Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today we’re talking about using laptops and other technology in law school – when to use them and when to leave them at home – because this is not as straightforward as it might seem.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Some of the “pros” associated with note-taking on a laptop and why these don’t actually lead to increased retention or learning
- Why using laptops can be so distracting – and how that affects more than just the student taking notes on her laptop
- Whether or not it’s fair for professors to ban laptops in the classroom
- Are there any students for whom laptop use may do more good than harm?
- How to back up your hand-written notes
- Some recommendations for handwriting your class notes
Thanks for listening!
RESOURCES:
- Is Handwriting Notes a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
- The Pen is Mightier Than the Keyboard: The Advantages of Longhand over Laptop Notetaking by Pam A. Mueller and Daniel M. Oppenheimer
- Scientific American: A Learning Secret: Don’t Take Notes with a Laptop
- The New York Times: Laptops are Great. But Not During a Lecture or Meeting.
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Tips for Using the Cornell Note-taking Method
- All the Supplies You Need to Start Law School Right
- Laptop Multitasking Hinders Classroom Learning for Both Users and Nearby Peers by Faria Sana, Tina Weston, and Nicholas J. Cepeda
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