Dear Maia, I’m a middle school language arts teacher, and it has gotten increasingly complicated to keep track of my students’ writing over my decade of teaching. Some students want to write by hand. Others want to draft on laptops or desktop computers. Google Docs...
E-mail. . . You may have noticed its absence as a topic on our blog. This is not because e-mail isn’t a big deal — in fact, we have an entire book chapter devoted to it. But I know that once we open the e-mail can of worms, well, there is no going back. And for...
Okay, electronic notebook lovers, listen up! We are back with another amazing resource to share: Microsoft OneNote! Mac users: We apologize in advance. OneNote is currently not available for you guys. If you want something similar, try Evernote. April M., a fifth...
Evernote is everywhere! In a nutshell, Evernote is an electronic notebook that allows you to take notes on separate notebook pages, create notebooks and then organize your notebooks into stacks. No more lugging around a burly five-subject notebook! No more starting...
More and more, I’m seeing schools and districts shift from using Outlook to Google for their productivity and communication software. Many teachers appreciate this shift because of Google’s easy synchronization to smart phones and universal access. Out in the...
As you know by now, I’m obsessed with all things organization in service of our success—and our sustainability. I am not, however, a devotee of any particular tool, paper or electronic. Finding the right organizational tool is like finding the right life partner. You...
