My New Academic Tool – The iPad

Yes, it’s true. I’m sitting in a Caribou right now, typing on a tyPad keyboard on my new iPad2. A generous, benevelent donor gave me this machine to “invest in the Kingdom.” Wow!

I spent the last two days of school experimenting to see if it really can work as an academic tool. The answer is YES. The key, for me, is the combination of the iPad, Evernote, and Penultimate. Evernote is an app that allows you to capture everything, store it anywhere, and organize it thematically. It’s perfect for research projects and managing class notes. Penultimate is an app that let’s me take free hand notes like I always do and seamlessly integrate them with Evernote. The great thing is that I now have color as an option in my notebook! In addition to that awesomeness is the fact that Evernote can do text searches through my handwritten notes pages and photos I take. Incredibly helpful.

 

 

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more big words…

I read this line tonight and thought two things: 1) really? People actually think with these words? and 2) Wow, that is profound. I really do love what this sentence means. I love what this book is saying–sincerely, I do. I just thought I needed to share this line…

Living in an eschatological reality gives even the quotidian details of daily life a fresh vivacity.

Just for the record, I had to look up “quotidian.” Aren’t words grand :)

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Experiment with Prezi

I scanned a page from my class journal and included it in a paper I presented this morning. Thought I would run it through Prezi to what it’s like. There is potential here, me thinks…

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