* For Parents * - Permission forms and other school-related documents need to be returned with your signature? Guess what? Many school admins these days have email and are only too happy to have these documents sent back as signed PDFs. (And if a prof doesn’t return your assignments until the end of the semester, you’ll at least have a copy of your work when it comes to prepping for finals.) Scan it and you’ve got a copy should you need it. Scan your homework, too! Yes, believe it or not, I’ve had homework disappear - either my professor lost it or I did. Get in a habit of scanning every piece of paper that comes across your desk and you’ll never have to worry about misplacing something. Evernote and a scanner will keep your dorm room or apartment as uncluttered as possible. * Mobile phones are great for taking photos of handouts and that three-page syllabus for your freshman history class. Add Audio notes - “I did NOT like the North Dorm.” Your goal will be to store anything that can help you distinguish one campus from another - visit two more more campuses, and you’ll be finding yourself forgetting which one had the cool Student Center and which one had the biggest library. Lots of them! And upload them directly to Evernote with your mobile phone. When you get home, there’s just no way you’ll remember it all. * Campus visits are a whirlwind of information and sites. (And if you’re a Premium user, rest comfortably knowing that all your stuff is available offline and can be synched to all your devices so you’re never caught in that moment of explaining why you need an Internet connection to access a file.) Essays, financial aid documentation, medical forms, transcripts… put it all in there. Because Evernote will hold PDF and Word documents, you can toss those documents right into their own note instead of keeping a copy on your computer’s desktop. Create a stack (that contains multiple notebooks) with a notebook for each and every school you’re investigating. * Keep your college/graduate school research under control - this means scanning EVERYTHING you can to eliminate the clutter. You can schedule the date/time of the alert to whatever works for you - the day before, a week before, etc.) (Of course, the Reminders feature is also useful for alerting you to homework due dates, test dates, and other key items. Now roommates won’t be able to claim they forgot their share of a bill was due. Pair it with a shared notebook that contains scans of the electric, water, and cable/Internet bills and each roommate can enable a reminder to pop up. * Use Evernote to keep track of bills and other roommate details - utilities, chores, etc. Other services like GoogleDocs or Dropbox will let you share documents with a team, but Evernote’s ability to convert text into searchable documents automatically is a BIG DEAL! No matter how team members send in content, searching an entire notebook with keywords/tags is powerful and students. If you’re working on a team project, for example, a shared notebook is one of the best ways to make certain information is available to all members. * Shared notebooks are a gift from Evernote, so be sure to check them out. Don’t be afraid to raise your hand and ask someone to repeat a source of information, a web address, or other bit of info - just open up the Evernote app on your mobile phone, press the Record button, and you’re in business. * Audio notes can be uploaded and stored in notebooks, so take advantage of that! I’m not advocating recording an entire lecture, but there may be times when having a recording of something might be useful to a class - a guest lecturer providing his/her contact information, for example. The above links are great, and they include a few suggestions that I don’t know if I would have thought of in school, but here are a few more to consider: How might I have used it? Glad you asked.īelow are some links to some articles that Evernote provided to me, and I highly encourage you or your student to check them out.Īnother Set of Evernote Tips for Students (But I still consider myself a life-long student and am always learning new skills and subjects.) But every now and then when thinking back to high school and college, I shake my head and think how useful today’s technology (both hardware and software) would have been to me. Suffice to say, if you’re not using Evernote, I highly suggest giving it a try - only then will you be able to truly determine if it’s a beneficial service or something you can do without. I started out with the free version of Evernote, but quickly figured out that the Premium version was the only way to go based on the quantity of documents I store as well as the number of times I must access stuff offline. Between Evernote and my personal scanner, I cannot decide which one is more important to my work and personal life. It’s no secret among my friends and family that I have an Evernote addiction.
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