EVERNOTE
I have delighted in using Evernote over this year, although I wasn't always sold on the idea!
WHAT IS IT?
Evernote is essentially a notepad with pages that can be grouped in books. It organises, tags and allows multimedia to be stored within individual notes for organisation and keeping information together despite being stored in a variety of ways (text, audio, images etc.).
PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN THE CLASSROOM
I have a book for each student in my class. I first starting using it to assess homework. It wasn't an in-depth assessment that lead to a final mark, but moreso a record of what was presented, whether key objectives were achieved/demonstrated and for feedback to the student. I took photos as they presented their information, used the 'tick-a-box' feature when questions were answered and/or items included, and comments about their overall performance. This information was stored on one note in the students notebook and these notes emailed to them after their presentation. What an excellent way to feedback to students - often before they had unplugged the VGA cable and returned to their seat!
WHY I HADN'T USED IT
I wasn't sold on having notes for this and notes for that - especially since that's what my desk looked like! But once I saw a use (like most web based tools or ICT ideas) I made it work in my favour, to help my be organised, communicate with students and retrieve information quickly and easily.
WHY I WILL CONTINUE TO USE IT
Interestingly, many staff now use Evernote to record staff meeting minutes and to create 'To Do' lists or to record important dates and deadlines. This information has been emailed to all staff by individual staff members to improve communication (often, by the time people have left the meeting room! I plan to use it to record Professional Development notes, as well as record parents meetings (perhaps by audio as needed). I have a tutor/home group in 2012 that I meet with each morning and I plan to include relevant information from discussion we have.
The access from website (www.evernote.com) as well as the MacApplication as well as the iPhone app as well as the iPad app... make this even easier to use as all the information is stored via the cloud. Easy!
MORE TO LEARN
I plan to investigate the 'Shared' notebooks function. Perhaps I can add each student to my individual notebook I have for them, as well as the Tutor Groups. If anyone has done this - I'd be keen to hear from you!
I have delighted in using Evernote over this year, although I wasn't always sold on the idea!
WHAT IS IT?
Evernote is essentially a notepad with pages that can be grouped in books. It organises, tags and allows multimedia to be stored within individual notes for organisation and keeping information together despite being stored in a variety of ways (text, audio, images etc.).
PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN THE CLASSROOM
I have a book for each student in my class. I first starting using it to assess homework. It wasn't an in-depth assessment that lead to a final mark, but moreso a record of what was presented, whether key objectives were achieved/demonstrated and for feedback to the student. I took photos as they presented their information, used the 'tick-a-box' feature when questions were answered and/or items included, and comments about their overall performance. This information was stored on one note in the students notebook and these notes emailed to them after their presentation. What an excellent way to feedback to students - often before they had unplugged the VGA cable and returned to their seat!
WHY I HADN'T USED IT
I wasn't sold on having notes for this and notes for that - especially since that's what my desk looked like! But once I saw a use (like most web based tools or ICT ideas) I made it work in my favour, to help my be organised, communicate with students and retrieve information quickly and easily.
WHY I WILL CONTINUE TO USE IT
Interestingly, many staff now use Evernote to record staff meeting minutes and to create 'To Do' lists or to record important dates and deadlines. This information has been emailed to all staff by individual staff members to improve communication (often, by the time people have left the meeting room! I plan to use it to record Professional Development notes, as well as record parents meetings (perhaps by audio as needed). I have a tutor/home group in 2012 that I meet with each morning and I plan to include relevant information from discussion we have.
The access from website (www.evernote.com) as well as the MacApplication as well as the iPhone app as well as the iPad app... make this even easier to use as all the information is stored via the cloud. Easy!
MORE TO LEARN
I plan to investigate the 'Shared' notebooks function. Perhaps I can add each student to my individual notebook I have for them, as well as the Tutor Groups. If anyone has done this - I'd be keen to hear from you!
