PEN
A pen is a DevCom student’s best friend, well, any students’ best friend. Though digital note taking mediums already exist such as smartphones, tablets, laptops,etc., writing by hand is still an effective way in taking down important details. Experts say that writing by hand improves learning. Writing by hand helps to retain information on a more personal level. Writing by hand makes the information more recognizable to the one who wrote it. Some learn better by writing the word or sentence repeatedly with his or her own interpretation.
NOTEBOOK
What’s a pen without a piece of paper? A wand, drum stick, a makeshift knife for protection to stab animals or people in unfortunate situations. Just kidding. As a DevCom student writing, transcribing, taking down notes is a pretty regular thing. A notebook is must especially for writing important reminders, school notes, reviewers, and such. you can never go wrong with a trusty notebook. Forgot to download the slides the previous lesson? It’s a good thing you took down notes during the discussion. The notes in your notebook could be a life saver especially during times of pop quizzes and you need a quick review of your notes. For me, I usually have one notebook for taking down notes and as a planner. While others do have separate planners but that doesn’t matter as long as you take note all the important details to get you through that subject.
LAPTOP
Laptops are a must. From a luxury, it has become a necessity. A laptop contains almost your entire life in college; readings, articles, your THESIS. It gives you access to to emails, google classroom, SAIS, social media accounts, and others. Personally, I prefer using my laptop when accessing google classroom, sending files, doing research, doing homework and what not because I feel like my phone is too small and I can’t access everything at once. Make sure you take good care of your laptop because if you don’t bad things will happen. Just kidding. If you don’t want your articles, assignments, or thesis to be magically disappear, keep it clean outside and inside, and by the inside I mean the software.
PHONE
Phones are like Swiss army knives for students. It has become a very useful and agile tool. Don’t have access to your laptop? Use your phone. Don’t have an audio recorder? Use your phone. Don’t have a a camera? Use your phone. Your phone is beneficial for a DevCom student because it can help in the documentation for your article. This can be a back-up if you happen to not bring your pen and notebook during an interview or a class (Some professors don’t like phone so beware).
CREATIVITY
This tool is very different from the others but it is essential in being a DevCom student. As a DevCom student, we need to write a lot. We need to think of topics that can make or break our article. Think of topics outside the box at the same time inside it. As writers, we write to help. It is our job job to think of ways to innovate to promote development. Creativity does not only apply to the arts but also in life. Diskarte, is what will help you survive in DevCom and in college.
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