Evernote is software that allows users to take various types of notes, including text, photos, audio and web pages, and organize them into searchable notebooks. Notes can be accessed across multiple devices through synchronization. Evernote could be used by teachers to keep records of student assessments and work, create digital portfolios, record conferences, and provide feedback to students by annotating work and recording audio comments. The document provides step-by-step instructions for getting started with Evernote, including downloading the software, creating an account, making notes, and using features like tags and the web clipper.
3. What is it?
a suite of software and services
designed for notetaking and archiving.
a "note" can be a piece of formatted
text, a full webpage or webpage
excerpt, a photograph, a voice memo,
or a handwritten "ink" note.
Notes can be sorted into folders, then
tagged, annotated, edited, given
comments, searched and exported as
part of a notebook.
5. What could you use it
for?
Keep anecdotal records of
assessments/learning skills/behaviour
Create digital portfolios of student work
Record conferences
Organize research for lesson plans
Provide multimodal feedback on
student work and share with
parents/students using a url
10. Step 1
Install Evernote on your computer. Its a
free download www.evernote.com
11. Step 2
Create a user account (you will be
prompted to do this the first time you
open Evernote)
The account is necessary to keep notes
synchronized across devices
14. Step 3
Once youve created that note you
can access it anywhere you have
access to the internet. (If you buy the
Premium version you can access it
offline.
15. Step 4
Create notes from the web using a web
clipper
Go to www.evernote.com/products
Click on webclipper
16. Step 4
This will install a button in your browser
you can use to clip webpages or
portions of webpages
24. Step 5
Evernote will create
the new note for you
in the students
notebook
25. Click on
the Skitch
app to
annotate
the
assignmen
t. It will
save a new
version as
a PDF with
your
annotation
s
26. Creating a note with audio feedback is a bit
different. You have to copy and paste the actual
text.
1) Download the file.
2) Open it up.
3) Copy and paste.
4) Paste into a new note in the students
notebook
28. My preferred method is to:
1) Copy and paste the text to create a new
note.
2) Highlight errors, or anything else I want
to talk about them.
3) Make a recording where I explain what
Ive highlighted.
4) Share the note with the student.
32. On your phone, it looks
a little different but its
easier to take multi-
modal notes.
33. Evernote will
automatically sync
your notes so if you
look at them on your
computer, theyll be
the same.
Tip: you can access
your notes online
with a computer that
doesnt have
Evernote by logging
in to the website.
34. Privacy
Dont store highly sensitive data in
Evernote. Consider giving students
code names or use first name and last
initial
Your account is password protected but
its better to be safe
35. Your Thoughts?
How could you use Evernote?
What questions do you still have?