Jennifer
Schuessler wrote this article. Most college students in lecture halls take
notes on laptops or in binders, but the students at Harvard are taking notes on
an 18th centaury old notebook. “The far-flung things
that go on in scholars’ heads when they think about notes became clear at the
daylong gathering. Presentations touched on talking points scribbled on Sarah
Palin’s hand during a speech, fliers stapled to telephone poles and Twitter
posts about the conference itself that were read from the stage all day. The
conference was more than a celebration of quirky marginalia and academic
navel-gazing. The study of notes — whether pasted into commonplace books,
inscribed on index cards or scribbled in textbooks — is part of a broader
scholarly investigation into the history of reading, a field that has gained
ground as the rise of digital technology has made the encounter between book
and reader seem more fragile and ghostly than ever.” (Schuessler “Notes”). A
lot of professors now days admit to sending out students out of class when they
are taking notes when they are supposed to be listening to the lecture. Also
there is a lot of debate about using modern technology while taking notes,
because there has been studies done, that students learn better if they
actually write it down, instead of typing it in. A lot of students argue that
they don’t take notes do to the fact that they can’t even read their own
handwriting.
This article had to do with
education because it’s about how long scholars have been taking notes to help
them with their studies. My question is how did Harvard manage to get their
hands on an 18th centaury notebook? I believe that students should
take notes in the best ay for them. I personally don’t use a laptop when I take
notes because I find it easier for me to remember if I write it down. I found
this article to be really fascinating.
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