Hello, I’ve been caught up with school and work. I’ve had a chance to use the Dingo version during my classes and though it took a minute to get used to, overall, I have enjoyed the changes. The change I like to most is that I can formally “close the books/documents and journals on the e-reader side. I use to have to bring up a blank journal to “close so I don’t have just anything sitting on the screen. Not that I have top secret information, but I like being able to choose what comes up on the screen when it comes on and not having to have anything on the screen when I only use the tablet side. Another improvement that I really enjoy is when I go to the library it stays on the last tag. Before it would go to all and bring up everything that was in the library.

As far as my studies on the eDGe, things have pretty much continued the same with a few minor changes. There are a few things that I would like to note. As I progress through the semester, I’ve been moving materials that where in my primary subject tag (ex. Hist 12) to my secondary school tag (ex. School Materials). I have modified this by creating a “materials tag for each individual subject (ex. Hist 12 Materials). The reasoning behind this is the School Materials tag is growing and I was using the Title and Description field to help associate the materials with the class. I decided I would like the Author and Title to be used the proper way and have created the extra tags for the subjects. So the core material goes into the Hist 12 and the secondary material goes into Hist 12 Material.

Another item I would like to note is I’ve been using one notebook per class. In my History, I have been taking a lot of notes and currently I am around the late 30’s in page number. I notice I am now getting a dialog box when I press save (or auto-save) that states the saving process could take up to a minute for larger journal files. As of now it doesn’t take anywhere near a minute, only an extra second or two longer than usual. I believe in the next 10 pages or so I may start another notebook. Luckily the notes happen to correspond with the testing in the class, so I have a logical cut off point to start a new notebook. I am still going to maintain my method, it’s just I will probably have about 4 notebooks by the end of the semester. I prefer having as few "notebooks" for class notes as possible because I really would like to reduce the file clutter. I use the journals for each subject for other things besides class notes like scratch sheets I may want to keep, ideals and topic sheets for potential papers, and depending on the type of homework or assignments, journals for writing down questions or additional research notes for studying for exams. Using the Tab Editor is a real bonus in helping me to organize. I also notice that I have used the insert pages and cutting and pasting in the journal when dealing with content.

One last thing I would like to mention is I have started using a Flash Card app recommended in one of the other posts here in the forum, Ankidroid. I really enjoy the app and it’s been helpful in preparing for my upcoming exam.


@edgelover
Sorry I have been away. I don’t know how I can help but I would be more than happy to try.

@lisa031825
I really like how you use the syllabus to link to other materials. I can actually use that to help me in my History class. The instructor gave us a lot of the handouts ahead of time and I actually took the time to scan everything. By linking it ahead of time all I would have to do is tab on the link for that day.