Source: Contexted | The relational note-taking app There is no shortage of note taking apps, and we are richer for it. Contexted coolest feature is the ability to interlink notes. In fact, to create a new note you enclose some text with double brackets, which will then create the new note and link to it….
Dust off those Bic ballpoints and college-ruled notebooks—research shows that taking notes by hand is better than taking notes on a laptop for remembering conceptual information over the long term. The findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Source: Take notes by hand for better long-term comprehension I…
Educators are eager to know how the computers popping up in their classrooms actually affect student learning. Much of the research has focused on how computers and other digital devices increase thetemptation and likelihood of multitasking, leading to lower comprehension and reduced productivity. But until now, few people have looked into whether the method of…
While some outdated educators are hung up on making students sit, stare, and copy down their every word (by hand!), innovative educators know there is a better way. At this year’s #NYCSchoolsTech Summit teachers came together to learn about innovative ways to support teaching and learning but they weren’t focused on taking notes. Source: Lisa Nielsen: The…
Google has now added a new feature to its note taking app Google Keep. Your notes will now automatically be categorized, such as books, food, quotes, etc. and will let you search by these automatic topics. Once I created a couple of notes with quotes in them I did a search for quote Google Keep, which…
Visual Note Taking at a Conference | Silvia Tolisano- Langwitches Blog Nonetheless, I still believe that it does not hold true for everyone, nor in all situations. I also believe that we owe it to ourselves to keep experimenting with different note taking forms. With so many tools at our disposal it is up to…