With all the new things I have going on, my life has been very chaotic. I have taken on too many things this school year and I hope to talk about those in future posts. Today, I figured I would start with something that has helped me to battle the chaos. I present to you Evernote.
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| Evernote is a real game changer! |
Evernote has really been a lifesaver for me. I cannot believe how much I use it. I constantly have it open on my home computer, my classroom computer, my cell phone and my iPad. I use it for everything. I really mean everything. By the way, the Google Chrome app is great! For example, I use to to keep track of the my son's football scores. I want to make him a commemorative football with the dates and scores of each of his games. I use as a to-do-list for home and work. I use it for grocery store lists. I take pictures of business cards. I basically use it anytime I go to write something down on a piece of scrap paper.
Everyday, I am finding new ways to use Evernote. Like today, I was looking over old AP Chemistry tests to find some interesting questions to put on my upcoming test. Back in the day, I would find a question and print it up. I would end up with a bunch of papers that would get shuffled around and eventually misplaced. This year, I started taking screenshots of the questions I like and I then post them into my school notebook. Now, I can use Evernote's powerful search function to quickly find those questions. I no longer have to carry around a file folder of questions. I am so excited.
One thing my students do is they take pictures of the agenda on the whiteboard and upload them to their Evernote accounts. I have had a few students take pictures of the problem sets in their books. (I don't know how legal this is and I do not condone it whatsoever.) They upload the pictures to Evernote and now they can leave the book at home. The pictures are now searchable on Evernote. My students love it!
There is so much I could share with you about Evernote. I just want to leave you with one last thing regarding Evernote. Give it a try! At first, I had no idea how to use it. I installed it on my iPad and I was like okay now what? I actually didn't use it much in the beginning. I have slowly started using it more and more. Here is my advice. Commit to using Evernote for 2-3 weeks. Anytime you are going to write something down open Evernote and record it there. I personally like the tags, but some people I talked to don't bother. If after your trial period you are not hooked then oh well. I really think you will be.
In future posts, I will tell you in more detail how I use Evernote. I will show you how I organize my notebooks and much more. I am going to stay away from tutorials on how to use the basic functions. You can find a ton of those on YouTube and Evernote. I want to stick explaining how I use it. Below you will find some useful links to help you get started with Evernote.
Useful Links:
Giving Evernote a Try
Evernote 101
Get Stated with Evernote
Evernote for Teachers
Evernote for Students
Thanks,
Dan
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