Best program for lecture notes

Posted by Donovan
Jun 4, 2016 at 07:27 PM

I try everything. I absolutely love a couple of the outliners we talk about around here. However, I have read several studies that show students retain far more information in the classroom if they use a notebook and pen. If necessary, scan it into OneNote later and it’s searchable. There’s something about the act of actually taking the notes by hand and not dealing with any tech during the lessons that allow for better learning (according to many).

If your son goes the software route, OneNote is hard to beat for his note-taking purposes. In fact, in my opinion, it’s one of Microsoft’s finest software products. Talking to other instructors, many students seem to prefer taking class notes with notepad (or similar) and then copy/paste, organize it at another time. I would also *highly* recommend DropBox using the local DB folder on the laptop for everything class-related and allow it to instant sync anytime it’s connected via WiFi. Things don’t get lost and it’s always in the cloud if something were to happen locally.

Good luck to your son on his big step forward in high school!