It’s nice being able to think on a whiteboard.
I’m a visual thinker. It helps to be able to visualise things…
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I know just what you mean! It can be just as troublesome when you’re drawing things radiating from a point. :)
Geeky though it may sound, I’ve been working on my note writing technique since I was an undergrad. Most of my notes are still spider diagrams linking lots of things together. You can fit a frightening amount of information on a single side of A4 that way!
The only time that falls down is when doing any maths… Then things just get messy. :P
Hahaha. I know how that works — mostly because I do a lot of math on the whiteboard! I think that’s true of chalkboards too!
I should say that perhaps your notes are more coherent too because everything is nicely spaced out. When I’m trying to draw things like optical arrangements, you’re trying to draw a bunch of things converging into one point, and that’s just messy — even with lots of colored markers!
Aren’t they brilliant? And using a glass door… There’s an idea. Why did I never think of that…?
Sadly they’re not so good for writing papers, but I’ve seen a few lecture rooms with electronic whiteboards. Like, you can put up powerpoint slides or images and then use a digital pen to write stuff over the top of them. Ahhh technology! :)
Don’t forget to keep a camera handy. I always try and photograph the board when I’m done so people can erase it all (or just draw random pictures) if they need to…
Gotta love the colours. That purple board marker is my newest toy actually. :)
To be honest, using lots of colours was how I learned to keep things coherent. I just got fed up one day of having to decypher my own notes! The only time that falls down is when doing any maths… Then things just get messy. :P
Hey I’ve just discovered how fantastically helpful dry-erase markers are, too! Except I prefer to use them on the glass sliding doors to my porch–much more space to work with. Now if only I could have a computer as interactive, writing papers would be so easy.
Mmmm… That’s cool :) I need one (plus maaany colours) in the next room I’ll have to work in!
I wish I had more colorful white-board markers to work with! Also, your notes seem much more… coherent than mine!