Weekly Report & Reflection #6 - Exploring Evernote

Hey everyone! This week I explored an online tool called Evernote.To put it simply, it is a tool to make notes. However it is really so much more than just that! "Notes" in Evernote is more than your traditional idea of a note. Notes in Evernote can be an image, voice memo, handwritten note and even a webpage. What Evernote does is simple yet powerful and extremely useful. It is the ultimate tool to stay organized in the Digital World.

Not only can you run Evernote on your traditional Windows PC computer, you can run it on OS X, iOS, Chrome OS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and webOS! It is amazing how many platforms you can integrate your Evernote across. This means if I create a note on my Macbook at home, I can edit and view it on my phone anywhere with an internet connection. This feature of cloud access and cross platform integration is my favourite part of Evernote. Of course Evernote is not just cool, but extremely useful for educational purposes. An example of this would be the reminder tool. This tool lets me set reminders on any note within my folder, it helps me keep track of when assignments are due or simply remind me that I need to start it right away! I often use this tool when I  am working on a project; I would create a note and write down ideas and links relevant to them, then I would set a reminder for next week to finish it up before the project is due. Another feature really useful for learning is the ability to share notebooks. This goes beyond the traditional idea of handing my physical notebook to a group member. It uses it's cloud system to allow multiple users to access a notebook in order to share ideas and collaboratively work on a single project. In fact, I am using it right now with my two group members, we are working on a project about Digital Literacy. My group partners have already created a shared note with possible sources we could use!

What's great about Evernote is that it fits so many needs and thus I believe it fits in more than one category within my PLE. Evernote can really be part of "Collaborating and Socializing" and "Organizing Content". This is because it not only organizes content that I have collected, it also helps me share it with others. I will definitely add Evernote to my PLE because as I previously mentioned, it is an extremely useful tool with everyday applications! Thanks to Evernote, I was able to bring my Digital Communication to another level. People usually think of cell phones or emails as Digital communication but Evernote is a form of indirect communication. It lets you share content with others as a form of communication without a single word being said! Of course this also means another point towards my Digital Literacy as learning about Cloud technology and online sharing/storage means I now have a better idea of sharing content online now works. It is so much more than just sending a person an email, our digital technology has evolved to a point where we put content in a box in the digital world and anyone in the world can access the box with our permission!

AllThingsD, Link to source

AllThingsD is a great website about digital technology that I subscribe too. It has anything from reviews to articles about all things Digital! I found this interesting article about how Google and Amazon are building these amazing office buildings of incredible architecture.  It really reminds me of this article I saw in my reader about the Apple campus they are building in the shape of a spaceship. And now apparently Amazon is building a campus with 3 giant sphere while Google is building a floating campus! Reading about this really makes me wish that I could work at Google or Amazon. Working for Google would however require a mother load of Digital knowledge and experience (good thing I am starting with this ADED class!). It makes me realize how knowledge about the Digital world is so important. Not will it only be useful in my education and day to day life, but it will be crucial for my career especially if I want to work for tech giants like Google or Amazon!

Anyways that's it for this week, thanks a lot of reading. Just remember to check out Evernote as it is a great tool for organizing and sharing materials across all platforms online!

Billy