Comments on: Time Management Tips 4 Busy Teachers – Part I

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:47:45 +0000

Thanks Andrea,
I usually don’t allow the Sp**s word on my site. I’ve made an exception here

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:42:29 +0000

Thanks for this, Sean – really useful, especially the Dropbox! Just need to substitute Spurs for the Gunners and I’m with you all the way!!

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:08:44 +0000

I have to agree with Dave. Google Docs & Calender are great. I have a Driod and it is linked to my school mail, school calender, gmail, google calender, facebook, and twitter. The phone organizes it all into a single place and merges the calenders together and gives notices and updates. I can also use it to review documents/files and forward them to a colleague if I want to share it or if they ask for it.

This has helped my time management, but any advice on how to get motivated to do lesson plans? (other than just forcing yourself to do them)

I get really into planning the next couple of days, but I rarely stay on schedule for more than 3-4 days so I do not see the point of planning that far ahead, but my administrators want them to be turned in.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:43:38 +0000

I’d say that every teacher should have a smart phone. This can help them manage their time with calendar, task list, email, web browser, and more.

I also tell colleagues to get an Evernote account (evernote.com). This is a great free service to keep track of notes and much more.

I use Evernote, Google docs, Google Calendar and a Palm Pre to stay organized.

Here are some articles on how I use technology to be organized and efficient:

http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2009/09/what-technology-i-use-on-daily-basis.html

http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/review-palm-pre-and-pixi.html

Nice article by the way!

By: Tim Wilson

Tim Wilson — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:48:11 +0000

Great tips, Sean – and I say that as a fellow teacher and as a Spurs fan!

Haven’t tried Dropbox yet – I’ll be giving it a trial run.

Already using online-stopwatch. It’s great for putting a limit on tasks.

Talking of limits, I’ve found that one of the best time management tips as a teacher is to think of my time in three zones – see http://www.time-management-success.com/time-management-for-teachers.html for details – but the general idea is that, as a teacher, it’s easy to let unscheduled work time (i.e. that which isn’t dictated by bells and buzzers) eat in to evening and weekends.

Anything that helps limit unscheduled work time is good in our job.

By: James

James — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:09:36 +0000

Of course, if you really want to save more time then you could support a team like Brighton – we’re never on the telly!

Thanks for the tips – dropbox is truly the best thing to happen to time management since tabbed browsing.

By: FaizaK

FaizaK — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:49:29 +0000

Awesome tips Sean. Now we know your time management secrets! Really helpful indeed. Could try quite a few like 1, 2 and most definitely 6.

By: Genedi Shamburger

Genedi Shamburger — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:54:23 +0000

Merci! Love the tips, and thanks for sharing the dropbox idea!

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:32:18 +0000

Thank you Irene,

Good luck and please come back and let me know how much time you’re saving

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:30:50 +0000

Thanks Sara,

The thing I dislike about memory sticks is they are prone to forget everything. I think I’ve had the data wiped on three different flash drives. That’s annoying. I carry one in my wallet for emergencies but haven’t used it for months.