Evernote in the Classroom by Lois M. Galindo

Let’s be honest there are limitless possibilities to incorporating Evernote in the classroom. What an awesome tool for the 21^st century learning environment. This is a great tool for Delivering information to students. Evernote can also be used for collaboration on group projects. Evernote offers countless ways to distribute information to students. This tool also provides a very user friendly interface to demonstrate concepts in and out of the classroom.

In teaching my high school sophomores reading writing and study skills I would use Evernote help students create notebooks for their different assignments. This tool will help students organize their assignments by subject matter. In their writing Notebook they can save all of their journal entries and research papers. In their reading folders they can save their character analysis writings as well as their chapter summaries. In their Study skills Notebook they can save documents that teach them effective study habits as well as photos of ideal study spaces and schedules for studying.

One of the great features of Evernote is the ability to set alarms or reminders for the notes students place in their Notebooks. Students can schedule reminders days before due dates on their rubrics to ensure they are going to meet their due dates. They can also use this function to set goals and see if they are achieving them in a timely manner. I would use this in my classroom to help my students with their time management skills.

Evernote offers a unique opportunity to combine the use of photos, text and audio notes in the same notebook. I would have students create a vocabulary Notebook to place in their reading Notebook. Students can add a photo of the word, define the word in text, and make an audio note using the word in a sentence. Working with the vocabulary in multiple modalities will help students to remember and use novel words more effectively.

Evernote allows students to compile many different types of notes in their Notebooks. The option to share your Notebook with others lends Evernote to be an amazing collaboration tool. Students can share Notebooks with others in their group. This provides for a very accessible way for students to share information and make changes to group project fairly easily.

These are just a few ways I could see incorporating Evernote into my classroom, The possibilities for organizing lesson plans and content material would be a whole other blog.