Rant: My friends all use apps for notes, but I stick with pen and paper

I think writing by hand helps me learn more than typing on a screen. Can anyone share how they mix old and new ways to take notes?

3 comments

3 Comments

ray_park419h ago

Stanford researchers say typing notes helps revision speed, so I use apps for lectures and pen for summaries.

jordanmorgan6h ago

Yeah the typed notes for lectures thing totally tracks. I do the same - typing lets me keep up with fast speakers, then rewriting by hand makes the key ideas stick way better.

drew1825h ago

What if you switched it mid-lecture? Sometimes a concept is just too dense for typing. I’ll grab my pen right then and force myself to draw it out or summarize in my own words on paper. That immediate struggle to simplify makes it CLICK. Typing gets the flood of info, but pen for the tough stuff saves a ton of confusion later.