http://trishussey.com/2006/03/23/no-laptops-in-my-classroom/ Social Media News, WordPress Info and Opinion from Tris Hussey author of Create Your Own Blog, Using WordPress and Teach Yourself Foursquare Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://trishussey.com/2006/03/23/no-laptops-in-my-classroom/#comment-478 Anonymous Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:48:30 +0000 http://www.trishussey.com/2006/03/23/no-laptops-in-my-classroom/#comment-478 I agree about MSN and e-mail. Personally I turn them off or set to Busy/Do not disturb in a meeting. While MindManger is worth every penny (and I think they have student discounts not to mention templates for students), <a href="http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Freemind </a> is supposed to be pretty good. But MindManager syncs in so smoothly with Word, PDF export, Excel, etc ... that I'd seriously look into it. I agree about MSN and e-mail. Personally I turn them off or set to Busy/Do not disturb in a meeting.
While MindManger is worth every penny (and I think they have student discounts not to mention templates for students), Freemind is supposed to be pretty good. But MindManager syncs in so smoothly with Word, PDF export, Excel, etc … that I'd seriously look into it.

]]> http://trishussey.com/2006/03/23/no-laptops-in-my-classroom/#comment-10323 Anonymous Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:48:00 +0000 http://www.trishussey.com/2006/03/23/no-laptops-in-my-classroom/#comment-10323 I agree about MSN and e-mail. Personally I turn them off or set to Busy/Do not disturb in a meeting. While MindManger is worth every penny (and I think they have student discounts not to mention templates for students), <a href="http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Freemind </a> is supposed to be pretty good. But MindManager syncs in so smoothly with Word, PDF export, Excel, etc ... that I'd seriously look into it. I agree about MSN and e-mail. Personally I turn them off or set to Busy/Do not disturb in a meeting.
While MindManger is worth every penny (and I think they have student discounts not to mention templates for students), Freemind is supposed to be pretty good. But MindManager syncs in so smoothly with Word, PDF export, Excel, etc … that I'd seriously look into it.

]]> http://trishussey.com/2006/03/23/no-laptops-in-my-classroom/#comment-477 Anonymous Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:09:40 +0000 http://www.trishussey.com/2006/03/23/no-laptops-in-my-classroom/#comment-477 <em>My main concern was they were focusing on trying to transcribe every word that was I saying, rather than thinking and analyzing,</em> really? If I were the professor I'd be more concerned that my students would be surfing the web and chatting on MSN.... :)) I second the recommendation for using Mind Manager for note taking... any mind map tool (including pencil & paper). My notetaking improved enormously once I learned about mind maps My main concern was they were focusing on trying to transcribe every word that was I saying, rather than thinking and analyzing,
really? If I were the professor I'd be more concerned that my students would be surfing the web and chatting on MSN…. )
I second the recommendation for using Mind Manager for note taking… any mind map tool (including pencil & paper). My notetaking improved enormously once I learned about mind maps

]]> http://trishussey.com/2006/03/23/no-laptops-in-my-classroom/#comment-10322 Anonymous Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:09:00 +0000 http://www.trishussey.com/2006/03/23/no-laptops-in-my-classroom/#comment-10322 <em>My main concern was they were focusing on trying to transcribe every word that was I saying, rather than thinking and analyzing,</em> really? If I were the professor I'd be more concerned that my students would be surfing the web and chatting on MSN.... :)) I second the recommendation for using Mind Manager for note taking... any mind map tool (including pencil & paper). My notetaking improved enormously once I learned about mind maps My main concern was they were focusing on trying to transcribe every word that was I saying, rather than thinking and analyzing,
really? If I were the professor I'd be more concerned that my students would be surfing the web and chatting on MSN…. )
I second the recommendation for using Mind Manager for note taking… any mind map tool (including pencil & paper). My notetaking improved enormously once I learned about mind maps

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