Number of Students | | Number of Composition Notebooks + Number of Written Submissions + Number of Projects | | LOTS of PAPER + LOTS of LOST PROJECT PRODUCTS |
What is Evernote?
With its capabilities and features, I went ahead and decided to use Evernote in two ways inside my classroom:
1. An e-Portfolio for ALL my students.
2. A Submission Portal for my Sec 1 (7th Grade) students
Using Evernote as a Portfolio I started by setting up a notebook for each of my students. My notebooks for P5 are for documentation ONLY. I'm looking into sharing the notebook with my P5 students and their parents in View Only mode by the end of the Semester to encourage them to look through their work with their moms and dads. My notebooks for Sec 1 students are shared with the students. This will serve as their main avenue for work submission and feedback. |
How to Set Up a Notebook | How to Share a Notebook |
We started learning how to use Evernote by posting first journal entries as images, then we moved on to learn how to read instructions via Evernote and then how to submit reading responses as images and/or text.
Each Sec 1 student received two invitations: 1 for the class notebook and 1 for their own portfolios.
The class notebook is VIEW ONLY. It is meant as the students' source of information, guides and files.
The second notebook (it has their name on it as notebook title) is for their submissions and work-in-progress. To submit their work, all they need to do is access their shared notebook with me and click "Add Note" to begin the process
How to Access a Shared Notebook | How to Create Notes |
I think Evernote is a gem. As students' e-portfolios, it allows for documented submission and work progression. As an avenue for submission, it allows for me to mark my students' work from anywhere without the need to lug around so many notebooks or pieces of paper.
Within a month, the Pro Account I bought to enable me to share notebooks which can be modified by the recipients has proven its worth. I find it very liberating to see what my students have submitted, mark them and have them neatly compiled, all in one space.
(We use Evernote for group collaboration, too, but that's for another group and another post.)
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