Kaitlin Springmier, Resident Librarian for Online Learning, and Todd Ito, Coordinator of Instruction and Outreach, will give an overview of our favorite free web tools for note taking, cloud storage, organizing and annotating articles, and managing collaborative projects.
Also, out this month is a whole new version of GarageBand specifically for the iPad 2, which, although unlikely to compete with Ableton Live or Logic in the desktop rig of a pro musician, looks set to be a brilliant tool for noting down ideas on the fly and painlessly arranging them into complete multitrack compositions.
Evernote is a fantastic tool for note taking.
Evernote The Evernote iPhone app got a series of major updates this year that makes it an even more useful productivity tool for note taking and backup/sync.
He noted the intriguing Pulse Smartpen, which is an incredible tool for note-taking journalists because you can record and link audio to your notes, easily listen to recordings, and search and share your written and audio notes from your computer.
Developers capable of creating truly accessible products, like Learning Tools for OneNote, will undoubtedly dominate.
Learning Tools for OneNote, however, is an example of that rare piece of edtech that actually promises to bring something new to the learning experience.
Last week, Microsoft quietly released a public preview of "Learning Tools for OneNote". This Microsoft hackathon winner is an add-in for OneNote designed to improve the reading and writing experience for students.
Successful reps use LinkedIn to identify decision-makers; tools like Evernote for notes; Box, Dropbox, Sharepoint and other online storage systems for reference material; and many others.
You also need a tool for taking notes and for recording audio, if you want to record the actual lectures.
