How about that for a mouthful? I have actually used all three. I use Dropbox the least amount of time however most admin. & teachers in my district use Dropbox more regularly than I do. All are accessible on the iPhone.
Evernote: My scanner is set up to scan all paper to Evernote automatically. Any time I get handouts, meeting agendas, teacher notes, etc. these are scanned into Evernote. My scanner is the small scanner and I will probably invest in the larger one in the fall. The hardest part is remembering to go back into the "note" and give it a title and tags so I can find it later. The search feature of Evernote is amazing so if I forget to title or tag I can search for any word in the document and eventually find it. (Tune in for more posts this week regarding Evernote. There are so many uses!)
Google Apps/Regular Google: This is where I live. Now that we can upload ANY file to Google apps/documents this makes Dropbox irrelevant to me. I can upload my files and keep the original formatting I just have to remember that if I downloaded I have to re-uploaded it as the new file. Have not had to do that yet. Now that Google docs has been upgraded and they added Google Drawings I can do just about anything I need right in Google.
Dropbox: When Dropbox first came out I used it for a couple of documents to work on at home. I think my entire "My Documents" folder is sync'd to Dropbox but I have not used any of my documents in there. Some other principals have share some Dropbox folders with me but that is the extent of my use.
This is a very brief comparison but I have to get home because my sitter leaves in an hour:):):) Still trying to post in June though!
Dropbox is cool because when you save a file that's it... it auto syncs... for Google Docs.. you have to manually upload files... the chaotic reality is that this doesn't get done
ReplyDeleteI use Google Cloud with Google Docs, which let you choose whether a document is synced automatically or manually. I have excel files that sync auto when I save them. Very handy.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to figure out why I need Evernote now when Google Docs does the same for me as far as sync and mobility go.
ReplyDeleteThe main reason I use Evernote is because of the ability to scan all the "paper" I get that's important. Other than that I usually use google.
ReplyDeleteI like that Evernote lets me clip web articles and keep photos from my smartphone in one place. I do a lot of research and get a lot of spur of the moment ideas from things I see, so those two options are important. I use Google Docs to keep "written" (those things I personally typed) docs I may need access to elsewhere. I don't know that Dropbox is something I need to invest time/learning in, but if it's better at handling doc changes, including formatting for Word docs, then I want to know.
ReplyDeleteVirginia, you're right: Evernote does online clipping, whereas Google Drive does not. As a teacher, however, I haven't found a really good reason to introduce Evernote to my students. Sure, it handles more types of files a little better than Google Drive, but overall, I think I prefer having students work with Google.
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