Is anyone as surprised as I am about how many “free” digital management
tools there are in our digital world! Every week I dive into a new and
sometimes challenging adventure. However, I have really enjoyed
investigating many of the digital aids on the web that cost absolutely nothing and are
available to use for personal, educational, or even vocational reasons.
This is certainly fascinating!
The past two weeks I have been exploring and using
the Evernote information
management system. At first glance it seemed to be just a place to store
notes, but as I dove further into the system I realized there are many useful
features to utilize in this organization system. Evernote is a digital
tool that can store numerous items such as pictures or photographs, scanned
notes, web page clippings, emails, printed or handwritten notes, and research
articles. Basically, everything can be saved in an Evernote
note! Not only can you store individual notes, you can also
organize these notes into custom labeled notebooks. This system also has
the feature of using tags, which additionally helps the user find notes
quickly. I indeed like this element of Evernote. J
The platform of this system is slightly overwhelming
at first. Although, I am finding that initially most of these types of tools
are. However, once you use them for a few days and begin exploring the
functions available, it becomes much more user friendly! Here is a link
to a video titled Getting Started with Evernote that really
helped me become accustomed to this system. So... any of you out there that
are being challenged with this system maybe watch the video and just keep at
it…because I really believe persistent eventually pays off!
Now what did I learn and notice in my exploration of
Evernote? A couple of really cool features I have discovered about
Evernote is that it has a “Chat Tool” and additionally this management
system can be linked to many other platforms such as Twitter, Facebook,
Pinterest or even my cell phone! The Chat Tool truly sparked my interest
due to the fact that we are using this system to work with a couple of fellow
students on our Research Projects. I can not only chat and message both of
my partners at the same time; we can also share our research with one another.
Not only can we share the information we have gathered, we also can edit
one another’s work if permission is granted. This is an incredible
advantage because we can read and communicate about the project in real time
without physically meeting. Some may consider this unsocial and a
disadvantage, nonetheless I saw this as a way to save time and an opportunity
to work more efficiently on educational activities.
Evernote will definitely be a tool that I will continue using! I
will gladly be inserting this digital management system into “My PLE
Chart”. Although the question does surface…under what heading will I
place it? What I have also discovered about many of the tools we are
exploring in this course is that they can be placed or grouped in more than one
location. This tool can be placed in the three different categories such
as connecting, researching, and creating. All three apply because I am
connecting with my partners, researching for my project on digital security, as
well as creating the presentation within this tool.
My Evernote Screen!
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Lastly, I would like to share an interesting article that was fed into my Feedly Reader. The article titled "When everything is connected, how will we keep creeps out and private data in?" It is about digital security and how companies and the Internet are using our personal data. You can find it on the website Digital Trends. Another great read about the adventures and issues that can arise by being part of a digital world!
Take care,
Alex
Evernote (2015) Getting Started
with Evernote. Retrieved from http://evernote.com/getting_started/
McGrath, J. (2015). When everything is connected, how will we keep creeps out and private data in?. Retrieved from http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/keeping-data-secure-in-a-connected-iot-world/
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