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Electronic Strategies

If you take notes using an electronic device, saving them safely is essential. You can
save notes on your device or on a remote server (known as “the cloud”) connected to
the Internet. Evernote is a software package that lets you take notes using any com-
puter or Android phone. These notes include text, webpage URLs and content, photo-
graphs, or voice memos—all of which can have attachments. You can save your notes
on your own computer or on a special Evernote server.
GoogleDocs is another example of a documentation and note-taking tool that
lets you save text to the cloud. With GoogleDocs, you need only connect to the
Internet, open GoogleDocs and start typing. When you’re done, you save your work
to a collection (folder) of your choice, hosted on a Google server. You can also
download the file to your own computer. You can allow other people in a study
group to access your file in GoogleDocs and edit it, adding new information where
necessary.
Finally, recent note-taking technology has added recording capabilities to your
arsenal. The Livescribe “smartpen” records exactly what you hear and write with the
pen on a specialized notebook which saves everything electronically, enabling you to
store and review the lecture and your notes on a computer. SoundNote is a similar
application that works with tablet computers. When you type notes on a tablet,
SoundNote will record everything you type as well as what you are hearing during
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