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My high schooler uses nothing but his iPad for virtually everything in his life….and his neck posture suffers from it. Handwriting notes is certainly a lost art form. Short and sweet wins the race in my opinion and this wins. You are getting more than you expected on this beta feedback I’m sure aren’t you? Dan, you are very gifted and this is a great idea to send out these podcasts from time to time. I enjoyed especially studying your wall of books and memorabilia (Nats tickets back there from a particular game?) and I like the way you back lit the table with a light behind you! Does a very good job of separating you from your background on a low budget….and you weren’t even an R/TV/F major lol….I love the fact that one of our fellow alums commented on your stage presence and tone, etc.

Both are good, but most people prefer one to the other, or find one works better than the other for different topics. Outlining works better for linear thinkers, mind maps for global.

Hand-taken notes let one organize the page to fit one’s preferred way of thinking. Most of us are better at one than the other, and may have trouble learning from someone with a different style. One thing I didn’t see above is the distinction between global and linear thinkers. When I review I read aloud the points I need to remember, and these steps together (using all modalities) result in a very high retention rate.

When I want to learn anything new, I take notes by hand, and then rewrite them on the computer, taking the time to format and map the concepts onto the page, and also highlighting key concepts. And it also requires synthesis and evaluation of information. As many people here have noted, notetaking by hand allows one to draw diagrams, figures, arrows, and tables quickly without worrying about formatting. Montessori said, “The hand is the instrument of the mind.” She understood about different learning styles and advocated learning activities that use auditory, oral, visual, and tactile modalities.

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