1. Note taking Software Group 3: Mala Koalas Jacob Button Justine Herrera
Sam Smith
Taber Shimono
Tara Peters
Thomas Carranza
CST300
Dr. Tao
Fall 2012

2. Intro Overview Different note taking software
Pros & Cons of note taking software
Trends of note taking software
What we would like to see in the future of note taking software

3. Microsoft OneNote Part of Microsoft Office since 2003
Easy to use, intuitive software designed for collecting information
Available as both regular software and mobile App

4. OneNote - 2 Feature Rich: Works like a traditional notebook
Voice, pen, and speech input
Syncs to Sky Drive
Fast notetaking
Pages are content flexible.

5. Free Software
Allows you to store images, video, and voice recordings
Available as an app
Create todo Lists
Takes Pictures
Draw using skitch
Study for tests more effectively
using PEEKNOTE

7. Pros of note taking software
Notes are legible
No messy handwriting
Unless illegible font used
Able to organize
Can rearrange
Group into separate folders
No physical element
No bulky binders or folders
Easily accessible
No tedious searching
Handicap features

8. Cons of regular note taking
Unable to understand notes
Shorthand abbreviations
Illegible
Typing is faster
Compared to handwriting
Notes can be lost
Writing on small pieces
Too much paper
Materials
Pencils/pens
Folders, binders, notebooks, etc

9. Trends Mobile 2.0 Text Virtual storage cloud drive Mobile access
Images
Movies
Audio files
Virtual storage
cloud drive
Mobile access
Current trends of note taking software:
Virtual storage: the ability to store notes on a cloud drive and access them on every device and laptop you use. It also makes it easier to share notes with your friends and classmates.
Mobile access: people have more accessibility options. Notetaking software is now easier to use on mobile devices like tablets and smartphones. It is making it a lot easier to navigate on smaller screens convenient because users do not have to rely on a laptop anymore, they can still take good notes using these smaller devices.
"Mobile 2.0" : allows users more options when creating notes. You can insert information such as text, pictures, movies, audio files into notes

10. Future of note taking
The ability to take notes directly on your tablet easily.
More software such as Notes Plus or Penultimate
Broadening of note taking software application

11. Better Note Taking for DRC students
SoundNote, which allows the student to type and/or handwrite notes while capturing audio
Note taking software that works for students with the hard of seeing.
Software that has intuitive speech recognition
Ray Kurzweil

12. Conclusion
Any Questions?

13. References Intro: OneNote: Evernote: Pros of note taking software:
Evernote:
Pros of note taking software:
Cons of regular note taking:
Trends:
Future of notetaking:

14. Image References Intro: OneNote: Evernote:
Pros of note taking software:
Cons of regular note taking:
Trends:
Future of notetaking: