Book Review: The Complete Guide to Evernote in Education

I just finished reading an influential book on using Evernote in the classroom. Nicholas Provenzano just released a book called The Complete Guide to Evernote in Education*. If you are an educator, you will want to read this book for not only ideas for leveraging Evernote in the classroom but also for his justification.

The book is a quick read and is only available in digital format. Throughout the book, Provenzano provides countless personal stories of how he uses Evernote and simple instructions for implementation. He explains he wrote the book on Evernote to include annotating the images.

 What Educators Can Learn

I picked up the book because I am always on the lookout for useful ways to use Evernote. Provenzano provided examples in an area for which I am not totally experienced: public school teaching. In his book, he explains how teachers, administrators, staff, and students can benefit from Evernote. He stresses three key concepts over and over as he provides examples:

• You can use Evernote on any device, anywhere: laptop, desktop, iPad, tablet, smartphone, etc., and on any operating system: Mac, PC, and Linux.
• You can create notes in countless ways to include text, Web content, images, audio, and more.
• Users can quickly organize, share, and find notes.

Provenzano points out several excellent tools that users can employ with Evernote, ranging from document scanners to Web clipping tools. Each of the tools helps develop a paperless classroom that is better organized and friendlier to the environment and pocketbook.

Provenzano points out that Evernote can be used to support any class regardless of subject. He backs up his claim by providing great examples for math, music, and even physical fitness.

Supporting Lifelong Learning and Collaboration

Evernote is a great tool for lifelong learning. Students can be lifelong learners because their class notes will be available throughout their life… instead of being discarded at the end of the year. Teachers will be lifelong educators because they will have their lessons always available for immediate update wherever they are… instead of having to sort through filing cabinets and binders.

As an e-portfolio tool, Evernote, with its capabilities, may be the key. Teachers, students, and staff can curate work samples and easily share them with future employers.

Finally, Provenzano points out the benefits of being able to share notes and notebooks with the public, fellow teachers, students, and administrators as the need arises. How fast can you find and share a paper document you have stored in a binder in your office during this winter break? Collaboration becomes much easier, and Provenzano provides insight into how to do it.

Are you an educator? Have you heard of Evernote but are still on the fence? I would recommend that you check out at this book.

How are you using Evernote? I would like to know.

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