Digital Resources: Evernote

I am an inveterate note-taker. If I don't write it down, I probably won't remember it. Or I will remember it but not until after I actually need it. Evernote is a great place to collect all of your ideas into one place, and it crosses platforms so you can access it on the web, through an app or through a desktop program. The web-based app is beautiful, and desktop app continuously sychronizes in the background as you work, and the iOS app is easy to use on-the-go. You can also share your notes with other users. Everything you create is taggable for easy future searching, and you can organize individual notes into notebooks so all of your like information is housed together and easy to find. 

Pair your Evernote account with Evernote Web Clipper, and you have a great tool for research of all natures (from informal information gathering to formal paper-writing purposes). You can clip whatever you find on the internet straight from the webpage as an article, a bookmark, or a screenshot. Your clipped information crosses platforms, so the article you clipped while browsing on your phone will show up on your laptop the next time you log in through the web or desktop app (which probably makes printing a lot easier!)

It's free, but has a premium upgrade. Evernote has lots of other products (such as Web Clipper, Skitch, and Scannable) that can be used with to enhance its productivity. 

Where: www.evernote.com 

Cost: Free (with paid upgrade)

What: Web-based note taking (with apps available for most popular mobile operating systems)

Students! Try Evernote if you need to...

take notes for class

create to-do lists

keep a log of information (like for a volunteer job)

find and save information from the internet (for formal or informal research projects)

save and revise drafts of pre-published documents

Teachers! Try Evernote if you need to...

create to-do lists

share notes with students

create collections of web sources (for example, I organized my notebooks by unit and collected a bunch of related non-fiction sources in my notebooks as I wrote my curriculum.)

create a list that is always with you (like a recommended reading list or a classroom needs list)