I was assigned Evernote to explain to my group. I had a bit
of an unfair advantage as I have been teaching myself to use Evernote for the
last month as part of my attempt to get organized for the MAC program. My
investigation did uncover some aspects of Evernote that I was not previously
familiar with, particularly the suite of smart phone apps they have to enhance
the functionality of basic Evernote.
For my handout, I chose to provide a broad description of
what Evernote is capable of, then specific instructions to achieve installation
of the app and the two central functions of Evernote: creating notes and
notebooks. I provided representative screencaps to illustrate what Evernote
looks like in its most common usage. When one understands how to do these two
things in Evernote, the possibilities are pretty much endless.
When I looked into how teachers have recommended using
Evernote, I expected to find some sophisticated and unexpected uses for the
program. Instead, I mainly found lists of things that you could store in
Evernote – lesson plans, short term to do lists, notes from meetings, and so
on. And in fact, now that I think about it, it is this flexibility that is
Evernote’s strength. It can become anything you need it to be. With a premium
account, it can also be a collaborative platform (although I think Google docs
is more well-suited for this particular application). Evernote simply helps you
to organize your life in any way you see fit – and couldn’t we all use a little
more organization in our lives?
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