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Studicious (http://stu.dicio.us/) (Down for maintenance at the time of this post) - Student organizer and social notetaking tool where students can create a schedule, track their grades, manage a to do list, store files for classes, and write public notes in an outline-like format. It also allows students to connect with friends and soon will include Facebook integration.Gradefix (http://www.gradefix.com/) Best described by Gradefix, “Gradefix intelligently organizes and prioritizes all of your homework so you are always on top of it.” Students that use Gradefix create a study schedule used to best spreadout and prioritize homework throughout the week in hopes to decrease stress and improve grades.mynoteIT (http://www.mynoteit.com/) (New release came out the other day) An online note taking tool for students including a WYSIWYG note editor, assignment reminders, grade management, to do lists, and more. Students can also share notes with friends and receive feedback through commenting on notes.Haiku LMS (http://www.haikulearning.com/) Haiku provides a system for teachers where they can create a public website for their classes, manage content, list assignments and announcements, track grades, and more. Sounds like a similar application to Chalksite.CollegeRuled (http://collegeruled.com/) Academic organizer, class scheduler, and message board area for students. Students can either create a schedule or connect to their Facebook schedule with CollegeRuled and take notes and manage a to do list for each class.Note: I have not been able to test CollegeRuled as it requires an .edu email address.Backpack (http://backpackit.com/) Backpack is an all around great organizer for student and businesses, including note taking, file storage, to do lists, a calendar, and more. An example use could be that students can create pages in their organizer for each class and manage notes on class discussions as well as upload related files and class documents.PocketMod (http://www.pocketmod.com/) This isn’t really a “Web 2.0″ product, but I felt it’s worth mentioning. Pocketmod is a small tool for creating disposable paper organizers using print out templates covering just about anything from note paper to reference sheets. It’s perfect for students that prefer keeping organized on paper. Also, it’s just helpful to carry around with you for whenever you may need to jot some things down.

I use both for different purposes after trying to make either one handle every type of note I process. Both of them can do most of the same things so by saying I use one for something doesn't mean I'm implying that the other can't do it. Personal note-taking is very subjective. Here is what I've arrived at after several years of trial and error.Evernote is a quick-capture of information from wherever I am. Web, pc, smartphone. Usually, this is just 'reference' information and quick working lists. Like receipts, user manuals, reading lists, good beer, etc.OneNote is used for deep-thinking and big projects. This is because the user interface, when you are actually working with the text, pics, outlines, drawings etc, is FAR superior to Evernote's. There simply is none of that klunky formatting frustration that you get from simple web-based interfaces. Outlining is much smoother and moving little snippets of data around within a note is incredibly smooth and intuitive. Basically what this means is you can choose to embed notes within notes and can link to individual parts of notes, not just a note itself. Evernote finally introduced direct note linking but it still just links to the note, not to a item within the note. ((http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1684320&seqNum=2) Also, building fantastic one-note templates is quite nice, I'm pretty sure Evernote doesn't have templates. If I was in college, I'd definitely keep different types of templates for different type of lectures (like math vs history). Take a look at the one-note screenshot here http://www.techolar.com/windows/microsoft-office-2010-wordexcelaccessoutlook-screenshots/ ....yes, you can make Evernote have a screen full of grouped links like that in a note and be functionally identical, but it won't look nearly as nice and be as fun to mess with.Now, for many people, it's overkill to need that luxury of beautiful formatting and advanced linking. I think a good analogy would be using a post-it note to jot a phone number down vs using a Moleskine notebook. You know about Moleskine notebooks right? They cost like $15 and don't do anything more than a $1 spiral notebook...but many people swear by them as personal notebooks simply because it feels much more refined to use. So they have a sense of seriousness and deep contemplation as they carefully choose what to write and look-up in that Moleskine vs the throw-away-but-convenient jot on the post-it.Evernote is the pile of sticky notes and file cabinet full of reference info. OneNote is the collection of Moleskines organized by topic on your shelf.OneNote's core purpose is to make the look and feel of your digital thinking space as elegant as possible and give you great hierarchical ordering options. Evernote's is to be able to quickly capture and retrieve everything, all the time, and not worry much about ordering. This is why it's hard for OneNote to be nice to deal with on a smartphone and for Evernote to feel nice on a computer. You have to give up something either way. I've chosen to not give up either!I love that can snap a pic of a receipt or user manual and throw it into Evernote without having to think about what notebook/folder/tab/section to drop it in. I just know that one day I may need to return that crap to Target so a quick 'target' search will do. But for my notes on big projects and life's work....I don't want those in the same pile as 'pic of beer that I liked'.It's true that most of our data can now not be 'filed' but just thrown into the same bin and be 'searched' for. In terms of effort to store and fetch, filing is better than a random pile (one to one vs random), tagging is better than filing (many to one), and search trumps tagging (everything to one). But some things are still nice to keep in a hierarchy. For me, that'd be things like a journal, life plans, research projects, novels (if I was a writer), etc. But if I need to look up a part number on that lawnmower I bought two years from the manual I scanned and threw away, Evernote will show it to me in like 5 seconds without me having to remember where I filed it. So would OneNote but it would have taken a bit longer to scan and forget.Briefly on other features:If you use outlook and want to link to-do's within your notes, OneNote rocks.Evernote's ubiquity is much better, its mostly the same on pc, web, phone. I do sync OneNote to my Android via http://www.mobilenoter.com/ but it isn't quite as snappy as the native Evernote app. So with both, you can get to your notes from anywhere, the friction to hop into and out of OneNote is higher, but the niceness once you are in is better.

Outlines grids or maps are good for retaining data or contrasting what is known to what is supposed to have been conveyed in order to find gaps to fill. Lookup synonyms of the topic a host of meanings. In narrative, for instance, each character has a theme and favorite phrases, so may organizations.Confidence and objectivity are often cited as benefits of developing a writing voice. Consciousness is reinforced by a stream or channel of its own. Notes cover many types of subjects having their own formats to direct constructive efforts, like a personal or professional web or information system. Find ways to assemble knowledge.Skills include research, criticism, informed opinions, independent conclusions, original thesis, multiple perspectives, empathy, creativity, productivity, learning, solutions, searches, speeches, tracking, objectives, definitions, discussions, designs, questions, and so on, whether they are handwritten, typed or spoken. Timing may be sympathetic for the end of terms, literally and locally.Starting out they may look like reactions, reminders, lists or things to do. Then they proceed to diary or journal, pros and cons, reviews of books and movies or devices, how to do things, meals, travel, ideas, time durations, details, expenses, mileage, tasks, photos, events, memories, meetings, methods, critiques, comparisons, crafts, sources, or sentiments.After a while there are all sorts of byproducts—-documentation, summaries, essays, reports, lab records, papers, presentations, procedures, books, templates, genres, history, or Spaces. A notebook or file can be kept for each category or the content is tagged. Machine learning is over the shoulder to find confirmation.This is background material for communications, public posts, or answers.