Evernote!

1. Using Evernote
for Speaking
Assessments
Tristan Thorne
October 17, 2014

2. What is it?
• A free (with the basic membership) mobile app
• Use it to create “notes”
• Share the notes and notebooks
• The teacher has her students share their class
notebooks; from then on, all future notes are
automatically shared with the teacher.
Looks like
someone hasn’t
been doing her
homework!

3. What can it be used for?
• Ongoing speaking feedback
• Over time, a digital portfolio accumulates valuable
data
• Self-assessments
• Use students’ phones as recording devices

4. Other Positives
• It’s (relatively) painless to set up
• The teacher can access students’ notes from
anywhere
• The teacher can listen multiple times
• Students can reflect on their own work
• Students (seem to) enjoy doing it

5. How do I implement it?
• Download and register
• Watch this YouTube video to see how I have
students share with me:
• Integrate it as weekly
homework assignments;
can be used for pre-lesson
scaffolding or post-lesson
review

6. What are the potential
challenges?
• Technological (il)literacy (Google Voice is a simple
solution)
• Some versions of Evernote don’t seem to share well
(e-mail notes individually)
• Temptation to read a response (The teacher always
knows when the student is reading a response)
• Students need to know that it’s an important part of
the course

7. Thank you!
Questions?