I need to consult all of them when I’m putting together my weekly and daily lesson plan. On top of that, I’ve got the documents I created and shared with parents that lay out a map of the year. Then I have a daily planner that has my daily lesson plan. I’ve got a sketchbook for my yearly and monthly block planning. But links aren’t the only part of my planning that are in different places.So Google Docs were my go-to solution for saving links, but I don’t generally plan my lessons in Google Docs, so the content wasn’t all together and I often forgot about them when it came time to plan my daily lessons. When the alternative is command-C and then command-V, I just can’t be bothered writing out links by hand. It’s WAY too difficult to save links in a paper planner.All those tabs slow my computer down and if the power goes out or Chrome suddenly crashes, all those links are gone. When I’m in lesson planning mode (which is pretty much always), I’ve got a zillion tabs open on my computer - lesson content, drawing ideas, phonics rules, etc.Here are some of the scenarios that Notion has helped me resolve. In the past I’ve tried Day One, Evernote, Google Keep and iOS apps like Notes and Reminders, but none of them ever stuck. So it was only a matter of time before I discovered the online productivity community and tried out some new digital tools. (I will always have a digital calendar and I love a good Google Doc.) But I’m also not opposed to finding digital tools that make life easier. I am an absolute devotee of my paper planner.
I’ve written posts about my favorite planning supplies and I love feeling ahead of the curve as I manage all of the various aspects of my life. If you’ve been reading my posts for any length of time, you know that I’m a planner.