10 Tips for Using Evernote Effectively

3 Ways to Manage Student iPads in the Classroom As the tidal wave of iDevices hit the shores this fall, I felt it was a good time to highlight a few ways to manage these devices with students. Add a Custom Email Signature: If you have email set up (we have a generic student email on each device that allows outgoing emails and restricts incoming) on the device to submit student work, consider adding a custom signature to your iDevice to discourage/manage rogue emails and inappropriate student use. Giving each device a different traceable signature will make it easier to locate the device that sent an inappropriate email. It is advised that each student uses the same iPad each class (e.g. Evernote in the Classroom You can plan, you can train and you can offer all the pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment you want around a cur­ric­u­lar ini­tia­tive, but you never know how well some­thing will truly work until you unleash it into the wild and have the fac­ulty and stu­dents put it through its paces. After five years of plan­ning we launched our 1:1 Learn­ing Ini­tia­tive and with it Ever­note. There were a lot of dis­cus­sions and deci­sions that needed to hap­pen along the way, but one of the best deci­sions so far was to include an Ever­note pre­mium account on every fac­ulty and stu­dent laptop. The adop­tion of Ever­note by teach­ers and stu­dents has been amaz­ing. We haven’t seen any­thing like this with any appli­ca­tion or ini­tia­tive to date. Ever­note has become engrained into the daily lives of fac­ulty and stu­dents to the point that one would think we had been using it for years. Teach­ers are shar­ing their own note­books with their stu­dents. Addi­tional Resources:

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A conversation about Evernote and our 1:1 initiative. In the Spring of 2011 I had the plea­sure of join­ing two of my col­leagues (Jenny Zagariello — @jennyz49 & Chris­t­ian Ely — @christian67 ) in a con­ver­sa­tion with Andrew Sinkov (@sinkov), VP of Mar­ket­ing for Ever­note in NYC to dis­cuss our school’s imple­men­ta­tion of Ever­note Pre­mium account within our 1:1 ini­tia­tive. The good peo­ple at Ever­note recorded the event so that those that couldn’t attend would be able to hear the con­ver­sa­tion. If you have any ques­tions or com­ments please leave them in the com­ments below and I will more than happy to respond. Enjoy! Currently the Director of Technology for Montclair Kimberley Academy, "Blogger in Chief" for edSocialMedia.com, husband and father to two crazy kids who make me smile everyday.

High School iPad Apps Create and publish your own wikis and blogs. Use these web services to communicate and collaborate with your friends and coworkers. It's easy to edit this page and create new wikis. Content previously available at this address is temporarily available at If you're looking for our iPad wiki content, it's still online at: Calendar | Change Password | Profile Manager iPad Apps for School Administrators The iPad can be an incredible tool for the busy School Administrator. Below you will find a list of time tested applications for the iPad. I am in no way compensated by the app developers for the recommendations below, just sharing the good word. Enjoy, share, add your own recommendations in the comments. * Denotes that the app also has an online/software counterpart that can be accessed using the same username and password. General (Update) Sending an email with an attachment - This is concept is often overlooked and can cause some frustration for the new iPad user. *Appshopper.com - You may be able to count on Apple releasing an updated iPad each spring, but you can’t count on the price of its apps to stay the same. Google sync for iPad Calendars - By default the iPad will only sync your default Google Calendar to your iPad. Add bookmark to the homescreen - You may find that you use the same website a lot (ex. an observation walkthrough you use daily in Google Forms). File Storage