Ever since getting an iPad, I have been in search of an app or website that helps me to plan my week of lessons and events as a teacher in the style and format that suits me. After quite a long a fruitless search, I tried using Google Calendar, but it just wasn't efficient enough for me. Enter, planbook.com.
After hearing of my digital travails on Twitter, @kellycroy, who also tweets as @wirededucator directed me to Planbook.com. I took a look, and I liked what I initially saw, so I signed up for the 30-day free trial. However, by the end of day one, I had seen enough to fork out the $12 per year subscription and can now rest from my lesson planning travails.
Planbook allows you to create subjects or courses, depending on the level of schooling you work with, and write your lesson plans online. If your class repeats daily, or even if it has a weird Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday schedule, Planbook allows you to select how often any given subject/course appears.
After hearing of my digital travails on Twitter, @kellycroy, who also tweets as @wirededucator directed me to Planbook.com. I took a look, and I liked what I initially saw, so I signed up for the 30-day free trial. However, by the end of day one, I had seen enough to fork out the $12 per year subscription and can now rest from my lesson planning travails.
Planbook allows you to create subjects or courses, depending on the level of schooling you work with, and write your lesson plans online. If your class repeats daily, or even if it has a weird Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday schedule, Planbook allows you to select how often any given subject/course appears.
Along with creating a subject/course schedule, Planbook.com allows you to attach homework and notes to any given lesson, with the option to hide them if desired.
Whether you are required to align your lesson with state standards or Common Core State Standards, planbook.com allows you to do that quickly with the click of a button. Yes, every standard imaginable is programmed into the website. Find the one you are looking for, and select it to include it in your plans. It's as simple as that.
Not so simple, is the plight of teachers to remember events and assemblies. Whether scheduled or not, they always seem to poke their pesky head into your weekly plans. In the past, I practically had to scrap my pencil-and-paper plans to accomodate one of these. With planbook.com, you can include events if you know they are happening, or . . . (wait for it) . . . bump your lessons to the next day if there just isn't going to be time left after any given disruptions on the day you planned. This will adjust all successive plans for the given subject/course.
Now, I can plan like I want to plan. And I can do it wherever I have an internet connection. I haven't forgotten about my paper-based planbooks though. In fact, I still use them quite often . . . to hold open doors and weigh down papers.
Whether you are required to align your lesson with state standards or Common Core State Standards, planbook.com allows you to do that quickly with the click of a button. Yes, every standard imaginable is programmed into the website. Find the one you are looking for, and select it to include it in your plans. It's as simple as that.
Not so simple, is the plight of teachers to remember events and assemblies. Whether scheduled or not, they always seem to poke their pesky head into your weekly plans. In the past, I practically had to scrap my pencil-and-paper plans to accomodate one of these. With planbook.com, you can include events if you know they are happening, or . . . (wait for it) . . . bump your lessons to the next day if there just isn't going to be time left after any given disruptions on the day you planned. This will adjust all successive plans for the given subject/course.
Now, I can plan like I want to plan. And I can do it wherever I have an internet connection. I haven't forgotten about my paper-based planbooks though. In fact, I still use them quite often . . . to hold open doors and weigh down papers.
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