A List of Stuff to Buy at Target: The Case for Thought Catchers

A List of Stuff to Buy at Target: The Case for Thought Catchers

This August, I was frequenting Target at least once a week for last minute vacation amusements, birthday gifts, camp clothes for kids, and so on. While I do keep a Target list housed in Evernote, my husband and I never seem to synch up to tag team our visits. On one...
Taking Your Together Teacher System Digital!

Taking Your Together Teacher System Digital!

Sometimes I get unfairly pegged as a paper-gal.  I actually write about digital tools all the time, like here and here and here and here.  And I even profiled Sarah’s fully digital Together Leader system here. But it’s true that I have yet to feature a 100% digital...

Email You-Know-What: What’s the Root Cause?

It’s brewing. There’s an email issue among us, and I’m going to TAKE.IT.ON. So, what is the real issue? There are lots of theories. Some of it’s behavioral, like FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), some of it’s structural (must you know EVERYTHING that goes on in your...
Product Review: Carissa Uses Asana for To-Do’s!

Product Review: Carissa Uses Asana for To-Do’s!

One of my favorite parts of my job is facilitating trainings for new teacher preparation programs and residencies. A few months ago, I made my fifth annual visit to MATCH’s Teacher Residency in Boston, where their 80-plus teachers-in-training were all about the...
Tool Review #5: Shelby and Listonic!

Tool Review #5: Shelby and Listonic!

This week, please join us in welcoming back our favorite guest blogger, Shelby! She’s like a Together Teacher super-secret double-agent spy – working for us and also working inside the teaching world at the same time. Here’s her latest report from the field: As I...