[nabs-l] class notes

Danielle Sykora dsykora29 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 26 21:19:23 UTC 2014


I am also a high school student and I take my own notes using a
laptop. I believe that students should take their own notes as much as
possible in order to develop the optimal understanding of a lesson.

On 2/26/14, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
> I'm in high school, but thought I would comment. Accept for math where my
> notes are brailled, I type my notes. If the teacher has an outline posted, I
> will use that. I was taught that having my notes done any other way was
> completely unacceptable.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 26, 2014, at 3:44 PM, "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, I cannot help commenting even though I have not been a student in a
>> while.  We don't always know what other
>> disabilities someone may have that might affect their abilities to, for
>> example, multi-task, but learning to take
>> notes is a skill that will benefit one for their entire lives on the job.
>> One just isn't always going to have a
>> scribe to take notes.  My guess is that for at least a while, it is not
>> easy for sighted people to take notes and
>> concentrate on lectures, either, but it is an ability that can be
>> developed in most cases.  Having someone else
>> take notes just means that one will need to develop this skill later, when
>> getting your job done might be on the
>> line rather than a grade.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:10:21 -0500, justin williams wrote:
>>>
>>> Except for a few instances, I have always taken my own notes; maybe 99
>>> percent of the time. That includes right now.  I use a lap top, but I
>>> have
>>> used a notetaker in the past.  Hand written notes must be typed in to a
>>> computer for you to do anything with them; probably in Microsoft word.
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kierra
>>> Davis
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:06 PM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] class notes
>>
>>> --
>>> Kierra Davis
>>> Hello All,
>>
>>> Just a quick question.
>>
>>> I want to know how do you get notes for your classes? Do you take them
>>> yourself? Do you have a note taker? Does the school pay them, or are
>>> they
>>> doing it out of kindness? If they are handwriting the notes, how do you
>>> get
>>> them into a format you can access?
>>
>>> I know this is more than one question, but I just want to know how
>>> others
>>> are handling this situation.
>>
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