College students, do you actually take your laptops into class to take notes?

[184550]

I never brought my laptop to class. I prefer pen and paper as it helps me remember the material better.

 

[amandapanda801]

I used to but then again we're not really allowed to use our lap tops becaues of the WIFI at our school and then we just surf the web all the time. Also my lap top was just too big to bring to school so I just do the old fashion taking notes with a pen and paper thing.

 

[iShater]

When I did my graduate school I used my laptop for a big chunk of the classes. Anything that had a lot of info on the board or materials discussed by he professor I took notes using the laptop. I also kept a notebook nearby for figures and just referenced them in my notes.

It made it much easier to prepare for the exams.


The down side is that other students realized I had great notes, and started asking for copies.

 

[Xavier]

I have used my laptop a few times to take notes. Still stuck with the pen and paper though.

I sometimes, for low work days, would use my iPod Touch to take quick notes.

 

[kolax]

I used to take it to browse Facebook. But my iPhone does that now.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I use my laptop to take notes in class. I can type pretty fast and I don't have to struggle to read my notes afterwards.

 

[redwarrior]

I can't imagine why anyone would handwrite notes when they could type them. But, I type much faster than I write, and like ucfgrad93 said, I can read them later, and they are searchable.

Since I am attending DeVry Uni online, I print everything to PDF - text and lectures - and pull up that class's folder for fast searching during exams. It works quite well for me.

I also take my 17" MBP to church where I can access various Bible translations and text while taking notes. I am the only one who does it at the moment. But our pastor and worship leader both use iPads.

 

[Prof.]

People only bring their laptops into class when we're in a lecture hall. Otherwise students just use pen+paper.

 

[yg17]

I took my laptop to class with the intent to take notes, but usually ended up surfing the internet or playing games

 

[redwarrior]

I brought up MR in church once and was very sorry I did. It is way too easy to accidentally pull up NSFW posts (even just some avatars are that way), and being in church, everyone is always looking over my shoulder.

 

[zioxide]

it totally depends on the class. some i'll use my laptop, but some just a regular old notebook.

 

[pcb]

If by taking notes you mean surfing the internet then yes I did take my laptop to class for notes.

However if you mean taking it to actually be productive then no.

 

[reebzor]

Depending on how interesting the class is / how necessary it is to take notes then yes, sometimes I do. If the class gets boring I can just drift off into internet land.

I never take notes by hand, but I only ever rarely take notes in class.

 

[lewis82]

I'll see next year (as teachers in Cégeps provide notes, and no one uses laptops anyways, so I don't bring mine), when I'll be in uni, but I guess I won't use it very much. Equations are written much more easily by hand