Day 28 – OneNote 2013 and the Surface Pro
30 Days of Teaching and Learning with a Windows 8 Tablet4/08/2013
Welcome to Day 28 of working with a Microsoft Surface Pro Windows 8 tablet for educators.
In this post I will share my experiences with the full version of OneNote 2013. OneNote is one of the more underutilized programs in the Microsoft Office Suite of tools, but can quickly become a favorite if you take the time to explore its many benefits.
I am amazed at how few teachers and students know about OneNote. OneNote has been around since 2003. Many are familiar with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint but few are aware of the power of OneNote for keeping track of everyday teaching and learning activities.
There is also a OneNote app available in the Windows Store but the OneNote app is severely limited in its functionality compared to the full version of OneNote 2013. The free app will do for basic tasks but I quickly outgrew it. If you have access to the full version I recommend it over the watered down modern app.
Since I have been using OneNote on my Samsung Ativ Tablet over the past three months ALL of my notebooks were available to me on the Surface Pro as soon as I signed in to my Microsoft Account!
Moving from a device-based paradigm to a user-based paradigm makes it much easier to manage multiple devices and the data we access via cloud services like SkyDrive.
Moving from a device-based paradigm to a user-based paradigm makes it much easier to manage multiple devices and the data we access via cloud services like SkyDrive.
The full version of OneNote comes standard with most versions of Microsoft Office including the teacher and student editions. I have provided a link to a blog posting and YouTube video of how a Physics teacher is using OneNote to share his classroom notes with students to give you a better idea of the possibilities. This blog posting gives you a better idea about the capabilities of OneNote.
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2011/07/28/teaching-with-onenote-how-students-benefit.aspx
The video featured in this blog post was originally produced in 2011, The technology behind the Surface Pro has evolved making it an even better solution for note taking today. Since that time the Tablet PC form factor has evolved into the streamlined Surface Pro.
OneNote 2013 is also useful as a collaborative tool when used with SkyDrive. You can share OneNote notebooks with others including your students. One of the benefits of SkyDrive is that I can access Office web apps via a browser, this includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote documents that are stored on SkyDrive.
SkyDrive can also sync your notebooks to a Windows Phone so you can have access to all of your Notebooks at anytime. This has been very handy for me as I have been able to refer back to notes that I have taken whether I have the Surface Pro with me or only my mobile phone. If you do not have a Windows Phone you can login and use the web version of OneNote, all you need is a browser.The digitizer Pen that comes standard with the Surface Pro is much different than a capacitive stylus that is often sold for use with iPads or Android tablets. The Surface Pro’s Pen is pressure sensitive with 1024 different pressure points that provides for much more control and accuracy than a finger can provide. This design is meant to replicate the way a real Pen works in that if you start drawing a line with a light touch and gradually apply pressure the line will get thicker as you apply more pressure. This makes for a much more realistic and natural writing experience.
The Surface Pro comes with a Wacom digitizer tablet and Pen that allows for digital inking. Yesterday, I demonstrated the artistic side of this tablet but the Pen is extremely useful for day-to-day note taking as well.
OneNote 2013 Rocks!Until next time...
Keep on Learning,
Keep on Learning,
Tom Grissom, PhD
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