Weekly Report & Reflection #6

                                                                Evernote

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Last week I received an email from a friend who tried sending me a link to something on Evernote, knowing that this week we had to spend some time with Evernote, I signed up a week early to see what my friend was sending me. My friend attempted to forward me something that a friend had sent to him, to receive this I had to ask my friends friend permission to see the note, which I was not granted.  Although my very first experience with Evernote wasn’t very successful it did give me a chance to reflect on how Evernote worked. This kind of thing never bothers me because I like that my information is secure. By not being granted access to my very first Evernote I was actually happy to see how secure it was. 

Now that I've added so many tools, my PLE was becoming a little bit overwhelming. Luckily another tool was introduced this week.  After connecting Evernote and Twitter through Zapier and learning how it works I was extremely impressed. Zapier connects all of your important tools and makes them work together. While I am still mastering Evernote I have begun to notice how easy it is to save and store things online allowing me digital access to all the things I need. Having a reliable online bookmark that I can log into from any computer makes things so much easier, from not having to bring my laptop, to being able to do work while on vacation. All I need now is Wi-Fi and I’m able to have my work done and saved in hopefully a secure location that is only accessible to me and those I wish to share the information with.

Of course this will be added to my ever growing PLE, but the problem is where will it fit in? As I’ve mentioned in my previous blogs the lines between gathering, sharing, collaborating, and organizing are becoming more and more blurred, as many of these fantastic web 2.0 tools don’t fit into just one specific category.

This week while searching my Feedly account I came across two amazing articles the first by Beth Holland in her blog in Edutopia, which discussed a few of the new websites I've had the pleasure of working with. Evernote, Feedly, Pinterest, and Diigo were all discussed in the following blog. http://www.edutopia.org//blog/building-your-tech-ecosystem-beth-holland In this blog Beth describes building your PLE, or as she calls it an Edtech Ecosystem and other interesting thoughts such as when to use Diigo over Pinterest, and why we need both Drive and Evernote.

                          Photo Credit: RICHARD WELLS http://www.edutopia.org//blog/building-your-tech-ecosystem-beth-holland

The second article that I found in my Feedly this week is by the self proclaimed Educational Technology Guy, who has created an Evernote Tips and Tricks Series. On the corresponding webpage David Andrade discusses the ability that Evernote has to scan a business card and then add it to a contact list. The webpage discusses examples of using Evernote as a teacher, student, and admin. As well as many other extremely useful links all associated with Evernote. I definitely recommend the second link as you can find all the tips and tricks you need to know about Evernote.