I believe we need to put the ink on the paper to cement new
knowledge in minds. Being from an earlier generation, I follow the analog
process …. Like those good old days.
Whenever possible, I try to write, scribble or doodle on my
journal like notebooks as I get along a presentation, webinar or the process of
reading a book or website. While the main purpose of taking notes may be to
implant the material in the mind, it serves a secondary purpose as we grow
older.
These notes turns into our Visual Aids every once in a while
as we refer back. Being grown-ups, we can follow the subject, its logic, and
sequence with relative ease but when it comes to holding it back in the memory,
we are hopeless.
Once a notebook runs out of space, I digitize it for convenience
but it makes a difference to see my handwritten notes as compared to my MS Word
typed notes on the screen. More often
than not, I can relate the time-space aspects of a handwritten note, which
brings in another desirable dimension to the whole process. I do use programs like “evernote” to organize materials
gathered through web research but wouldn’t prefer to record the audio from a
webinar.
Please leave your thoughts on your viewpoint on this matter and how do
you prefer to take notes.
The following is one of the pages from a webinar explaining
how International Standard Organization (ISO) adopts new terms and definitions.
It is good to remember that a vehicle with two wheels, a
handle bar, a seat and driven by a pedal wouldn’t qualify as a bicycle if the
chain is replaced with a shaft. This is how critically a definition is attached
to a term.
