tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post8372215095131871248..comments2024-01-31T00:56:33.779+00:00Comments on A Little About a Lot: Something of a Trialniallgavinukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04370683626939155999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-52179528245981530742012-03-23T11:05:45.307+00:002012-03-23T11:05:45.307+00:00I can see the experience has had quite an effect o...I can see the experience has had quite an effect on you. I became a school governor for similar reason, 'wanting to make a difference'. Interesting point about note taking. I've attended several web training sessions and found that mind maps was the way to go. But I agree note taking can be a distraction especially when you need to focus your attention on such important details.I guess courts can't have 20 minute byte sized chunks for juries to digest as we do in training sessions. Good luck with the magistrate investigations.Caroline (C2N)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-65920143999676545222012-03-20T13:36:08.982+00:002012-03-20T13:36:08.982+00:00Thanks all for you comments. As a 'mindmapper&...Thanks all for you comments. As a 'mindmapper' myself, with day book after day book filled with my daily mindmapped notes, I struggled with note-taking in court, and fell back on good old linear, with headings, line-by-line, page-after-page notes. For some reason, mindmapping just didn't seem to fit the bill and actually required more thought than linear note-taking. This is something I want to reflect on in more detail. Have you any views on this yoursleves?niallgavinukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04370683626939155999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-13023172882182559222012-03-18T19:56:19.086+00:002012-03-18T19:56:19.086+00:00Hi Niall, I read your blog this morning, just didn...Hi Niall, I read your blog this morning, just didn't have time to reply until now.<br /><br />I love your observations about note-taking - definitely hard to focus of taking notes and then listening to next point. But I wonder if using tech has reduced our note taking skills and possibly impacted on our attention spans? I do find myself less able to focus for the length of time I used to be able to focus for. Perhaps Courts need to use tech in the form of recording audio or video & then the note taking could focus on writing down time codes of certain points.<br /><br />Your point about people being worried about getting back work and how this impacts their focus is very valid. I wonder if the CPS realises this? It is certainly not something I had thought of before.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />FionaFiona Quigley @fionaquigsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-33024800115260698972012-03-18T19:27:53.064+00:002012-03-18T19:27:53.064+00:00Niall, great to see your perspective in black and ...Niall, great to see your perspective in black and white! Still not heard anything back yet-but reading this and speaking to you has made the experience less intimidating! Will le you know how I get on!<br /><br />DDamianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500078928282841767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627367356050316576.post-59112567510439013822012-03-18T12:08:15.834+00:002012-03-18T12:08:15.834+00:00Niall, some really good points in this - your obse...Niall, some really good points in this - your observations on recall and note taking in particular. <br />Nicely written too. Thanks1Andy Woolerhttp://www.andywooler.comnoreply@blogger.com