{"id":55,"date":"2012-02-24T22:48:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T22:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redpincushion.wordpress.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2012-02-24T22:48:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T22:48:05","slug":"return-to-evernote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redpincushion.us\/blog\/productivity\/return-to-evernote\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Evernote?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several years ago, I began using a relatively new (at the time) service called Evernote. I was a big fan. Evernote calls itself a “personal digital assistant” and I think that’s a fair description. At its most basic, Evernote allows you to store images and text within notebooks that are accessible anywhere Evernote is installed. I primarily used it for clipping articles and artifacts on websites, keeping and accessing notes, and storing work-related images taken on my iPhone (e.g., a picture I snapped of some whiteboard work).<\/p>\n

A couple of years ago, I stopped using Evernote. I partly replaced Evernote functionality with Google Docs, which allows\u00a0me to store files and do online collaborative word processing. I also started using Diigo to save and share links easily. Some of the things I once did with Evernote (and later, Diigo), I started doing with Pinterest, particularly if images were involved. Evernote slowly became an unused application on my desktop and my iPhone.<\/p>\n

But I think I may be returning to Evernote, and not just because I drove by their headquarters in Mountain View last weekend and said, “Oh! I forgot about Evernote!” Here are the reasons I may be returning to the old elephant:<\/p>\n

1. Integration with iPad (and LiveScribe)<\/p>\n

I have been trying out a variety of hand-writing and brainstorming apps for the iPad and I am drawn to apps that sync with Evernote. Right now, I am using\u00a0Penultimate<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bamboo Paper<\/a>, both of which sync with Evernote.\u00a0This syncing feature has been very useful, particularly as I am able to open hand-written iPad notes on my desktop computer. I can hand-write notes on my iPad, collect them in organizational notebooks in Evernote, and tag notes as needed. Tagging allows me to collect notes from meetings in one notebook but cross-categorize those notes with tags that link them to other topics I am exploring.<\/p>\n

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I am also interested in the LiveScribe integration with Evernote<\/a>, though I do not own a LiveScribe pen. I can see applications for productivity, being able to easily import hand-written information with audio overlay, but I am still struggling with potential teaching and learning applications. I wonder if groups of students using LiveScribe with Evernote could easily aggregate, organize, and share information to facilitate group work. I welcome your thoughts on this.<\/p>\n

2. Skitch<\/p>\n

Skitch<\/a> is an enormously fun app for the iPad (also available as an app for any Mac device) that lets you annotate and sketch on top of images. I am using Skitch to mark up screen shots of digital commons websites and keeping an Evernote notebook of my annotations. I can envision many teaching and learning uses for Skitch + Evernote, including using Evernote to maintain a notebook of Skitch-annotated images, websites, and other visual resources for an online course. Now, if only we could get Evernote and Pinterest to integrate in some creative and useful way….<\/p>\n

3. A massive trunk<\/p>\n

The Evernote Trunk<\/a> was the greatest source of surprise and interest when I began playing around with Evernote again. The trunk is a repository of applications and resources that tie into Evernote in some way. I’m pretty interested in\u00a0AudioMark<\/a>, Explain Everything<\/a>, StudyBlue<\/a>, and Reeder for iPad\/iPhone<\/a>, each of which has excellent potential applications for teaching and learning. In fact, check out this recent\u00a0ProfHacker article on Explain Everything<\/a> for some practical tips on using that application for teaching and learning.<\/p>\n

I also ran across a getting things done (GTD) approach built around Evernote. I \u00a0have not explored the method in-depth, but it’s worth a look. Check out The Secret Weapon<\/a> website for more information.<\/p>\n

How do you use Evernote? Please share your thoughts on Evernote and ways that you use that tool (and others) for productivity and for teaching\/learning.<\/p>\n

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Note: EVERNOTE, the Evernote Elephant logo and REMEMBER EVERYTHING are trademarks of Evernote Corporation and used under a license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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