Evernote is an app/program I recommend to students, researchers, and educators to organize their work.  Enjoy this list of tips and tricks!

Cluttered desks are evil.

The creator of the linked video has put together an awesome introduction to Evernote.  If you have Google'd your way here, I'm assuming you know the basics already. In that case, scroll down while I put on my Angry Teacher glasses.

Free stuff and stern advice below!
Do not put personal info of your students in Evernote. Some teachers do this. They are bad teachers. Perhaps not bad, but criminally liable. Don't be criminally liable. Sections of Evernote can be encrypted, but that's... I mean... that's on you. Just ask yourself, "Is this the hill I want to die on?" Answer: No. This is education. There are far more glorious deaths ahead.

What you can do is organize your lecture notes and/or lesson plans in such a way that you are destined for glory.  Here's my school setup:
  • General Notebook (notes from Admin, forwarded emails that I need to handle)
    • Conferences/Workshops Notebook (each conference has it's own note)
    • Technology in the Classroom Notebook (tips/ideas I may want to try someday)
    • Past student papers to use as examples (names snipped)
    • Past syllabi Notebook
    • Portfolio Notebook
    • Rubrics Notebook
    • HIS 101 Notebook
    • In a single note, I use the following template:
      • Projects and Papers (these are all notes)
      • Exams
      • Unit I - The Beginnings of Civilizations, Mesopotamia, Egypt
        • Powerpoint
        • Lecture Notes (free form or a .doc attached)
        • Additional Material
        • Music/video/graphs/clips
        • Newspaper/web articles
        • Random cool things I've scanned in
        • Group work assignment (because students love these, right? RIGHT?)
        • Links or free form polls (PollEveryhwere rocks)
        • Homework for the unit/chapter
  •  Unit II - Canaanite City-States, Phoenicia, Assyrians, Neo-Babylonians 
    • And so on
  • Unit III - Faith Among Early Peoples
Have something that's a huge deal? Maybe a unit assignment with lots of handouts, links or graphs? Create a notebook of it and share that whole notebook with your  class (or admin, colleagues, parents if K-12). Using the above template was a massive timesaver for me. Design a template that best works for your teaching style. Save it in a notebook just for templates. In Evernote, click "Copy to Notebook," and start writing in that copy. I've put a couple of templates below.

I strongly suggest getting a Premium Account, at least for a month. You'll get 10 gigs. Dedicate the next 30 days to setting up your system and scanning in every piece of paper you have. It's $5 a month or $45 a year. If you want to try one month free, here's an affiliate link. You may find that's enough and go back down to the free account (Basic) the following month. You will always be able to access what you uploaded. Size limits are based on upload, not saved info, and reset each month.

I do NOT suggest the paid account for students. The 60 megs given for free each month are more than enough. Design students, college seniors and grad students may find a premium account worthwhile to upload a backlog of things in preparation for post-school life. On the other hand, I have two paid accounts: a Plus Account at $24/year and Premium Account  at $45/year, but I've never hit the monthly upload limit on either one of them.

If you get stuck, grab me on Twitter @LovingHistory

LINKS
One Free Premium Month

EVERNOTE TEMPLATES
Lesson planning template K-12
Lesson planning (Higher ed) and speech writing template from Evernoteaturi.wikispaces.com

BEST PRACTICES
A Case Study in using Evernote in HigherEd
10 Tips for using Onenote in education
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