Evernote

Evernote - Robust note taking tool and personal organization system that lets you capture things like web pages, screen shots, photos, email, etc. which you can tag, store and find again fast. Works on Windows/Mac/Mobile Devices. Notebooks may be shared for collaborative work. Information is available and shareable at all times.


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Key Concepts

 * **Apps and the Power of Sync -** Apps on all major platforms
 * **Web Clippers -** Copy and capture articles or whole web pages
 * **Notebooks** - Way to organize; can have as many as you like
 * Types of notebooks (local, private just for you; in the cloud, shared with others, Linked-shared to you by others
 * File Backup - free/($5/month or $40/year)
 * **Stacks** - Containers that hold notebooks
 * **Tags -** any note can have one or more tags that are searchable
 * **Sync** - Process by which Evernote notes are kept up to date across all platforms and devices
 * **Sharing** - Via Facebook or Twitter, email, URL, Specific people (read only or read/write)

Evernote in 1:1 Environment

 * Using a single device with Evernote, allows students to easily organize their thoughts.
 * Students can quickly search older notes for information they need on the spot.
 * Creating specific notebooks for each subject or even units within a subject can even help the most disorganized students.
 * Instead of seeing students scurry around for extra paper, new pens or forgotten notebooks, students can carry around a tablet and nothing else (assuming the school is using e-textbooks).
 * Giving students the chance to organize all of their notes in one spot can be a potential life changer for many students.

‍Educational Solutions

 * Course and lesson planning**
 * Build on over the course of several years
 * Add Lecture notes (automatically adds date/location(places)
 * Share w/students (share notebook) - free to browse from any web connected browser
 * Search features
 * Capture whiteboards as photos
 * Search for words in text AND photos


 * Research techniques**
 * Clipper extensions for browsers (URL and/or page)-don't need web to go back to it
 * Share with teacher with write ability - teachers can annotate the research (provide realtime feedback) (Premium feature)


 * Evernote as e-portfolio**
 * Use as a storehouse for projects, writing pieces, art, and performances
 * Document day-to-day or best works


 * Assessments-Student Evaluations**
 * Collect student material into a notebook and use as assessment tool
 * Easy to share with parents/students
 * Create student portfolios with Evernote
 * Can scan in papers; can capture audio interviews, reading samples, foreign language
 * Teachers can provide feedback directly into Evernote on each assignment


 * Professional development-Teacher Evaluation**
 * Principals use Evernote in similar way
 * Collect information about topics at Conferences and share out
 * Share among dept. members
 * Keep track of goals


 * Group projects**
 * Organize and coordinate collaborative projects
 * To do lists - share with group members
 * They can then add research material and build project


 * Administrative - Staff sharing**
 * Move to paperless meetings, etc.
 * Sharing info with staff - keep everyone on same page
 * Dept. level planning
 * School board presentations

‍Evernote For Students

 * capture websites they find useful while researching
 * by writing class notes in Evernote students can access their notes from any device that is connected to the web
 * Snap a picture of handwritten notes and paste into Evernote; evernote makes handwriting searchable
 * offers powerful search feature - snap picture of whiteboard
 * reduce paper clutter; scan or take photos of paper and add to Evernote
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**‍Valuable Links** Is your data safe in Evernote? 10 tips for teachers using Evernote Evernote LibGuide from Fairfield University Evernote for Schools Evernote Video Tutorials Evernote vs. MS OneNote Educator's Guide to Evernote - LiveBinder Cybraryman's Evernote Educational Page

‍FAQs

 * 1) Data limits: 60 mb /month (free); 1gb/month (Premium) - resets each month
 * 2) Education Resources: go.evernote.com/schools
 * 3) Sharing existing notes/notebooks? View Only -- Premium gives you edit rights
 * 4) Evernote - personal accounts - defaults to private; you need to explicitly share notes. Can have a collection of notebooks (Personal/Work) - incl. student accounts
 * 5) Notebooks are not password protected - to limit to specific individuals use individual email addresses (require log in to Evernote); can send to list (uncheck require log into Evernote--little less secure)
 * 6) Audio Notes: MAC/Windows/iPad/Mobile clients--can record and type at same time
 * 7) Can bring in audio from other sources, also pdfs, scanned docs, etc.
 * 8) Shared notebook deleted by HOST: you have option to keep notebook copy as it was or remove it completely