Notes or videos: What do you prefer?

Zaveri Sana Salim, The Central School, Dubai

As a student I feel taking notes is more effective. Good notes help us recall facts and ideas we may have forgotten. The act of writing things down helps us remember them better in the first place. The purpose of note-taking is simple: to help you study better and more quickly. This means your notes don’t have to contain everything, they have to contain the most important things.

Pranjal Pratyasha, Al Ain Juniors School, Al Ain

I prefer watching videos because reading through books can be a tiring task. Students who are good visual learners will be having lots of advantages studying from videos. They can store information easily. The training time is reduced to a great extent using videos and these videos are demonstration-friendly. It has been proven that visuals are always interesting and engaging; better than reading through pages and pages of text. Hence, videos can keep students engaged in the course.

Hana Musthaffa, The Royal Academy, Ajman

As many of us spend more time on our gadgets rather than books, I think everyone prefers videos. Videos are more interesting and straight to point. Notes can get complicated sometimes and it can be tiring too. A video with a good narrator and good background music can help students get more interested in watching them. And also, let’s not forget that watching videos save time than writing notes. But whatever happens videos will never be a substitute for taking notes.

Sidharth Sankar P, Delhi Private School, Sharjah.

I prefer videos, as we not only get to know the topic, but also get an idea of what it looks like. Diagrammatic and pictorial information can also be interpreted by the brain better. With images and audios, brought together in a video, children enjoy more. So, let us find suitable videos for learning and take the education of our country one step ahead.

Maryam Islam, The Royal Academy, Ajman

I prefer videos. Rather than notes, it’s easier to understand videos and attend exams. Notes on the other hand are a waste of time. We just learn it for the day of exam and then forget the concept very easily. Whereas, when once we watch the video we remember it throughout our life. Like if we want to learn for the exam, it takes a lot of time to by heart the notes and if we watch the video once, twice or thrice, we can understand the whole concept. In addition, even the videos create interest in understanding the concept.

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