How Things Changed With @Evernote I'll admit it. I have to be one of the most unorganized people on the planet. I have notebooks in just about every bag I carry. Multiple calendars and I still miss appointments. I have more than 10 different types of projects going on at anyone time. Organization isn't really in my vocabulary. Well, let me say, it wasn't in my vocabulary. But it is now, thanks to Evernote. I had tried Evernote in the past. Ok, so what is it? To boil it all down. Here is a view of my current notebooks. So I have notebooks for work, personal and other work I do. I keep Evernote open on my computer at all times. In this notebook are notes for 3 presentations I did at a recent district technology conference. You can also install the Evernote Web Clipper extension and save portions of websites or just some text from a blog post that you want to use somewhere else. There are lots of uses in Education too. Best thing to do now is go download it and start small. Do you use Evernote?
A Wordpress Widget Perfect For Building Your PLN If you’re an education blogger using WordPress, Dell has a pretty sweet new tool for you. It’s a widget that displays a curated list of your favorite education blogs and websites. <shameless plug> We at Edudemic are honored to be featured in the widget. </shameless plug> Here’s how it works. You go to this Dell website and / or search for a ‘dell edu’ plugin in the plugin search area of your WordPress site. It’s free and a great way to show off the work of the bloggers and writers in your PLN. 1. 2. - The ability to add any blog to your own wordpress widget installation. - New feature that will auto import your blog roll to the widget. A look at the option screen for the widget. 3. 4. 5.
Quick List Of iPad Resources For The Classroom One question that comes into my inbox or on Twitter a lot lately is one dealing with iPads. Many schools and classrooms all over are investing in these devices and educators want to know how to use them effectively, apps to consider and more. In keeping with the "My Favorite Resources" theme (last week I listed my favorite resources for talking about Twitter) here are my go-to resources when people ask me about iPads in the Classroom. ISTE iPad In Education Webinar Resources-A while back ISTE ran a great webinar with some fabulous educators on using iPads in the classroom. iPads For Education- While this site comes courtesy of the Department Of Education in Victoria Australia, there is lots of information that can cross the Pacific that you can use in your classroom. Sample Lessons-iPads In Education-5 Quick Lessons using various iPad apps. Cybrary Man's iPad Resources- My friend Jerry of course has a great page with tons of resources related to everything iPad.
- Evernote For Schools Site: Resource for Using Evernote in Education 0 Comments February 17, 2012 By: David Andrade Feb 17 Written by: 2/17/2012 6:54 AM ShareThis Evernote. I talk about it on this blog a lot, I share about it on Twitter and Google+, and I teach other teachers and my students how to use it. Evernote for Schools is a micro site on the Evernote page that has useful resources to help educators and students use Evernote more effectively as an education tool. Teachers can use Evernote to organize notes, lesson plans, lesson resources, student reports and notes, and research. There is an Evernote for Schools Discussion Forum where educators share tips, tricks, resources and best practices and you can follow the Evernote for Schools Twitter account, @evernoteschools, to keep up to date on new developments, upgrades, news, tips and much more. If you use Evernote, this site can help you use it more effectively. Related: Evernote for Education - collection of tips, resources, and more for using Evernote in Education
So What Has Changed Since I Started Blogging and Tweeting? The first PHSprincipalBlog (changed to Director 4/1/2009) post was on 9/18/2007. (332 posts overall)I have been on Twitter for 4 years, 3 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 1 hour, 27 minutes, 23 seconds (Nov. 29, 2007) according to My activity on my blog as well as on Twitter have diminished as of late. I still find an incredible amount of value/entertainment by engaging in the online discussions, I just find it harder to make time to write and send out 140 character tidbits. I have discovered a wide range of educational bloggers, created an RSS feed for my favorites, and read the ideas and thoughts of my favorites everyday. “So what?” So what has changed at PCHS? The first blog a PCHS was not mine, nor was the second, (both by our Librarian/Curriculum Specialist-Sarah Hill), but my act of accepting the challenge to blog (again by Ms.
