Notes+from+Greg's+Smackdown

Bamboo Paper - use for compare/contrast chart - use stylus or finger to write notes At top of screen there are tools to allow you to save to notebook, email or save to photos. Free version allows you to save one notebook, but you can have over 100 pages. $1.99 version will give you multiple notebooks, which could allow students to organize notes by subject area. There are also options to color code your notebooks, and to choose different types of paper such as graph paper, music score, lined paper, etc.

Evernote - Use as portfolio where students do work in Evernote, or export to Evernote, then students share notebooks with teacher to submit work. You can tag notes with keywords to make them easily searchable. Click in the note, then type in note, add photo, audio, etc. Example: When students meet a goal in reading, you could do an audio recording of the student reading, add a photo and type up a brief note to email as one document to parents. Creating a lot of good will between the school and parents.