Week 6

This week in class we learned about Evernote. Evernote is a tool to write notes and add tags for websites. You can create notebooks for all your classes and share with your classmates. This is useful to share resources for group assignments but also for individual assignments.  Classmates should share study notes and resources to gain the most knowledge about the subjects. I will continue learning about Evernote for this course to learn what else it can do. Other sources I have used for resource sharing is Google Docs. I really like Google Docs because you and group members can edit papers and create power point slideshows at the same time from different computers. You can see as people add information and also chat with the members as you are working on assignments. Considering I have some experience with group sharing digital tools it will be interesting to see what Evernote has to offer.

We are learning about so many different digital tools in this course it is important to determine which ones work best for my work ethic. I do not have the time to use every single resource and some do similar things. I have to recognize which tools are most appropriate for the categories in my PLE. Tools I find efficient, easy to use, helpful and necessary for my lifestyle. I noticed my PLE is rapidly growing from tools in this course and now I need to analyze and test each digital tool and see how it applies to my lifestyle. Filter the tools that do not apply to my learning style and useful to my needs. I do not think I will add Evernote to my PLE because I have other tools that provide similar actions. Google Docs is also more commonly used by other classmates; therefore we are all familiar with what it does and how it works.

Feedly Update: I am still not sure I am using this properly! I don’t think I have a use for Feedly. I do not need to use the links I have attached for school work or my career search. I am wondering is there a way to use my Feedly to find jobs I am interested in? This would make Feedly much more appealing to me and my needs.