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Disappearing Ink
By Todd Gitlin
The internet has a wealth of knowledge at the click of a button and with the same click of a button you can download notes to core classes and term papers. Todd Gitlin writes of his experience with canned notes and the effects on class attendance, class participation and student education in “Disappearing Ink.”
“Disappearing Ink” was written after Gitlin heard about an internet company offering free notes for core courses at several different universities. This reminded him of when the student government started a note-taking service called, Black Lightning, back in the 1980’s when he taught at the University of California at Berkeley. Black Lightning would have a graduate student attend lectures of different courses to take notes, -- with the teacher\\\'s approval of course-- and then offer the notes to students for a price. Gitlin although apprehensive decided to allow the note-taking service in his classes.
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