Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Blog # 11 Note-Taking’s Past, Deciphered Today

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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.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/books/note-taking-seminars-at-radcliffe-institute-for-advanced-study.html?pagewanted=all

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