For the last few days I've been playing with Notability on my iPad. Notability is the most comprehensive note-taking application I've ever used. It allows you to color coat your notes, organize your notes by topic, it allows you to choose the backgrounds of the notes, and much much more.
One of my favorite features of Notability is the ability to draw over pictures. I could see this being very beneficial in a class that provides the slideshow prior to the lecture. This way I could write notes on the topics I'm confused on directly on the slides I'm confused on. There are many other ways to use this feature which are very cool.
You can type using the iPad keypad, or you can write with your hand directly onto the iPad and with it's modern features, it will reduce the size of your handwriting down to the size you want it to appear on the note.
This type of notetaking is new to me, but I can see our students using this a lot and using it well. The one thing I would have a hard time with by using my iPad as a notebook, is staying focused. When apps like Facebook, Gmail, and other media outlets are at my fingertips, it can be hard for me to focus on the topic at hand.
Very cool app.
Thanks.
Ha ha John, it can be pretty hard for the kids to stay focused on the iPad as well. They seem to find the notability app pretty easy to use though.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Notability is a cool way to take notes. I would have learned a lot more if this app was around when I was in school. Thanks for sharing.
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