Evernote in the Classroom

I really enjoyed using Evernote this year. I found it very efficient and useful for taking notes in class. My favorite part about the app was how it would automatically sync to other devices. This proved to become very useful throughout the year as I took notes to prepare for exams and class discussions. I could take notes in class on the iPad and then access them at home that night to study and review them. I could also take notes on my home computer or even my phone and have them the next day in class without the worry of bringing the notes to class. The best part was that the notes would automatically sync to my other devices, creating less work for me to do. Overall my experience with Evernote was positive and I will defiantly be using it again.

A problem that I discovered while using Evernote is that you can't indent a paragraph. Only recently, towards the end of the year, did I find out that you can indent an entire paragraph by clicking the arrow in the upper right hand corner. However, like I said, I did not find this out until the end of the year because it was not marked. I simply thought it brought you to the previous note written. Also, this does not help me much because it indents the entire paragraph, not just the first sentence of the paragraph. It would be helpful to add a "tab" button so the first sentence of a paragraph can be indented. This would be helpful for essay writing using Evernote. Other than not having a "tab" button for a paragraph Evernote proved to be very useful.

One suggestion that I have to improve Evernote is adding a "tab" button to indent the first sentence of a paragraph. This would allow students to be able to write in essay format. Another suggestion is adding a function so a student would be able to drop a picture into a note and be able to comment on the picture. This would make annotations of literary pieces much easier. This way students could visually see what their annotations are referencing. For example if a student was annotating a specific paragraph form a scanned photo they could make a side note next to that paragraph instead of below on a note. This would visually allow the student to connect their own notes with a specific phrase, sentence or paragraph in a scanned piece of literary work.