptop,. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:55
I think part of it depends on the content of the class, as well. It's not a cut-and-dry thing. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 21:50 1
- well I wouldn't do it in calculus. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:51
I wouldn't use that term; but, as said below, I do get part of this. - b! Mar 8, 21:50 3
- If writing is good for someone, go for it. I won't do it. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:51 2
  - This is the key. It should be up to the student, not a universal mandate. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 8, 21:52 1
    - It's the professor's world. They get to set the rules. - Reagen Mar 8, 22:06
To the individual, sure. To the group and for the professor, no. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:50 24
- if it's class related I honestly can't see the distraction. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:51 23
  - clackityclackclackclackityclack -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:53 22
    - You mean like in every office I ever worked in? -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 21:57 20
      - This is more like a boardroom meeting. How many presentations have you attended (or given) where most of the audience is typing away as you speak? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:59 3
        
        loads of them. I've done lots of conferences. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:00 2
        
        Where the audiences are nose-down in a computer screen? (If so, I concede the point, but that's different from every presentation I've attended.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 22:08 1
        
        yep. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:22
      - Significantly more separation and I'm also not trying to listen to someone explain a new complicated concept at the same time. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 21:58 15
        
        you know what else makes annoying noise? notebook paper. - loosilu Mar 8, 21:59 14
        
        "oh come on" back at you. you know there's a difference. -- nm - b! Mar 8, 22:03 13
        
        that was perhaps an exaggeration, but I maintain that the typing is not that bad. - loosilu Mar 8, 22:04 12
        
        it's not just the sound. there's more focus on the screen than looking up and back when writing. - b! Mar 8, 22:12 4
        
        hmm, I can look up more while I am typing because I am a touch typist. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:22 3
        
        same; depending on content -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 22:23 2
        
        me, too. not everyone can do it, though. -- nm - b! Mar 8, 22:28
        
        I can go for a page or more sometimes without looking down. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:26
        
        (not that I disagree, but ... aren't you deaf? :) ) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 22:11 6
        
        I always, always wear my hearing aids in meetings, conferences, etc, and with them in I hear the keyboards fine. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:21 1
        
        as far as noise goes my biggest probem by far is projector fans. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:24
        
        I almost mentioned the hearing thing, but decided to focus on the non-sounds stuff. ;) - -- nm - b! Mar 8, 22:13
        
        Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh snap! -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 22:12 2
        
        I'm obviously exaggerating for comedic affect, so I hope it didn't offend -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 22:12 1
        
        no offense taken. -- nm - loosilu Mar 8, 22:23
    - *notices the youtube clip flickering away at the desk next to him* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 8, 21:54

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