Whitelines Link Notebooks- Bridging the Analog to Digital World

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaA2HhEUqd8hAQopUXg_9yhAwIdjsfwZrDLkuWd9KKrN-CUGPrGhvzphMjAnHVI44pDwXtbgndBzp3FBTTd-aWECpmvYC8aq7_CoYK01xeSrx3jF0rFIaOORKHPSEAUN4Gz1RyLu7YqYM/s1600/Whitelines1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaA2HhEUqd8hAQopUXg_9yhAwIdjsfwZrDLkuWd9KKrN-CUGPrGhvzphMjAnHVI44pDwXtbgndBzp3FBTTd-aWECpmvYC8aq7_CoYK01xeSrx3jF0rFIaOORKHPSEAUN4Gz1RyLu7YqYM/s320/Whitelines1.jpeg" width="250" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whitelines Link Page</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you haven't noticed there has been an increased interest in teaching students the art of note taking using standard paper and pens. In fact, just last week, I attended an educational computer conference and sat in on a workshop presented by <a href="https://twitter.com/TheConnectedEdu" target="_blank">Chrissy Romano</a>  on a Sketch-noting- that showed how her students are using this technique for recording classroom notes. There is a great deal of research that points to the fact that when we write down things using pen and paper that we are more likely to remember the information as compared to when we use a keyboard. In a previous <a href="http://assistivetek.blogspot.com/2015/12/note-taking-marrying-pen-paper-with.html" target="_blank">post</a> I highlighted some of the ways we can use paper notebooks that are designed with specific apps to share and save our notes in the cloud. While searching the web one day, I came across a relatively new solution that bridges the analog to digital world for note taking called <a href="http://whitelines.se/" target="_blank">Whitelines Link</a>. I would like to thank <a href="http://whitelines.se/tag/olof-hansson/" target="_blank">Olof </a>for providing me with the Whitelines Link notebook that was used for this review.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://whitelines.se/" target="_blank">Whitelines Link</a> produces several differnt notepads with a grey background with whitelines, with a unique looking code on the four corners of each page. On the bottom of each page is a set of three icons in a box, which probably needs no introduction and includes one for Email, Evernote, and Dropbox.  More about this a little later. The notebooks were designed this way so that when you write or draw on the page your words or drawings pop on the page. I have been using the </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whitelines Link</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> A5 Squared notebook for the last two months and have really enjoyed the experience. The </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whitelines Link </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">notebook is spiral bound so the pages lay flat and the paper quality is great for use with a pencil, gel pen or even a fountain pen. Once I have finished my page of notes - there is where the fun begins! First I decide what I want to do with my notes- am I going <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0OWU5wWgJkMRCOGZnxkNqTaftJwYEYfQ9NLSgE1yFvv8EQtFJPwSPBn2jlp4EGiAWV-SQdkUSPcsIt6uKuE5e3RWjcRd0YPhpDkmgQ_Ly7qyEAYyddpB7sJUYBkRCyCaQ7pxddpnpMI/s1600/Whitelines+app.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0OWU5wWgJkMRCOGZnxkNqTaftJwYEYfQ9NLSgE1yFvv8EQtFJPwSPBn2jlp4EGiAWV-SQdkUSPcsIt6uKuE5e3RWjcRd0YPhpDkmgQ_Ly7qyEAYyddpB7sJUYBkRCyCaQ7pxddpnpMI/s320/Whitelines+app.png" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whitelines Link App</td></tr></tbody></table>to send them to someone via email, or safe them to my Evernote or Dropbox account? By ticking off one of the icons on the bottom of the page I can easily and automatically route the note without having to think about it. As a heavy user of Evernote this works great. When I'm done with my note, I simply tick off the Evernote icon and when I open  the </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whitelines Link app on my iPhone and take a picture of the note, the app using the codes on the corner of the page can senses where the note is and automatically routes it to my Evernote account for safe keeping. The </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;">Whitelines Link app is available on the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whitelines-link/id552914549?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple App Store </a>and the<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.whitelines.link&hl=en" target="_blank"> Google Play Store </a>and is free. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I should mention that when you use the </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whitelines Link app to capture your notes, the grey background and white lines disappear and all you are left with are your notes on a white background which really highlights your ideas! </span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whitelines Link could be a great tool for students who are doing sketchnoting or looking for a way to marry traditional hand written notes with a way to archive them with a cloud based service. For teachers who are supporting students in the classroom and need to provide students with notes this could be one more way for them to capture notes and share them at the end of the day. The ways to use </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whitelines Link is only limited by your creativity. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://whitelines.se/" target="_blank">Whitelines Lin</a>k are available on Amazon and are licensed to be used with </span><br /><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span class="a-size-large" id="productTitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Leuchtturm-Whitelines-Link-Black-Pocket/dp/B00IYL93NC/ref=sr_1_1?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1464438053&sr=1-1&keywords=Leuchtturm+Whitelines+Link+Black+Pocket+Dots" style="color: #111111; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3 !important;" target="_blank">Leuchtturm Whitelines Link Black Pocket Dots </a><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="line-height: 1.3 !important;">notebooks which are readily available in the </span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">United</span><span style="line-height: 1.3 !important;"> States. This is a great product and one that I know students and teachers will enjoy using.</span></span></span></span></div>

