How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doing it again
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How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doing it again
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Re: How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doing it again
#2Interesting article. I can touch type but I prefer pen and paper for to do lists, mind maps, exploring problems and note taking. It's always seemed more "effective" than using a computer or my phone - even crossing off a task feels better.
I always assumed this was because I engage more areas of the brain. I'm excited to find the real reason so the research is now on my to-read list.
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#3Interesting article. I can touch type but I prefer pen and paper for to do lists, mind maps, exploring problems and note taking. It's always seemed more "effective" than using a computer or my phone - even crossing off a task feels better. I always assumed this was because I engage more areas of the brain. I'm excited to find the real reason so the research is now on my to-read list.
Definitely agreed. There's something about physically engaging with the note-taking space that can't be replicated at a layer of abstraction, through peripheral devices.
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#4This article just made me feel like i am 70. Thanks.
Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_of_Power
Re: How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doing it again
#5I'd be interested also to know what people think about taking notes on a tablet with a stylus. I've never done this, and I think it could provide some of the benefits of taking notes on paper, but not all. For example, turning physical pages and visualizing data in concrete locations would still be more helpful for me, since I'm a spatial learner.
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#6Pretty much everyone in my university took notes on paper in CS classes. Most of it was just math which is much easier to note down with pen and paper (I tried tablets with a stylus but still prefer pen+paper).
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#7Misleading title - He took class notes using a notebook instead of a laptop.
I dared to hope to find some absurd story about turning in his CS homework in hand-written C++...
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#8This article just made me feel like i am 70. Thanks. Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_of_Power
Same. Mid 30s, no one used laptops to take notes when I was in college. Somehow we all survived.
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#9Disappointed. I thought the article was going to focus on why a computer isn't even necessary for a computer science degree. In other words - how a computer science degree is mostly just a degree in mathematics, and a lot of the coding that you do (algorithm work, obviously not a software engineering or programming intensive course) should be done with pencil.
I have been seeing a lot of articles claiming that a barrier to CS curriculum in high school is that they don't have the technological capabilities to support such curriculum. Nonsense. If I ran an AP computer science class we would never touch a computer. Pencil and paper only.
Re: How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doing it again
#10Disappointed. I thought the article was going to focus on why a computer isn't even necessary for a computer science degree. In other words - how a computer science degree is mostly just a degree in mathematics, and a lot of the coding that you do (algorithm work, obviously not a software engineering or programming intensive course) should be done with pencil. I have been seeing a lot of articles claiming that a barr…
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