In the past, I have used the spiral bound plan book, and I have even attested I like to handwrite my plans. Obviously some electronic versions have perks, so I began to use a template I built as a table within Microsoft Word. Then this past April, a teammate came to me with contagious excitement - she found www.Planbook.com ! I was using it within a week, as part of 30 day FREE trial. And I mean free - no personal information or credit card needed. By the end of April, I became a paying member, but I cannot express my willingness to pay $13 a year. Yes, per year.
Favorite features:
- Readily available at home, work, phone, iPad, etc. (just need internet access)
- Color code choices (we all like a pretty plan book, right?)
- Template feature (type in those repetitive lesson parts, or consistent items such as lunch, just one time!)
- You have the ability to bump a lesson (and all following) one day forward, move it to next week, etc.
- If a planned lesson takes longer than expected, hit the extend button and it will move following lessons ahead a day (or more if you choose)
- You can attach documents, SmartNotebooks, etc. to the lessons.
- Next year, the lessons are there to move forward - attachments and all.
- Minimize on your interactive whiteboard, and have ability to hot link to referenced websites or open attachments for viewing.
- You can share plans with colleague, students, Administration by giving them your 'read only' password. Or give your personal password to a colleague for joint access or co-planning.
- Customer service is outstanding! I spoke with a real person and they helped me with a technical problem - pleasantly and quickly.
I absolutely LOVE planbook.com. I've played around with it and plan to fully utilize it for the upcoming school year. Thanks for sharing :)
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