Note-taking on a laptop Research shows the kinds of notes students take when typing on a laptop differ from those taken with traditional pen and paper. A 2018 study in the United States found ...

And of course, old-fashioned note-taking is virtually free. A user pointed out that paper doesn’t have 50 ads that they have to skip.

The case for paper notes Already I can see why paper notes endure. There’s the obvious stuff: Paper is cheap, you don’t have to keep it charged, and it never nags you for in-app purchases.

One reason is note-taking is more active than listening or reading, which helps us maintain attention. And students often go beyond just recording the information being said.