Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Evernote Update

After 6-7 weeks of playing with Evernote, I have settled into a routine.  Here's how I'm using it.

Lesson Plans

I have an entire notebook dedicated to High School student teaching.  I have divided up the notebook into easily accessible sub-notebooks that I refer to quite frequently.  All my lesson plans are easily accessible;  It did take me a few weeks to settle on a good notebook setup.  
Each lesson plan is titled with an 8 digit day stamp (yyyymmdd) and I have the notebook listed by Title in Reverse Sort Order, leaving the latest lesson plan on top.

Tags

I have not used tags for a couple of weeks now.  I have found that the search function is quite sufficient to get me back to the notes I can't find.  This may be a bad idea, but it's working for now.

The Web

I follow a number of blogs ranging from science miscellany to education stuff.  When I use the Feedly iPad app and I find something interesting, I simply email it to my Evernote Post email address.  I have set up a "Holding" notebook in Evernote where all these articles are sent.  Then, I can review an article at length, file if if I'll refer to it again, or delete it if it won't be valuable in the future.

I was using Pocket to hold articles of interest, but now with the Evernote Web Clipper (Chrome) and the Evernote Email address, I no longer need Pocket. 

Going Paperless

This makes me so happy.  I am using the Document Capture feature on the iPhone version of Evernote to copy all manner of papers.  Once synced, I recycle the paper.  The document is now available on any device connected to the cloud.  This has come in handy during meetings, during lesson planning, and in class.

I have also used my Evernote email address when I scan documents to pdf and have them emailed to me.  This saves so much time and paper.

I love the freedom from being tied to information on a single piece of paper.

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