You may be tempted to use your laptop to take notes…. why not?  You can certainly type faster than you can write, and you can save your notes to the cloud so that you never lose them.  However, a lot of recent evidence suggests that students who hand write notes actually retain information better than those that type.  Why?  There seems to be some processing of information that happens when you hear-write, that doesn’t happen as much when you hear-type.

There are always exceptions, of course.  For those that have a disability, issues with writing, or processing challenges, typing may be superior.  You need to find what works for you.