Tech-Tips: Evernote Power User

Tech Tips Newsletter May 30, 2013 Editor: Karen Franker This e-newsletter is brought to you by University of Wisconsin-Stout School of Education. If you do not wish to receive future issues, please see instructions to manage preferences at the bottom of this message.    NOTE: Web version of the newsletter http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/resources/blog.cfm   Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/onlineteaching --------------------   In this issue...   Evernote Tips for Project Management, Organization, and Assessment Tech Tip: Become an Evernote Power User: 10 Must-Know Tips  Tech Tip: Evernote Search Features You Should Be Using  Final Call for Late June and July Online Courses with a Few Openings   Top Evernote Tips for Project Management, Organization, and Assessment   Go beyond the basics of using Evernote as a note-taking tool, and discover how the advanced features help in managing group projects, curating learning resources, and streamlining classroom/training record-keeping.     What’s All the Fuss about Evernote? Should I Be Using It? Melanie Pinola shares reasons why educators and others love Evernote, including: digitizing and tagging notes, keeping a daily journal, sharing video and audio, and maintaining a universal inbox.   How Students Can Use Evernote for Lifelong Learning Stan Skrabut’s slideshow demonstrates how to teach learners to use Evernote as a central all-in-one container for capturing, collecting, and storing content in a variety of formats.   How Evernote is Revolutionizing My Classroom Ross Crockett describes how he raised student achievement by removing all print materials in his classroom, and going completely digital with iPads and Evernote.   Why You Should Be Using Evernote as Your Go-To Place for Remembering Everything Aaron Couch lists some of the best reasons to use Evernote: merging notes, optical character recognition, and multi-platform synching.   I’ve Been Using Evernote All Wrong. Here’s Why It’s Actually Amazing Whitson Gordon unlocks the secrets of Evernote “power” users: Web clipping, advanced searching, note linking, and whiteboard notes.   How to Use Evernote: The Unofficial ManualMark O’Neill’s provides an excellent visual overview of Evernote’s desktop and smartphone apps and some useful add-ons and plug-ins.   Evernote as an Assessment Tool (Video, 2 min. 51 sec.) Dean Shareski’s video describes how he uses Evernote for student self-assessment and audio feedback, thus facilitating a two-way conversation.     Tech Tip: Become an Evernote Power User: 10 Must-Know TipsChristopher Null describes keyboard shortcuts, how to email notes to specific notebooks, and how to transcribe voice notes.   Tech Tip: 20 Evernote Search Features You Should Be Using Aaron Couch describes advanced tips for using the power searching features in Evernote’s desktop and Web versions.      Final Call for Late June and July Online Courses Register Online for a Course Starting in Late June or July  Sign up today to reserve a spot. No payment is due until July 10th.   The following classes still have a few openings:   EDUC 744 914 Methods of Teaching Middle School Math (Grades 4-8) June 10 - August 2, 2013 EDUC 648 Math Assessment for Response to Intervention (RtI) June 10 - August 2,2013 EDUC 763 Instructional Design for E-Learning June 10 - August 2, 2013 EDUC 744 920 PK-Elementary 6-Traits Writing Instruction June 17- August 9, 2013 EDUC 744 909 Middle School - Adult 6-Traits Writing Instruction June 17 - August 9, 2013 EDUC 762 Assessment in E-learning June 17 - August 9, 2013 EDUC 744 925 Bullying in Schools June 17 - July 26, 2013 EDUC 760 E-learning for Educators June 17 - August 9, 2013 EDUC 641 Mobile Learning with iPads, Tablets and Cell Phones  June 17 - August 16, 2013 EDUC 744 970 Strategies for Dealing with Disruptive Behavior June 17 - August 9, 2013 EDUC 744 971 Integration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) June 17 - August 9, 2013 EDUC 761 Collaborative Communities in E-learning June 17 - August 9, 2013 EDUC 642 960 Teaching Digital Media Literacy in the Content Areas Using Primary Sources June 17 – July 26, 2013 EDUC 640 Poverty in Schools - Working with At-Risk Students June 24 – August 2, 2013 EDUC 760 E-learning for Educators  July 1 – August 23, 2013 EDUC 651 Project-based Learning in the Flipped Classroom July 8 – August 16, 2013 EDUC 650 Integrating Social Media Instructional Strategies July 8 - August 2, 2013 EDUC 646 Using Games for Learning and Assessment July 8 - August 2, 2013   Request Information Online School of Education Online Professional Development University of Wisconsin - Stout Phone: (715) 232-2253 Archives - back issues in case you missed the most recent newsletter.

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Finding E-Learning Jobs

Online teaching was the perfect part-time job for me. E-learning and online teaching replaced coaching and after school clubs as a way to supplement my income. I loved it! I was working with great teachers from around the world and learning new things everyday. I also realized I was opening a door to a new career. Eventually, after 25 years in a traditional classroom, I decided to take early retirement, and pursue my passion for online teaching and learning full time.

Now I make my living online and enjoy a freedom and flexibility that once seemed like an impossible dream. I am the program advisor for the E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Working online is everything I'd hoped for, and more. It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. I made the change one step at a time. It took me awhile to figure out how to find work.

