Describing Communication Technologies_ The Onset Of Typed Note-Taking Practices

Written notes are a hallmark of education, wherein the ability to remember what is said or viewed within the context of a classroom or any other educational landscape at any specific point in time is a necessity. After all, “writing represents language, but it out-lasts the spoken word. The oldest examples of writing have lasted over five thousand years. Others will last only until I press my computer’s delete  key” (Gnanadesikan, 2011, p. 3). The ability to look back to a specific point in time during a lecture, or to revisit a slide from a classroom session, is a godsend to students within the educational systems of today’s world, as it allows for the individual to refresh their own memory of events and topics of discussion, and affords the note-taker the ability to reevaluate, reinforce, and remember the important bits that may have slipped their mind.