Week 6: Michelle's weekly report and reflection

Week 6

Hi guys!

            So last week I told you about a long-time friend of the internet: Twitter. If you remember it was my first time using this tool to develop my PLN and I was quite unsure on how to use it at first. But now, because it is so simple, I am a pro! I have visited Twitter at least 3 times this week, and if I didn’t I received notifications that kept me up to date with what was going on in my twitter words!

            This week is no exception to the excitement I have been experiencing with my PLN and PLE. What is so exciting you might ask?! Evernote!

Evernote

            I have to say, like the many tools that I have been showing to you, I have had little if not no knowledge on evernote prior to the weeks following my blog. This writing tool is like Microsoft word, but better… like your Microsoft word you are able to take notes and add pictures and make larger files that contain sub-files (ie. Year 3 > Math class > assignment 1) but evernote enables you to add much more than Microsoft word would allow. Evernote allows you make checklist. For example, when I started to use evernote I had a list of items I had to include in an assignment. So I wrote down those items and as I completed them, I would click on the check mark box and the task would show as completed. In addition you can get a “clipping” tool that evernote offers. So, if you find an interesting article that you like you can press on the evernote clipping tool, clip the article and this article will then be saved in the evernote “site” itself. That way you no longer have to copy and paste the link onto your written document or you do not have to go on other sites like Diigo and Feedly to get your information; you can just continue your work on one site! Convenient right? One more thing that I love about evernote is that if you are looking for any document you have saved that relates to a topic, say “digital communication”, evernote will search every single document no matter what file it is saved under and find it for you! This will save you the hassle of trying to go through all of your documents to find that topic. I know for myself I might start using this for my school work simply due to that searching tool it has because if I am writing an essay and want to find an example that was mentioned in one of my notes taken on evernote, I can search that term and and VOILA, I have the information there when I need it. 

            This tool could be used by one The Stress Management Blog on my feedly  as a type to decrease stress levels because it helps you get organized, keep on tract with assignments and is easy and convenient to use. 

Evernote and PLE

            You knew it was coming! So, this being my 6^th blog I believe you are quite familiar with my PLE, thus I will not go into grave detail about where I can fit this awesome tool into it.  I would add this tool under the note taking tab (this is a subgroup of organizing content) because it is like Microsoft word and well like the name says it is a content that help organization! Also, I did not mention this above, but evernote lets you send your notes directly to whoever without having to go to any Hotmail, outlook etc, thus it could be put under my communication tab (subgroup of collaborating and socializing).

Well that’s all for this week guys!

Cheers.