Whitelines Link Notebooks- Bridging the Analog to Digital World

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Amazon Echo Dot- Loud & Clear!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUTLPQyMYYUHwckY-fJHJiV3zXhLpekrT_UCLBqTEpum6XHajzqUmtva1r0KvZoe16pDMVf7gXHC53zPiozID90O0-uZtIZduVdlniZ_XVhdNMcZHcwFcpfzC933FokQbdyDjTmXHb00/s1600/dot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUTLPQyMYYUHwckY-fJHJiV3zXhLpekrT_UCLBqTEpum6XHajzqUmtva1r0KvZoe16pDMVf7gXHC53zPiozID90O0-uZtIZduVdlniZ_XVhdNMcZHcwFcpfzC933FokQbdyDjTmXHb00/s1600/dot.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of the most natural ways to interact with our devices is with our voice. With the advent of smartphones many of us are beginning to rely on voice as our means for interacting with our devices. Whether you are using <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mobile/experiences/cortana/" target="_blank">Cortana</a>, <a href="http://www.apple.com/ios/siri/" target="_blank">SIRI</a>, or <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Now" target="_blank">Google Now</a>, you know how rewarding it is to be able to text a message or set up a reminder with your voice. Using your voice to interact with your handheld device feels so natural and empowering. Within this context I ordered an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/b?node=14047587011" target="_blank">Amazon Echo Dot</a> which I received a couple of weeks ago and am really excited with its potential in being able to understand your voice and in its ability to connect other devices for environmental control. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Setting up the Amazon Echo Dot was straight forward -I plugged it in connected it my WiFi network and within seconds I was asking Alexa questions. If you have used speech to interact with your devices you will be struck by just how fast Alexa responds once you ask it a question. The latency is really incredible. Ask Alexa what the weather forecast is in your hometown and in a nano-second, Alexa will respond with the answer. As I began to use the Amazon Echo Dot my thoughts took me to just how this could be used in the classroom. Given that all you need is a WiFi connection I thought about different ways it could be used an put together a short video to demonstrate. After watching the video, please share ideas and how you might use the Amazon Echo Dot in your classroom? </span><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5kPjNgO9b9k" width="560"></iframe></span>

Amazon Echo Dot- Loud & Clear!

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Amazon great indian festive sale -- 13 to 17 october

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiod5zjjH67nz3MYpoTDLklbA5UyVF2Q-hIJMRLUwficafgSrgM9-CNzDIZkGxurGbwNu2MR8Wfe-Zceih48YnmnEJJ7oA-wAidAcpz9l_HXcSlBT69zhxFtm7avbUzTcau_BBKtgDHGsR/s1600/Amazon-great-indian-festive-sale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiod5zjjH67nz3MYpoTDLklbA5UyVF2Q-hIJMRLUwficafgSrgM9-CNzDIZkGxurGbwNu2MR8Wfe-Zceih48YnmnEJJ7oA-wAidAcpz9l_HXcSlBT69zhxFtm7avbUzTcau_BBKtgDHGsR/s640/Amazon-great-indian-festive-sale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As flipkart has announced their second big billion day Amazon india has crashes flipkart big billion day by announcing great indian festive sale in the same dates of october 13 to 17.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">   </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">                         As flipkart has announced that will be only applicable for app users but amazon india deals will be accessible via app as well as web . App user will be entitled to exclusive deals </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">                           <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em;">Amazon India expects a huge rush on the days of the sale, and it has mentioned some tips to ensure a relatively smooth experience. These include downloading the app now, signing up and making sure that address and payment details are up-to-date.</span></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: apres-regular-webfont, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5em;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">                Last year, Amazon India’s Diwali Dhamaka </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.5em;">sale followed Flipkart’s Big Billion Day sale and both </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.5em;">faced issues in coping with the huge traffic</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.5em;">. Some users were unable to access the website, while others were unable to see any deals. Both the companies have however said that they have ramped up their capabilities to cope with huge rush during this festive season.</span></div></div><div><br /></div></div>

Amazon great indian festive sale -- 13 to 17 october

As flipkart has announced their second big billion day Amazon india has crashes flipkart big billion day by announcing great indian festive ...

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