[nabs-l] class notes

Wed Feb 26 22:56:41 UTC 2014

Hey everyone, 
I am a junior in high school, and I, like the others, always take notes during my teachers' lectures. Often, my teachers will send me their powerpoint or outline that is being projected on the screen for the other students to see, so I will be able to follow along similar to my classmates. If the teacher mentions something that is not included in the outline or PowerPoint, I will add this information as needed. Like Sophie said, taking notes definitely keeps me focused, for if I didn't do this, I would easily get distracted and space off. 
HTH, :)
Haley 

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On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 2:36 PM PST Sophie Trist wrote:

>I, too, take my notes using a braillenote. Someone said earlier that taking notes distracts them from a lecture. For me, the opposite is true. Taking notes keeps me focused. If I don't take notes, I sometimes space off and miss part of the lesson. What I do is, I take notes based on the teacher's lecture. Then, I read the chapter to reinforce the notes and cement my understanding of concepts I'm having trouble with.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Danielle Sykora <dsykora29 at gmail.com
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:19:23 -0500
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] class notes
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>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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