Scan Class Notes With Your Smart Phone

     Yesterday I had a teacher stop me in the hall and ask me about the best way to supply students with notes from class that were not typed already. Often times a special education student will have "notes supplied" as an accommodation on their IEP. Or perhaps a student missed class and wants the notes of a fellow student. With permission you could scan the notes of a top student with good penmanship.  This would allow you to keep a copy for other classes or even for the next year.  This can be done easily using any smart phone. Any Apple iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod) can use a free app called Genius Scan to get a very clear PDF of hand written notes. For some reason Genius Scan costs money on Android devices, but I have used and recommend the free app Cam Scanner for Android devices.  Once you have a PDF of your notes it can either be emailed or uploaded to your Google Drive, Evernote, or any number of cloud storage apps.