digital notebooks

Why a DIGITAL Notebook?

Thoughts Around Uses?

What are the Options?

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Why Use Digital

Notebooks?Need a convenient way to

gather and save

information?

Desire the ability for near

instant recall of

information?

Want the possibility of

anywhere anytime access?

Need the ability to share

and collaborate on

information?

Interested in pulling

together a variety of

content in one place?

Provide the ability to cut and paste to gather information quickly and accurately (with source detail)

Provide the ability to add a variety of types of information.

Add rich dynamic content (depending on the tool)

Collaborative by design

OrganizationStructure – Sections /

Pages / Tagging Dynamically

rearrange contentSource location

easily accessibleMultiple levels and

ability to layer content

ClarityEmphasize important

points / topics/ ideasAdd rich content to

support themesProvide hyperlinks to

background material or additional depth

Multiple view points from collaborative efforts

Microsoft OneNote 2007, Evernote,

Google Notebook, Zoho Notebook

Copy and pasteTextImagesAudio / Video LinksAutomatically links

back to original sourceCollaborate on

ResearchPublish Notebook

Information

Google Notebook

Copy and PasteMultiple Content

PossibilitiesText, Ink Notes, Images,

Audio, VideoAccess/Add Content from

Client, Browser, MobileAll Content Becomes Fully

Searchable Publish Content Browser, Outlook,

TaskTray Integration

Evernote

Add ANY form of content…

Text, Ink Notes, ImagesAudio/Video (record live

on the fly)Content becomes fully

searchable (including audio and video)

Advanced Editing and Formatting

Embed full documents

Microsoft OneNote 2007

Text, Images, Audio, Video

Full EDITABLE Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations

RSS FeedsFully Navigable WebsitesShare and or Publish

content at the Book, Page, or Object level

Built around Collaboration (integrated Skype)

Zoho Notebook

Who has a topic they are interested in…

Capture information and ideas

Organize (and reorganize) thoughts, concepts, people, themes…

Consolidate and track information that doesn’t fit together easily

Leverage multiple content sources in one place

Provide deep background information on a topic or concept

Collaborate with others across time and distance for a variety of viewpoints

Build Depth and Harness Creativity

How can YOU leverage Digital Notebooks?

Notebooks used in the Conference Session

Microsoft OneNote 2007 (Currently no online capabilities)

Evernote: http://www.evernote.com/pub/vanishingpoint/IETCNotebook/

Google Note Book http://www.google.com/notebook/public/16676021936043280141/BDRFtDAoQqJ6NxNoj?hl=en

Zoho Notebook http://notebook.zoho.com/nb/public/sweidig/book/3946000000036053