Put Down the Pen: Ignite Your Mind Instead of Just Taking Notes!
Why writing by hand is the way to effective note-taking
Despite social media and many other distractions, you still need to think.
Don't you think?
Technology offers opportunities and flattery. When opportunities drown in flattery, you stop thinking due to too much automation.
Automation takes nothing away when what it hides does not contribute to our awareness. Think about when you press the clutch in the car to change gears: you know what you are doing, but the mechanism hides the details of the operation. Those details are not relevant for driving awareness.
When it comes to note-taking by typing, what details do we miss, which are relevant, and what does writing by hand reveal?
Note-taking goal
Note-taking is the skill that enables retaining, elaborating on, and understanding information. Taking notes is an intense creative task, like a brainstorming listening mode. With this in mind, let's focus on the magic moment in note-taking.
From thoughts to signs
There's a magic step in note-taking. It's the instant when you listen to a word, a concept, or a connection and put…