I've found that the key to an online career is a power triangle of essential elements:

• Subject Matter Expertise
• 21st Century Networking
• E-learning and Teaching Experience

Power Triangle 
for E-Learning Success

Subject Matter Expertise

Your expertise is rooted with your life, academic, and work experiences. If you are a teacher, your expertise is established by the courses you've taught and the degrees you hold. If you are a military, corporate or medical trainer your expertise is established by your subject specialization and the variety of training positions you've held.

An Graduate Certificate in E-Learning and Online Teacher documents a new area of subject matter expertise!

Building Your Network

Roughly 80% of your e-learning work will come from networking face to face and online.

Decision makers want to hire people they know. When they can't find someone they know personally they reach out to an extended network of trusted advisors. Many jobs go unadvertised or are created when a person with the right skills is discovered.

Building your networks will open the door to a new future.

5 Ways to Build Your Professional Network

1. Start where you work right now.

• Let your professional circle know you are pursuing an e-learning certificate or a degree online.
• Many participants in UW-Stout's E-Learning and Online Teaching program are offered new e-learning jobs where they are currently working..

2. Find Professional organizations and conferences.

• Go to conferences and get to know others who share your professional interests.
• Attend both face to face and online conferences (Webinars).
• Have business cards printed and hand them out!
• Design and pursue your own professional development path.  This Educause Planner will help you plan your future! 

3. Become an online student.

• Successful online students become successful online teachers.
• Get to know your classmates.
• Some of your strongest professional bonds will be with colleagues you meet in your online classes.

4. Be active in professional networks.

• Join an online network dedicated to your specific professional interests.
• Join job search oriented social networks.

5. Build your professional credibility with a website or e-portfolio*.

• A professional presence on the Internet is important.
• Build a classroom website.
• Write a blog about an area of interest.
• Create a wiki for collaborative projects
• Show what you know with an e-portfolio.

*Those enrolled in the E-Learning and Online Teaching Certificate Program will build these components and moreduring their training.

E-Learning and Online Teaching Experience

The University of Wisconsin-Stout E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Program provides experience as both an online student and an online teacher.

You have a developed a skill set as a classroom teacher or trainer. However, teaching or training experience does not fully prepare you for the unique challenges of e-learning and online teaching.

• Jumping into online teaching job without training can be a painful and frustrating experience.
• You need experience as an onlne teacher and specialized training in facilitation techniques to develop the craft of effective online instruction.

As an online student:

• You will experience the best practices of online learning.
• You will learn how to develop a community of learners through intense collaboration and discussion.
• You will build strong professional bonds with your colleagues.
• You will work with highly trained master teachers who are dedicated to helping you grow and learn.

As an online teacher in training:

• You create curriculum and assessments using Web 2.0 tools.
• You facilitate small group discussions.
• You practice the teaching skills in a supportive environment rich in timely feedback.
• Each of the five classes is a model of the best practices of teaching and learning online.

The Certificate Practicum: Real World Experience

• If you've never taught an online class, you'll teach with a mentor teacher in one of our online professional development classes.
• If you are currently teaching or training online, we craft a program that offers you the course design or teaching skill feedback you most need.
• Customized internships with K-12 Virtual Schools are also possible.

Build a future as a teacher and learner in the 21st Century! Join us and open the door to a new career!

UW-Stout's five-course E-Learning and Online Teaching Graduate Certificate focuses on the strategies and techniques of teaching online. The courses model best practices in e-learning with interactive discussions and hands-on experiences creating and using blogs, wikis, podcasts, and Moodle in K-12 education. The courses will benefit educators and trainers interested in designing online and blended courses or using Web-based components to enhance face-to-face instruction.

Courses are offered each semester (three times each year). All courses earn three graduate credits.

Read More about Finding E-Learning Jobs! 

Here are more articles about strategies for finding online work, and the kinds of preparation and paperwork you should be working on: 

• Where and How to Find E-Learning Jobs
• Finding E-Learning Jobs
• Finding Online Teaching Jobs: Are you a Online Teaching, Adjunct Instructor, K-12 Virtual Teacher? 
• E-Portfolios for Career Development: It's not just resumes anymore!
• Make Money Teaching Online 
• Successful Techniques and Proven Strategies for Finding Online Teaching Work
• Build an Online Career (Interactive Graphic)
• E-Learning Job Listings

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Study the characteristics and issues facing at-risk students because of economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Investigate traits of high-performing high-poverty schools with emphasis on strategies to reduce the achievement gap and build community partnerships.

EDUC 744 970 Strategies for Dealing with Disruptive Behavior
Evidence-based preventive strategies, positive behavioral supports, effective interventions, and classroom management strategies for addressing problem behaviors, chronic noncompliance and intermittent disruptive conduct.

EDUC 744 911 Effective Classroom Management
Explore a variety of management techniques to help students become self-regulated learners. Improve your time management techniques including management of email, paperwork, planning, and classroom organization.

EDUC 744 925 Bullying in Schools
Explore policies, procedures, climate and culture for providing positive, safe and respectful schools. Develop practical instructional strategies for breaking the cycle of bullying, including the escalating problem of cyberbullying using text messaging, personal websites, Facebook and social media to bully and harass peers.

EDUC 643 960 Differentiated Instruction
Explore techniques for creating a stimulating, effective classroom for all students – from English language learners to special education students to students with a variety of learning styles. Includes differentiated assessment strategies.