Contain Your Chaos in the Cloud
Part 3: Implications for the Primary Classroom
Now that you have installed Evernote and you have started to clip and save away, how can this tool help us, as educators, to make our jobs easier?
Now, why is this helpful? Well, take a peek:
I have to believe that I am not the only one that is inundated with ridiculous amounts of advertisements, catalogs, and informational flyers every. single. day.
Obvious chiropractic benefits aside, what if you could have constant access to ALL of that information, in ONE place, without hauling around an oversized teacher bag AND a file box- any time that you wanted or needed it? That, my friends is the magic of Evernote.
Use Evernote to help you:
- Save and organize lesson planning materials
- Keep current, up-to-date documentation on your kiddos and their progress
- Store student work samples
- Track information using checklists
- Save helpful articles or professional literature
- Keep notes from professional meetings and trainings ALL IN ONE PLACE!
What if instead of a huge stack of papers, or even a stack of super-organized but heavy notebooks, you could access a piece of student work with one click that looks like this. Better still, you could even share this with the parent AND send the work home without making a copy first.
Watch this video for a quick picture of all of the ways that you can store materials in Evernote:
So, go give it a shot, because no one- not even Ryan Gosling- finds rolling file boxes sexy- although, please note, I am pretty sure that he finds cardigans exceptionally attractive. Just sayin'.
*Full Disclaimer: I am the proud owner of this little baby- I rock it with pride, along with the optional School Smart cloth caddy, but I'd really rather not have to! Thanks Mom :)
Check back for a quick tutorial on how to create check lists in Evernote and, remember, there is still time to enter my Blog Love Giveaway!
Stay connected, friends!
Kate,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for finding me on TBTS and stopping by. I am so glad that you did! Your blog is amazing!! I've read every post thus far and I'm already thinking that you and Ryan Gosling are totally on to something with Evernote! Lol I plan to experiment with it and I thank you for showing me tips along the way. I think I'm your newest follower here and I liked your FB, too. I absolutely adore your writing style and I can't wait to read (and learn) so much more. Thank you for sharing!
Stephanie from www.middleschoolmattersblog.blogsopt.com
Kate, I'm loving your blog! I have always been a huge evernote fan, but I see now that it has more potential than I ever thought. Thanks for opening my eyes to all the possibilities!
ReplyDeleteI especially like the idea of using it to store/document student work and also reading samples for fluency. How do you organize this in your evernote? Does every student get a notebook?
Courtney from www.polkadotlessonplans.blogspot.com