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| AlexPanzer Deactivated User 1593 Posts 6/03 |  Posted - Nov 16 2003 : 6:28PMWhich gadgets are good and "a must" for a college? I dont want to sit and write all the lectures there so whats better, a pocket pc, pda or a laptop? [Link] |
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| Saki At-Large 2087 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Nov 16 2003 : 7:21PM With that said, a small laptop is worth a lot more than most PDA's. It's very, very hard to take meaningful notes with a PDA at the speed at which you have to take notes in class, especially without a keyboard input. With a microphone, you could store a whole semester's worth lectures on the hard drive without worrying about sound quality or storage capacity. If you have to carry it with you all day, you definitely don't want a laptop over 5 pounds. If your college or library (or even the local Starbucks) has wireless access or network ports, a laptop is much handier since it's murder to surf the web on a PDA. [Link] |
| samurai dai Member 449 Posts 2/03 | Posted - Nov 16 2003 : 8:54PM Maybe the nature of the notes and subject material is a criteria? Samurai Dai [Link] |
| AlexPanzer Deactivated User 1593 Posts 6/03 | Posted - Nov 16 2003 : 9:39PM [Link] |
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Bill  All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Nov 16 2003 : 10:42PM [Link] |
| ziniaraya Member London 194 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Nov 17 2003 : 4:39PM Seriously though, I'd go for the lap top so you can use it on the hoof and not get eye strained from over use of anything smaller back at your digs when you write the papers later. The key is to edit down the lectures fairly quickly. So, although I agree the key is also reinforcement, I think the audio idea is going to require you to sit through all the the lectures in more or less real time an dto my mind if you've still got to do notes from it you might as well do it in the actual lecture. Good luck. Z. [Link] |
| AlexPanzer Deactivated User 1593 Posts 6/03 | Posted - Nov 17 2003 : 6:31PM [Link] |
| BillyTalent Deactivated User 14 Posts 11/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2003 : 12:13AM [Link] |
| Janitor Retired Porno movies, sexy videos, xxx. Adult DVD Talk at your service. 6409 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Nov 20 2003 : 11:57AM the most important things i learned in college... note taking, summarizing, researching, indoor gardening... wait scratch that last one. [Link] |
| skronker Notable Legendary Icon Scopophiliac 9780 Posts 9/02 | Posted - Nov 20 2003 : 12:13PM I would find it too annoying to have to type in a classroom in one of those crummy seats. As gadgets, Pocket PCs are cool, but I don't know how you're gonna take notes with one. I was accustomed to seeing people show up for tape recorders, but sitting through a class ONCE is bad enough without going back to relive it. Unless the lecturer is brilliant or something, but most of the time you're just gonna have a graduate assistant minion dishing out the pre-fab knowhow. On the other hand, I'm fascinated b the idea of recording interviews as MP3 files and loading into the Mac. That could make transcription easier for me. [Link] |
| AlexPanzer Deactivated User 1593 Posts 6/03 | Posted - Nov 20 2003 : 2:05PM [Link] |
| skronker Notable Legendary Icon Scopophiliac 9780 Posts 9/02 | Posted - Nov 20 2003 : 4:30PM Technology has come a long way! [Link] |
| AlexPanzer Deactivated User 1593 Posts 6/03 | Posted - Nov 21 2003 : 2:14PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Nov 26 2003 : 6:31AM I'm a university student currently and I am getting by fine with a pen, notebook(thepaper kind), and my desktop. Gadgets will never take the place of going to class, taking notes and studying. You'll do fine if you just attend class Alex, I'm sure. Good luck ned [Link] |
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| AlexPanzer Deactivated User 1593 Posts 6/03 | Posted - Nov 26 2003 : 1:09PM [Link] |
| Saki At-Large 2087 Posts 11/99 | Posted - Nov 26 2003 : 1:16PM From a business standpoint, I'd agree with Steph, although the number of laptops that are appearing in meetings and people taking notes on them has dramatically increased over the past couple of years. Recording lectures is never a good replacement for taking notes, but they do help if you need clarification on cryptic handwriting or if you're unclear about a concept. My college offered videotaped replays of selected classes on the cable network, which really helped out if I was lucky enough to be a distance-learning enabled class, especially if the prof liked to use the whiteboard a lot. [Link] |
| AlexPanzer Deactivated User 1593 Posts 6/03 | Posted - Nov 26 2003 : 1:37PM [Link] |
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