Using BOX In Your Classroom

Ever taken notes for an important class and put them into your binder or book bag? Then, a couple days down the road, they just seems to vanish out of thin air? This always seemed to and continues to happen to me.

Many students in today's classrooms really struggle with keeping up with not only class notes, but also handouts or articles that are given by the teacher. When they do take the appropriate notes, they more than likely cram them into their bags and never bring them out again. This is a problem for both the students, who are now coming to class unprepared, and the teacher, who has to deal with the fact that their students have lost the notes and may be off task.

Well, this is the decade of technology, so why not use it!! Introducing the amazing and very functional website called BOX.com. This website is the future of note taking for both the students and the teachers. All you have to do is go to BOX.com and create a free account. The account never expires and you can access it from any computer or mobile device as long as you know your username and password. All of your information is safe and secure and only accessible by you.

Organization: 
BOX is extremely functional and helpful. Organization is extremely important for note taking, and this is perfect for all those situations. Once you are logged into box, you can see all your folders or notes you have taken. I personally use this website for note taking and here is a screen shot of my homepage. Within your notes, you can also create folders for each class or subject. On my profile, I also created folders for future ideas and articles used in my classrooms.

                                                                                                        BOX Sync: 

BOX sync is a really neat feature of box. This is a simple and small download for your mobile device or PC in which enables you to download any articles or documents found online onto your box account. All you have to do, is upload an article and it automatically adds to that folder. This is great for students because once you have it downloaded, you can physically go into the article and highlight and make comments amongst the text. This is awesome for the students because they can go back and look at previous articles and review their comments or highlighted material. This is also beneficial for students during the classroom when you assign in class readings. Here is an example of an article I read, highlighted, and left comments for future discussion.

Classroom Incorporation:
BOX.com is a great website for students who have access to the internet. A plethora amount of students all around the world either have their own computer, or are given access during the classroom to use one. This is a website I would introduce on the first day of class to my students giving them another method of note taking or storing information to add to their techniques. As a teacher, you can use this to store important information such as lesson plans, classroom/student information, and any other important content. Box is imperative and very beneficial for all within the classroom. Go check it out and download now!