The document discusses how students can use Evernote to become lifelong learners. Evernote allows students to organize all of their class notes, assignments, tests, and materials in one digital space that can be accessed from any device. It also allows students to capture information in many formats, including typing notes, taking photos and audio recordings, and clipping web pages. The document provides examples of how students can structure their Evernote notebooks and use tagging to easily find and organize important school-related materials even after they have left school.

1. How your students can become lifelong learners with
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2. The end of the school year is rapidly approaching.

3. You have spent the entire year passing on important
information you hope stays with your students years to come.

4. When the end of the year comes, students to throw
away all the lessons you have taught them.

5. You want them to build upon the information you
have provided them.

6. Let me show you how your students can use Evernote
to become lifelong learners.

7. What makes
Evernote so
powerful for a
student?

8. You can access Evernote from any device reducing
opportunity to lose things.

9. Evernote has a desktop client that is a centerpiece of
the program.

10. There are mobile apps for smartphones.

11. There are apps for iPads and tablets.

12. You can access Evernote anytime and anywhere.

13. You can access Evernote both on and off line.

14. Evernote is available 24 hours a day.

15. Most importantly, you can capture and organize ideas
and important information wherever ideas occur.

16. You can add content to Evernote in countless ways.

17. Type in notes.

18. Create audio notes.

19. Take pictures.

20. With the Web Clipper you can capture Web pages as
you find them.

21. Save notes from Kindle.

22. You can email yourself a note.

23. Scan documents to an Evernote folder.

24. Here are ways
students can use
Evernote to be
better lifelong
learners.

25. All notes, handouts, assignments, tests, etc. are in one
place, organized by date. No heavy bag to carry.

26. Students can take a picture of a book page, add their own
notes, highlight important content, and it is now searchable.

27. If you need specific pages of a textbook to study from,
take a picture to Evernote.

28. Scan or copy all handouts to Evernote and add class
tags or add to notebooks.

29. Do you write your note, once done take a picture or
scan them to Evernote.

30. Record the lectures with the audio note capability.

31. Capture whiteboard notes and tag them with the
course tag.

32. Scan or save your homework to Evernote so that you
always have a record.

33. Put together an assignment to do list with searchable
deadline dates.

34. Teach students to be better researchers and writers by having
them collect and organize their content in Evernote.

35. Develop and organize your research papers in one
folder. Collect quotes, notes, and drafts.

36. Use the Web clipper to capture an important research
note; it will have the time captured and url.

37. If you find something cool on the Web or in the world,
you can send the picture to Evernote.

38. Here are content capture ideas that students can use.

39. Take a picture of the weekly course agenda.

40. Take a picture of lists, e.g. vocab lists, supply lists, etc.

41. Keep an online journal.

42. Take pictures of your poster and art projects.

43. Take pictures of book covers that you want to read later.

44. Practice your language fluency. Or save sounds, e.g.,
language, music, lectures for later listening.

45. Label images with Skitch.

46. Track your locker combination, or other important
numbers in Evernote.

47. Track club activities in Evernote.

48. Here are some
recommended
organization and
retrieval strategies.

49. First we will look as some tagging strategies.

50. Create a separate tag for each class, e.g., “English” or
“ADED5240”

51. Create separate tags to media type, e.g., “class notes”,
“handouts”, “quizzes”, etc.

52. Include deadline dates in the body or title in this format –
130427. Can then search for “1304” for all April 2013 items.

53. Here are some recommended notebooks to create.

54. Create a notebook called “School” and place all school
documents in this folder.

55. Create subfolders within “School” for group projects.

56. Create subfolders within “School” for research projects. Place
all quotes, notes, drafts, supporting material in this folder.

57. Create a subfolder within “School” for all important school
documents, e.g., shot records, school handbook, etc.

58. Evernote searches are extremely powerful. Routine
searches should be saved.

59. Set up searches for checkboxes that are not checked.

60. Search for deadlines for a month, e.g., “1304” for all
April 2013 items.

61. Google Chrome will also search Evernote while you
are searching Google.

62. Questions?

63. How your students can become lifelong learners with
Stan Skrabut
http://www.slideshare.net/skrabut
@uwcesedte
#uwces