Digital Classroom
More students are taking notes digitally, but the quality of these notes is sorely lacking. If you plan on taking notes on your phone or tablet, you need to invest in a good note taking app, and NO, the Notes app on the iPhone does not count. If you tell me that you are taking notes on your phone, I will periodically ask you to send me what you've taken to verify that you are in fact taking notes and not "taking notes."
There are a number of great, inexpensive apps out there. Here are a few I've researched:
Evernote - One of the more widely used apps, but could only type notes, based on my last use
Penultimate - I have used this extensively because it lets me put the notes into different notebooks and use my stylus to write/draw things; but it's been a year or so since I looked for a new one.
Skitch - Looks like a good way to annotate photographs
Goodnotes - Used by students this year, allows you to import PDFs, which we'll use extensively in here.
Upad - My dad has used this for about 2 years in the corporate world and likes it over other apps. He is left handed and this one allows you to adjust for right/left hand, and allows you to create a writing box at the bottom of the page instead of dragging your hand across the screen.
Notes Plus - I have not used this one, but dad says it is okay; no adjustment for right/left at last check.
Notetaker HD - Seems like the others, allows you to annotate PDFs
There are a number of great, inexpensive apps out there. Here are a few I've researched:
Evernote - One of the more widely used apps, but could only type notes, based on my last use
Penultimate - I have used this extensively because it lets me put the notes into different notebooks and use my stylus to write/draw things; but it's been a year or so since I looked for a new one.
Skitch - Looks like a good way to annotate photographs
Goodnotes - Used by students this year, allows you to import PDFs, which we'll use extensively in here.
Upad - My dad has used this for about 2 years in the corporate world and likes it over other apps. He is left handed and this one allows you to adjust for right/left hand, and allows you to create a writing box at the bottom of the page instead of dragging your hand across the screen.
Notes Plus - I have not used this one, but dad says it is okay; no adjustment for right/left at last check.
Notetaker HD - Seems like the others, allows you to annotate PDFs
Google Stuff
Because of the availability and ease of use, I will be utilizing Google web tools for a variety of things in this class. It is essential that you create a "professional" Google account in order to create and easily share documents, presentations, etc. This will save you the hassle of having to make sure you save the newest version of a document, attach it in an e-mail to send to your partners for editing, have them save a copy, print it out and bring it in on the required day.
When creating your "professional" account, the address should be some your first.lastname, or some variation of that. This will be essential, not just in this class, but when you apply to college, email professors, start looking for jobs, etc.
Creating a Google Account: https://accounts.google.com/SignUp
Once you have done this, please go to this GOOGLE FORM and complete the information so that I can create Google Groups for each period.
How to share and collaborate (including real-time collaboration) with Google Docs
When creating your "professional" account, the address should be some your first.lastname, or some variation of that. This will be essential, not just in this class, but when you apply to college, email professors, start looking for jobs, etc.
Creating a Google Account: https://accounts.google.com/SignUp
Once you have done this, please go to this GOOGLE FORM and complete the information so that I can create Google Groups for each period.
How to share and collaborate (including real-time collaboration) with Google Docs