outcome: participants will increase skills in the use and integration of technology in classroom...
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Outcome: Participants will increase skills in the use and integration of technology in classroom instruction. Indicator: Participants will explore Evernote and identify how the organization of teachers' digital information can support effective teaching practice.
Introduction
• Please log on and navigate to https://bcpsddlpd.pbworks.com
Discuss• If you complete work outside of the school building (grade papers, write lesson plans, find resources, etc), what tools do you use and how do you organize it to go back forth between locations?
• What paper filing system do you have in place to manage all of the information you receive from meetings, trainings, school leadership, curriculum offices, parents, colleagues, etc?
• What is your electronic filing system for Internet resources, presentations, lesson plans, lesson resources, emails, etc?
• How do you capture those late-night brilliant instructional ideas or on-the-fly informal assessment observations?
What is Evernote?
http://youtu.be/1p_7snQhdLI
Every Note In Every Way Everywhere
Every time
Evernote Free Limits
• 60 MB monthly upload quota• 25 MB note size and attachment size• 100 joined notebooks• 50 emails daily• Free and premium account limits:
– 100,000 tags– 100 tags per note– 100,000 notes– 250 notebooks– 250 people joining a single notebook
Evernote Terms of Service• You retain the copyright and any other rights to the content you submit
• You grant Evernote the right to access the information in order to run the service (i.e. text recognition for searches, syncing to multiple devices, etc)
• You agree that you have the rights and authority to submit, publish, and/or distribute content and that you are not infringing on the rights of others
• Use by children should be done under proper supervision and in compliance with COPPA and FERPA
• If you close your account, follow their guidelines to retrieve your content first as it will no longer be available to you.
BCPS Policies
• Evernote may not be used by students because it requires an email for account creation.
• You may share notes with students because it doesn't require them to sign on to the service
• You can not violate student privacy rights by including any personally identifiable information on public notes
• You are able to installing Evernote on BCPS computers
Log on to Evernote.com
Evernote Web Interface
(annotations added using Skitch)
Basic EditingNew Notebook
Basic Editing
Note title
Note Location
Text EditingInserting:HyperlinksCheck boxesTablesHorizontal LinesFiles/Images
New Note
OrganizationNotebooks
Group notebooks in stacks
Tip: create an “Inbox” folder and set it as the default. That way if you forget to specify a folder, it doesn’t accidentally get filed away in the wrong place and create clutter or confusion.
Edit name and set a default notebook
Optical Character Recognition (O.C.R.)
“Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text.”
- Wikipedia
Setting Reminders
Setting Reminders
Emailing Notes to Your Account
Sender = Note authorSubject line = Note titleBody = Note body
Optional: After the note title in the subject line, designate a notebook by typing @NotebookTitle and tags by typing #tag1 #tag2. The notebook and tag(s) must already exist.
Send email to this address and it will be added to your Evernote account.
Sharing Notebooks
Sharing Notebooks
Join the following Shared Notebook:
• https://www.evernote.com/pub/thejennzer/evernoteworkshop6-17-13
Sharing Notes
Stop Sharing Notes
Supporting Apps and Extensions• Web clipper (for Safari, Chrome, Firefox, & Internet Explorer... also a bookmarklet available for mobile devices)
• Outlook email clipper (installed with Windows Evernote)• Skitch (for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android)• Clearly (an extension for Chrome and Firefox)• Penultimate (for iPad)• Food (not for desktop computers)• Hello (not for desktop computers)• Moleskine smart notebook ($) and Boogie Board ($)• Miscellaneous apps for scanning, clipping, integrating, listing, etc.
• Expand your Evernote experience with Evernote Trunk: http://trunk.evernote.com/
Read and Discuss
• 10 Tips for Teachers Using Evernote - Education Series
• The Ultimate Simplified Guide to the Use of Evernote in Education
Think about: What will you take away from this workshop and apply in your classroom?
Thank you!
• Please complete the exit ticket on the workshop wiki
• Please complete the workshop survey (emailed to you)