2. Please take a few moments to fill out the pre-workshop survey.
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3. Digital Literacy & Professionalism
This workshop is one of a series made by possible by a Digital Literacy &
Professionalism grant from the Washington State Library.
4. What is Digital Literacy?
“Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share,
and create content using information technologies and the
Internet.”
Cornell University. "Digital Literacy Resource - Introduction." Digital Literacy Resource - Introduction.
Retrieved from http://digitalliteracy.cornell.edu/welcome/dpl0000.html
5. Stepping Onto the Cloud
• What is the Cloud?
• What is Evernote?
• What is OneDrive?
6. What is the Cloud?
“In the simplest terms, cloud computing means storing and accessing data
and programs over the Internet instead of your computer's hard drive. “
What Is Cloud Computing? (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0%2C2817%2C2372163%2C00.asp Photo by Pattys-photos via Creative Commons https://flic.kr/p/abA2T4
7. Evernote https://evernote.com
• Productivity tool great for personal, business or academic work
• Available wherever you are, on whatever computer or mobile device you are using
• “Freemium” service– plenty of very good free features (60mb free storage each month), or pay $5
per month for more storage and more robust searching features
• Excellent for organizing all kinds of stuff:
o Notes from meetings, class, etc.
o Images
o Research
o Documents in progress
o Audio or WebCam clips
8. Other Cool Things About Evernote
• You can email stuff to Evernote (your Evernote email address is under your account info)
• Evernote Clearly removes extraneous information and graphics from web pages, making it easier to read
them.
• Evernote Penultimate is an awesome handwriting app for the iPad
• Evernote food helps you document and keep track of the food you like
• Evernote Skitch allows you to use shapes and sketches
• Web Clipper saves anything online into Evernote
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9. Let’s take a look at an Evernote Account: https://www.evernote.com/
10. Explore!
Spend a few minutes exploring on your own…
▪ Create an Evernote account:
http://evernote.com/sign-up/
▪ Download Evernote:
https://evernote.com/download/
▪ Check out this tutorial to get started with Evernote features:
http://evernote.com/evernote/guide/
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12. ONEDRIVE https://onedrive.live.com
▪ One place for everything – PC, Mac & mobile devices – even Xbox 360
▪ Easily access, create & share documents, photos, videos & files anywhere
▪ Up to 15 GB of free online storage space
▪ Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Excel survey & plain text
▪ Available in MS Outlook
▪ No formatting with other MS Office products
▪ Sync across all devices – computer, tablet, phone, etc.
▪ No MS account needed to sign up
13. ONEDRIVE: Getting Started
• Create a OneDrive account: https://onedrive.live.com
• Download OneDrive to your device: https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-
us/download
• Getting started, Quick help, Resources & FAQs:
https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/support/
• Apps that work with OneDrive: https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/apps-
that-work-with-onedrive/
14. Where to get more information and help?
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EVERNOTE Help: http://evernote.com/evernote/guide/
ONEDRIVE Help: https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/support/
All Digital Literacy & Professionalism Workshop content is available here:
http://btc.ctc.libguides.com/
16. Please complete the post-workshop survey before you go.
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