One of the best and least known components of Microsoft Office is OneNote. Released initially as part of Microsoft Office 2003, OneNote is an excellent note-taking application.

Some of the guys in the OneNote team just launched a new blog dedicated to the use of OneNote in learning and education:

http://blogs.msdn.com/onenote_and_education/

In the video below, Mike Tholfsen (member of the OneNote team and one of the bloggers) explains how OneNote can be used as a smart Learning tool: