Being a digital native, I am familiar with a lot of
applications and digital tools to assist me in my daily personal and
professional life. The classic Evernote
elephant is becoming increasingly popular as people begin to discover the digital
product. I had never considered the
Evernote elephant as a sign to discover the tool leaving me two steps behind
active users of Evernote all the time.
Thanks to ADED 1P32, I have been introduced to pretty much a new way of
digital efficiency.
Evernote was launched in 2008 and has become a major success
since. They have over 11 million users
globally. Although there are several
other digital tools that perform similar tasks and functions alike, Evernote
seems to be an “all-in-one” software and service. It provides active technology users to be
more productive, organized, and structured.
This week while exploring the digital tool of Evernote to
research the topic of Digital Security, I have realized that this is a
fantastic tool to use for many aspects of my life. This includes meeting personal, academic, and
professional needs to become efficient while staying effective.
Evernote is a service that captures multiple forms of information
(Hamilton, 2010). Although its primary
function acts a note taker, it has many abilities to enhance the classic note
taking experience. Unlike the (somewhat)
old fashion hand written notes, this service offers more. You can store virtually anything you want
onto Evernote including photos, notes, articles, web clippings, bookmarks, and
more. Considering I have only been using
this tool for a week, I have yet to discover all of the software. There are countless options to create an uncluttered
location to collect practically anything you want. The task management tool acts
as a “universal inbox” to store stuff which helps users reduce paper clutter (Pinola,
2010). The most interesting function
that Evernote can perform is digitizing hand written notes. Although I can’t admit I have actually used
this feature, I still find this very advanced.
The cross-platform application also has a back-up service for their
users (Pinola, 2010). How Evernote works as a digital reference
system is also a great benefit for researching.
This service has introduced users to a custom and personalized way of
collecting and storing anything.
In reference to Malan’s five types of tools to help build a
more effective personal learning environment, Evernote would fall under an
organizing tool (2010). Organizing tools
enhance personal learning environments by offering digital citizens an
opportunity to clear cluster, sort information, and stay neatly arranged. I believe that it is in my best interest to
eliminate some of the previous tools that have been explored from my personal
learning environment. I feel that
Evernote is a “man of many trades” in regards to other digital software and
tools. By disregarding other tools I have explored, I can now focus on the one
tool that I actually find easy to manage.
Within the past couple of weeks of participating in ADED 1P32, I have
noticed that having more tools can actually negatively affect my learning
environment. The stress and time
consumption that come along with maintaining and utilizing several different
digital tools has taken a toll on me. I
have now realized that Evernote is a tool of my preference that will assist me
in my daily personal and academic practices.
Throughout this course, and particularly the exploration of
Evernote, I have focused my attention on one of the nine elements of digital
citizenship. Digital security has always
been an aspect of the digital world that is very interesting to me. In college, I had enrolled in a course called
“Techno-world: Emerging Issues”. Ever
since the completion of that course, I have been very aware of digital security
and the dangers of it. By researching
this topic furthermore via Evernote, I realize how serious of a danger the
internet can be. This sense of insecurity
is becoming ubiquitous within digital citizenship as technology has given man
the power to breach the safety and security that digital technologies seem to
lack.
The item below has been discovered from my RSS Reader from
Tech Crunch’s website. It clearly illustrates the uneasiness that comes along
with being safe and secure while participating in the digital world.
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