You might imagine that I would be a big fan of using novel presentation technologies like Prezi or FlowVella. I am… sometimes… but pretty rarely. Much more frequently I would prefer to use Google Slides or PowerPoint. I also think it is a better idea to teach students how to use these ubiquitous tools rather […]
Once a year, I use a really helpful Siri Shortcut to schedule and plan for a year of meetings. This shortcut makes calendar events and OmniFocus projects for each of my department meetings, so I am never caught off guard.
I am a big believer in the helpfulness of digital calendars. Both at home and school, I have detailed schedules marking out all of my temporal obligations for as far out into the future as I can. My school, like I am sure many others, has a rotation schedule that matches no calendar software on […]
I am a big fan of Rosemary Orchard; I was very excited to hear about her new productivity podcast called Nested Folders. While I don’t know how I feel about her co-host yet, I am delighted to hear more about how Rose works.
This post is from more than a decade ago. However, as the school year starts and emails are flying into my school inbox, it is as relevant as ever. Read this article and learn how to be better at email, everyone you work with will appreciate it: Writing Sensible Email Messages- 43 Folders