More Related Content Similar to Four Cloud-powered Tools: Diigo, Evernote, Zotero, and Dropbox (20) More from Stan Skrabut, Ed.D. (20) Four Cloud-powered Tools: Diigo, Evernote, Zotero, and Dropbox3. You are a professional who is on the move. 4. You have to work with information from multiple devices 5. You want to simplify synchronization of files from device to device. 6. Let me show you four great tools for managing your information. 9. You can store up to 2Gb free and up to 100Gb for a fee. Pro 100 Pro 50 Free 10. You can share folders with multiple people in a secure environment. 11. You can access your files from mobile devices, computers, or Web browsers. 13. You can use the Desktop client which creates a My Dropbox folder in your My Documents folder. 15. You can email files to your folders through services such as “Send to Dropbox” and “Habilis.” 17. You can sync file settings across multiple computers, for example, MS templates 19. Set Dropbox as your documents folder for accessible and secure file storage. 23. You can have the same background wallpaper on all of your computers. 25. Evernote is a great tool for collecting and organizing your thoughts. 26. Here are some essential things to do to get the most from Evernote. Create account Include on computers Add Web clipper Link to Twitter Add email account 31. Add your Evernote e-mail account to all your e-mail programs so you can forward messages to Evernote. 33. At the basic level, you can click on New Note and type in or paste in text. 36. With the Web clipper, you can capture all or part of a Web page. 38. You can send Tweets directly to Evernote by following @myEN 39. Once you have files loaded in Evernote, you can organize and search in many different ways. 46. Capture all the Web sites, notes, pictures, contacts from a conference. 60. There are a few different ways to add resources to Zotero. 66. It is possible to create a library with other users both public and private. 67. Once you have added records, there are many ways to enhance, organize, and search for them. 69. The power of Zotero is in the ability to take useful research notes for each item. 71. Once you have items added, you can sort and search through them using basic and advanced searching. 72. Now that you spent so much time getting resources in, you need to get them out in a useful manner. 73. First, you can create a bibliography formatted according to common styles. 74. With Microsoft Word and OpenOffice plug-ins, you can cite and reference items directly in your document. 75. You are able to generate reports of your entire listing or just selected items. 79. Diigo is a link bookmarking service located in the cloud. 80. To get the most out of Diigo, first create an account and install the toolbar, Diigolet, or extension. 81. To see bookmarks on the road, load the Diigo application for your iPhone or iPad. 82. Once your tools have been added, you can customize them for your convenience. 84. When you find a Web site you want to bookmark, you select bookmark from the Diigo Web highlighter. 85. With Diigo, it is possible to highlight text in a Web site in four different colors. 86. You can also add sticky notes to your pages; these can be public, private, or group specific. 87. There are a number of ways to search for bookmarks. 89. You can do a full test search for your bookmarks. Editor's Notes Image source:iPhone: http://www.dropbox.com/pressiPad: http://www.flickr.com/photos/meedan/5356419464/sizes/z/in/photostream/Computer: Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/wjr/3951459583/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/sizemoresr/2407901439/sizes/z/ Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/djsamurailincoln/4007132898/sizes/z/