Week 5

Using Evernote for teaching and learning

I had not heard too much about Evernote before, but now that I started to know a little more about it I think that this Web 2.0 tool can be a very useful element for us in the processes of teaching and learning. Based on the reading material and my little experience using Evernote I can say that this tool is very versatile, so its implementation in Education can only be limited by our own creativity.

I am a ESL student and when I made the audio notes for the assignment  I notice immediately that this option is perfect to improve everyone's  pronunciation and especially for those who are learning a second language. In fact I made an Evernote personal notebook, and in less than an hour I recorded more than 50 phrases with at least 50 words. I took my English text book and I started recording phrases. Some of them I re-recorded more than five times until I was satisfied with the sound and the tone of the words.

For students to achieve a comprehensive, well-rounded education, integrated teamwork on several fronts is very important. Evernote is one of  several Web 2.0 tools that we can use to establish a better communication between students, between students and teachers, and among parents and educators.  It is easy to share projects and write notes with  Evernote, so no matter if the student is shy or have some problems in socializing with others, here everybody can express opinions, establish points of views, so the more teamwork fundamentals exhibited, the more opportunity exists for students to learn the important  skills of compromise and collaboration.

 Educators need to be efficient, so they have to be or become more organized, and I think that this is the better way to succeed in Education. Evernote can be something like an assistant for teachers, because it is a cloud application that is designed to ‘remember everything for you’ and allows users to easily collect and find data on multiple devices, so no matter where the teacher is, home or school, they can access all of their information efficiently. Teachers receive a lot of pressure thru administrative, assessment and reporting demands, but it they use Evernote as an assistant they can store student assessment notes, lesson plans and administrative tasks within the app. At the end teachers can get more time to spend with students, and this time is what directly impacts on their learning.