Using Evernote for Teacher

Collaboration and Lesson Planning

Dr. Melissa Stamer Peterson
Ms. Summer Peixoto

Why Choose Evernote for

Collaboration?

Download to any platform for free

Create notebooks to store and share information

digitally

Sync Evernote automatically across two personal

devices (e.g., phone and tablet)

Why Choose Evernote for Collaboration?

Create notebooks to store and share information digitally

You can add text, audio, pictures, videos, websites, and

PDFs

Notebooks can be shared

Shared notebooks can be worked on by multiple people

Notes can be tagged for organization

Evernote allows teachers to easily collaborate

Collaboration and TESOL Standards

Goal

4. Language teachers use technology to improve

communication, collaboration, and efficiency.

Standard

1: language teachers use communication

technologies to maintain effective contact and
collaboration with peers, students, administration, and
other stakeholders (Healey, 2011, pg. 38).

Collaboration and ISTE National

Educational Technology Standards
Goal

5: Engage in Professional Growth and

Leadership

Standard

B: Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a

vision of technology infusion, participating in shared
decision making and community building, and
developing the leadership and technology skills of
others (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2014, p. 15).

Collaboration and 21st Century Skills

P21: Partnership for 21st Century Learning (n.d.)

Collaboration is one of the 21st

century skills and one of the 4Cs

We expect our students to be 21st

century learners, so we need to be
21st century teachers

Collaboration while Planning

Knowledge is energised and enriched by the

power of communication and constant
collaboration (Schleicher, 2011, p. 43).

Collaboration while Planning

Education

is more than just creative approaches to

problem solving and decision making

Education

is about the tools required to work as a team

(Schleicher, 2011, p. 42)

Using

Evernote for collaboration allows teachers to

smoothly combine materials and stay in communication

Best Practices in Digital Lesson Planning

Using Evernote Notebooks
Sharing

and sharing permissions

Organizing
Tagging
Using

notes

Web Clipper to avoid plagiarism

Discussion: Evernote Notebook Example

Sharing materials

Brainstorming ideas

Planning notes

Asking questions

Thank You
Melissa Peterson mkstamer@ku.edu
Summer Peixoto summer@ku.edu

References
Cennamo, K. S., Ross, J. D., & Ertmer, P. A. (2014). Technology Integration for
Meaningful Classroom Use. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning
Chambers, J. (Dec 2007/Jan 2008). 21st century mindset. Community College
Journal, 78(3), 11.
Healey, D. (Ed.). (2011). TESOL technology standards: description,
implementation, integration. Alexandria, Virginia: Teachers of English to
Speakers of Other Languages.
P21: Partnership for 21st Century Learning. (n.d.). The 4Cs Research Series.
Retrieved from P21: Partnership for 21st Century Learning:
http://www.p21.org/our-work/4cs-research-series
Schleicher, A. (2011). The case for 21st century learning. OECD Yearbook, pp. 4243.