PRESENTATION OUTLINE
6 Productivity Apps in 60 Minutes
EVERNOTE
Professional uses: meeting notes with pictures and audio, saving emails, saving articles to read offline, storing business cards, shared notebooks, organizing units and resources
Personal uses: store recipes with pictures, keep receipts (via Receiptmate), health journal, home project ideas and inspiration
Evernote is great for storing primarily text-based documents and notes with the ability to add pictures, audio, and more.
DROPBOX
Professional uses: sharing resources, agendas, committee work, transfer files to/from iPad
Personal uses: store pictures, house documents (manuals), tax info
Dropbox is great for shared folders, storing and sending large files, and organizing meetings.
GOOGLE CHROME
Professional uses: thousands of educational extensions, apps, etc., save bookmarks, coming soon: Google Stars to share bookmarks
Personal uses: save and organize bookmarks across devices
Google Chrome is my preferred web browser because I can save bookmarks and access them from anywhere.
WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT ONLINE AND MORE
Professional uses: file storage, shared folders, Docs/Sheets/Slides to edit on the go, organize and distribute class materials (gClass Folders, Flubaroo, Doctopus)
Personal uses: file storage, collaborative Christmas lists, plan vacations
Google Drive is essential for a digital classroom. Create files on any device, work collaboratively on them, create quizzes or surveys for students/parents, distribute and collect assignments from students, and more.
WUNDERLIST
Professional uses: to-do list with reminders to stay on task
Personal uses: shared grocery lists, books to read, movies to watch, gift ideas, vacation ideas, freezer inventory, project ideas, places to eat
Wunderlist is my favorite app for making lists. Create multiple lists, add reminders to items, share lists with others.
GENIUS SCAN
Professional uses: handouts, agendas
Personal uses: greeting cards
Don't have a scanner? No problem! You can use the camera on your phone or tablet to scan documents, convert them to PDFs, and send them.