Handwritten vs. Typed

[Esper]

Using a laptop never occurred to me. Either I knew my teachers wouldn't allow it or it didn't make sense to drag a laptop around with me most places I went because of how far I had to go or how long I'd have to be out. Also, all of this:

One...having a computer out during class would have been a huge temptation to do other things aside from actually taking notes. Actually, I guess that would have been the biggest thing, haha. Two, with handwriting something I feel like I can just jot something down more quickly and remember it more easily.

Also...I could doodle on the same paper I wrote on, and I doodled a lot in classes. :D I wouldn't have been able to have that same luxury on a laptop.

And on top of that, writing your notes lets you organize them differently. I would have lots of circled things with arrows pointing to other parts of my notes and stuff like that. Not easy to do on a laptop.

 

[Cosmotone8]

I'm not allowed to type notes in my school, being only thirteen, but if I could I'd totally do it.

 

[Hannah]

Sometimes, I prefer to write by hand. We take notes a lot, and I'm not permitted to bring my small netbook to school. But if I could, typing would be much more easier.

 

[Shining Raichu]

Typed is easier simply because it's faster. When I went to college and I was handwriting, I'd miss half the important stuff because I couldn't write fast enough lol

 

[Pyrax]

Personally, I prefer typing.
My hand tends to cramp after a few minutes of writing, and as a lot of people have already mentioned, typing tends to be faster.
Plus, I can barely read my own handwriting so... >>

 

[Cordelia]

Even though my handwriting is horrible, I find I learn best when I hand write my notes. They were such scribble though, omg! I remember I used to have to type them in order to study on them, but that was also another part of my studying process. So I hand wrote my notes and then typed them when I needed to study them. It worked out pretty well when I was in college.