Remember that sliced bread from a few days ago?

I found a few things that blew my mind today. Seriously!

I know a bit about Evernote but opening it for the first time can be confusing. I think it took me a year or two to figure it out. I would play with it and then uninstall only to repeat the whole process over.

Here are a few simple as pie posts that will help you understand the best app from a really great company. (They do state this is the next 100 year company. That is pretty impressive for a software company. I do not think Facebook will be around even half that time. Disagree? Think back to myspace.)

Many of us long for the days when there was a book we could hold in our hands that would describe the latest software tool. There is one for Evernote. The book is only $10. You can buy it and print it out.

100 Ways to Use Evernote - This may seem like a lot but it gave me many ideas that I had not thought of. There are a number of ways on how this will help you in your day to day life. I have used number 22 often. It is dead simple to take pictures of things that kids bring home from school. I save the image and tag it so I can find it later on. It is much easier than saving tons of paper. I can picture myself emailing them in 20 years with all these great memories.

This one is the most impressive. I have read about a few people using Evernote in the classroom for documenting reading conference notes but this one is amazing. I think you can use this idea in just about any subject. (Elementary teachers - this post talks about the Daily 5 and Cafe! Seriously!)
What is impressive is that this post was from 2010! (That is really about 1956 in computer years. Computer years are like dog years. I think I read that somewhere or I made it up. Not sure)
*Note: the post mentions an iPad. This is an app that can be installed on your laptop. No iPad needed.

There is even a LiveBinder for Evernote. It is pretty comprehensive and has many resources broken down into very specific sections.

Evernote 101

So... We have a book you can download, posts to read and a video to watch. There is something for every style of learner.

Now here comes the interactive part. Anyone want to add some comments on how they are using Evernote?

Like your ELMO but with an iPad (elementary classroom teachers)

I used AirServer to create the infinity mirror effect. We were in a meeting today and Dominic told us about this fantastic idea. As we discussed all things technology he explained one method of using the iPad as a portable ELMO. It was too cool not to share. Step 1 Make sure you have AirServer running on your laptop. 1. Click the Windows key on your keyboard or click the icon in the lower left of your screen. 2. Just start typing AirServer. 3. Click AirServer. Don't see it? Contact technology or your building tech person. Step 2 Connect your teacher iPad to your laptop. 1. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen. Start by swiping in the bezel, the black plastic part surrounding the screen. 2. Click AirPlay Mirroring. 3. Click your name. Step 3 Open the camera app and instant portable ELMO! Anything you see in the camera's len will be broadcast to the big screen. I just used this method to take a picture of my notebook as a demonstration of how co

Who is emailing me? The Blue Man Group??? (Add an image to your Google account.)

WHY It is always nice to put a face with a name. Sometimes we need a tiny little reminder of what someone looks like because we don't see them very often. Follow these steps to add/change the image associated with your Google account. HOW Open your email. Click your image. It might just be a blue circle if you have not added something already. Click Change . Find an image you like. Your amazing new image will appear. From now on everyone can put a name to a face!

Annotate PDF? How might I do that?

So I have a PDF and I need to edit it. Here is one method that works pretty well for me. Open Word. Click File . 1. Click Open . 2. Click Browse . 3. Find the PDF you want to annotate. 4. Click Open . Click OK when you see this box. Bam! Your PDF now opens in Word. Note: you maybe have to click Enable Editing at the top of the screen. Finished editing and want to turn it back into a PDF? Click File . 1. Click Save As . 2. Click This PC . 3. Pick a location. I usually save things to my desktop. 4. Click Save as type - and choose PDF. 5. Click Save .

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