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School in full swing

Now that school is in full swing throughout the United States, all students must be missing class already and looking for an easier way to share notes. (Rather than awkwardly calling a friend for notes... or better yet.. Facebooking someone for notes)

Notemesh is a free wiki-like way for students to share their classnotes without ever having to ask for them. Anyone can submit their notes, and this could be an interesting tool for students who are taking classes online. (All you have to do is copy and paste... or upload your lecture notes to the site.)

Notemesh is different because there is only one set of notes per class. So no sifting through multiple copies of the same lecture notes which cuts down on valuable search time. Other useful features include class rosters, print-friendly versions of notes, editing features, and discussion boards.

The most interesting feature is the "note cloud." It allows users to see which schools and classes are the most active. The "school cloud" lists all the schools that NoteMesh serves. Once you click on a particular school, you will be taken to the "note clouds" of all the classes.

The downside is that you need a school email address to access this site. So if your email address does not end with ".edu" or ".mil"... tough luck. Anyone can still see the stripped down version of the notes on this site, but registered users can join discussion boards and edit notes as they please.

Whether this site will be as popular as Wikipedia is unknown. This site may be more successful at larger schools such as U of I or Madison with large student populations (and the tendency to party a lot...) I see little use for this site at smaller institutions where attendance is usually key to succeeding in the class.

posted by Koh @ 1:14 PM