How to use Jing in your classroom I’ve only really mentioned Jing with one or two sentences in previous posts, but I wanted to take the time to elaborate a little more and talk about the different types of things you can actually do with this product. So what is Jing? Jing is free image and video capturing software that you can share instantly over the web, IM, email, or even just save to your desktop. You simply download Jing to your desktop and it will sit at the top of your desktop. If you want to use Jing for video capture, you simply take your mouse, click and drag the area of the screen you want to capture and click. Then select to “Capture Video.” —— Record, track, & create instant online learning for teacher professional development with SimpleWorkshop. If you want to use Jing for image capture, you simply take your mouse, click and drag the area of the screen you want tot capture and click. So, how can you use Jing (or other capturing alternatives) in your classroom?
Emailing Into Evernote Just Got Better Posted by Andrew Sinkov on 16 Mar 2010 Comment One of the many ways to get stuff into your Evernote account is by sending notes to your personal Evernote email address. Today, we launched a big improvement to this functionality that lets you specify the destination Notebook and assign Tags to your emailed notes. How it works First, find your Evernote incoming email address. Next, try emailing something into Evernote. Use @ for notebooks: Use an @ symbol followed by the name of your destination notebookUse # for tags: Use a # symbol followed by the tag or tags you wish to assign. For example, Subject: Trip to Florida @travel #expense report Would create a note titled Trip to Florida in my travel notebook, tagged with expense report. Notes on this feature Resetting your email address Your Evernote email is randomly generated to protect you from spam. Upgrade for features to help you live and work smarter. Go Premium
So...You Wanna Be A Blogger So this is a blog. Yep. It really is, or at least I want it to be. This is a space for me to reflect, share, learn and grow with anyone who stops by. It has been a wonderful experience for me and I really do enjoy working on this. Besides the professional growth, blogs can be a wonderful addition to any classroom too. So you are thinking? Fear not kind reader! First, you are going to need a space. Blogger-This is my platform of choice. And there are apps for all these so you can blog on the go. Still confused with all the options and how to get the most of of what you choose? Ok. So you have your space all set up and you have a working knowledge of how things work. Maybe you are thinking about staying away from the personal reflection stuff (although I really, really encourage it) and you want to do just a Class Blog or have your students blogging. So how about some more resources? This is just a handful of everything I have collected about blogs and blogging.
EdTech: 100 Tech Tools for Teachers and Students This post is #12 in DailyTekk’s famous Top 100 series which explores the best startups, gadgets, apps, websites and services in a given category. Total items listed: 104. Time to compile: 8+ hours. This post is quite a departure from last week’s subject: 100 Tools to Develop the Next Killer iOS or Android App. So here’s what I’ve got for all you educators our there: some random and cool EduTech tools, tech tools for teachers and students, ways to integrate mobile devices into the classroom, social learning tools, elearning and online learning resources and finally some test prep, textbook, educational gaming and a few other random resources. Actually, this post has been a long time coming. I know there are tons of education technology resources out there so if I missed something good, maybe a favorite of yours or something that cropped up after I created this list, leave me a comment to let me know so I can get it added. Post Navigation Don’t Miss Random and Cool Back to top Social Learning
Evernote for Education Android App: I use the desktop version at home and the office, the Android app on my HTC One smartphone, my tablets, web version on my Chromebook. The desktop version sync's all of the data to your computer (good for backup) and you can also export your notes in a variety of formats for backup. You can create new notes via desktop, web, or mobile version. You can upload attachments to your notes in Evernote to keep documents organized with the notes they go with. You can also email notes, clip web pages, record audio notes, and scan papers, receipts and more into Evernote. I love Evernote. Does it Cost Money? Yes and No. All accounts have a limit of 100,000 notes. Free accounts have a 60MB upload allowance per month and Premium accounts have a 1024 MB upload allowance. Evernote Premium gives you bigger upload capacity, offers greater sharing options, gives you access to note history, and more. How Can I use Evernote as a Teacher, Student, Administrator? From the Evernote site: 1. 2. 3.