I'm not against technology. In fact, I love it or I wouldn't be
keeping my calendar on the Internet and giving my contact
information to Google. However, simpler is usually better, and
there are times when the simplest technology works the best.
Well, consider pen and paper. I think that not only is the pen
mightier than the sword, it's mightier than Google Tasks,
Remember the Milk, or Toodledo. If the aim is to remember what
to do, then the simple act of physically writing them down does
the job: It helps you to remember. This phenomenon is supported
by research and here's how: 1. Most of our knowledge about the
world comes from three places: our eyes, our ears, and our
hands. Educators are finding that writing and drawing,
activities you do with a pen or pencil and paper, help the brain
to understand concepts, especially concepts that have to do with
language. A functional MRI study on the neural substrates for
writing confirms this. Because we are set up to learn in large
part through what our hands do, th