I am terrible with paper. I lose paper everywhere. When I started trying to conference with students using the "Pensive binder" recommended by The Sisters in the Cafe book it was a disaster. I was losing papers everywhere and never seemed to know what paper I needed now. Frustrated with the system I gave up and went back to my clipboards and evernote notebooks. Then one day I read this blog post and my search for a digital iPad Pensive solution began. The Contenders: Evernote I love Evernote. I use it to store lesson plans and ideas, documents and tweets. I also kept students notes there. I thought I might be able to use it as a Digital Pensive on the iPad but when I tried to use Evernote as a pensive I found the program was TOO flexible and gave me too much space to write. I needed more structure to keep me in line, keep my notes brief and to the point and to make sure I kept my conference times down. Pensive from Daily Cafe Another option I tried wa
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