What’s the king of the note-taking apps? There are two leading contenders for the crown: Microsoft’s OneNote and the independent Evernote. Launched in 2003, OneNote was added to the Microsoft ...

Writing by hand can also lend itself to verbatim note-taking too, though—especially if educators couple their lectures with wordy PowerPoint presentations or dense textbook readings.

Researchers Pam Mueller and Daniel M. Oppenheimer found that students remember more via taking notes longhand rather than on a laptop. It has to do with what happens when you're forced to slow down.

If you need to keep your notes from growing too chaotic on a Mac or PC, you might want to consider one of these outstanding note-taking apps. I've tried them all and can easily recommend any of ...

Assign your notes due-dates so they land on your calendar and organize themselves, and then add your notes on your phone's home screen like sticky notes so you can open them with a tap, or you can ...