Designed around the iPad 2 Smart Covers, Evernote Peek utilizes the Smart Cover technology to gradually reveal a series of questions and answers. When the first flap of the Smart Cover is lifted, a question is revealed. When you are ready to see the answer, you simply lift the next flap of the Smart Cover to reveal the answer. After each question and answer, you lift the entire cover to mark your answer as correct or incorrect and see your overall progress. For users without a Smart Cover, a virtual Smart Cover can be enabled so the app can still be utilized.
Pros: Evernote Peek is currently a free app. It allows users to easily review material or study for an upcoming test. Teachers can utilize Evernote Peek in the classroom to engage students in learning and allow them to more readily review selected material.
Cons: Individuals who do not utilize Evernote would first need to create notebooks or input information to be studied with Evernote Peek. Also, there is a limit on how much information can be displayed within the question and answer sections of the Peek app, and there is no way to reverse the questions and answers if you would like to study in the reverse order. However, later versions of this app may address these issues.
Within my classroom, I could see myself utilizing this app to help my students review vocabulary, math facts, scientific facts, states and capitals, or other key concepts. I could allow students to take turns reviewing with Evernote Peek and I could even allow students to work in partners, depending on the specific knowledge being reviewed. Evernote Peek is an intriguing app and it has a lot of potential both inside and outside the classroom.
Since I already have and use Evernote, getting Evernote Peek would make sense. I Like Evernote Peek and the way that it can help students review key information from notes they had taken in class. I could even upload questions and answers from my own Evernote. I feel this would be a useful app in the classroom.
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