Do you have a book where you jot down anything and everything to do with teaching? For the past few years, I have been using a spiral bound notebook where I keep pretty much anything to do with my classroom. I know I should probably move into the 21st century and start using a program like
Evernote (which I have on my laptop AND iPhone) but. . . I don't know . . . there's just something about writing in a notebook that appeals to me.
Last week, I was at WalMart and picked up my new teaching notebook. It's a far cry from my previous year's book which looked like this:
and had scribbles and messy writing like this:
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| This is my lovely new notebook |
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The only problem is . . . my new notebook is so lovely I'm afraid to write in it and mess it up! LOL. Definitely have to get over that.
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| You'll notice I've got an entire section devoted to "TO DO" |
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Actually, one of the things I AM going to try this year (thank you to
Clutter Free Classroom for the idea) is to stick the many post it notes I jot things down on INTO my notebook. Maybe I should have a section (there are 3) just for for my Post-It Notes? . . . hmmm??
What are some of the ways you keep track of your thinking, to do lists, classroom shopping lists, lesson plan ideas, unit ideas...???
haha! I am totally the person that would hesitate to write in a notebook because it's so pretty!
ReplyDeleteOne thing I've been using lately to keep track of lists and ideas is just the notepad feature on my iPhone and iPad. I like that it's free, it updates to my other iDevices automatically, and I can e-mail it to myself (or someone else) if I need to.
My husband and I also use the Cozi app to keep track of both of our schedules, grocery lists, and to-do lists. It's a phenomenal little app that is also FREE!
I've heard Evernote is FANTASTIC for keeping track of all that stuff, but for whatever reason, I just can't get into it. Maybe I'll try again later. :)
~Mrs. K. from The Teacher Garden Blog
Love your idea of putting Post Its in your notebook...I always seem to a have a Post-It pile at home in my office. I keep track of ideas not only on Post-Its but on legal pads for some reason. Right now I have white,yellow and purple. Of course on all of them there are ideas and plans galore.....maybe I will just break down and by a nice notebook like you! lol...and putting everything in one. Oh to be organized! :)
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