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Planboard — Lesson planning made easy for teachers. Getting Started with Planboard. In our daily phone conversations, ECOO Conference co-chair Cyndie Jacobs and I cover so much.

Today, we were talking about some of the exhibitors and I was excited to learn that the company behind Planboard would be attending the conference. I had met one of the people involved, Suraj Srinivas, at the Ontario Google Summit where I got a quick introduction to the product and was inspired to follow up with things. I should point out that I was a real fan of the Ontario Curriculum Unit Planner when it came along. Having access to all of the expectations in the Ontario Curriculum and the ability to manipulate them as a unit was developed was just genius! Sadly, that product hasn’t been maintained for a while. In a world where we’re moving to the cloud and sharing so much, it makes sense that lesson planning heads in that direction. And the relationship with the Ontario Teachers’ Federation was announced at the recent Curriculum Forum.

Featured: 5-23-2013 Planboard [Tools] Planboard helps teachers simplify lesson planning with features like calendar sharing, schedule printing, coordinating lessons with your school schedule, and tracking standards alignment.

By allowing you to integrate and track Common Core and other standards, Planboard can help you ensure your students have the knowledge and skills they need to be successful. Easily align Planboard with your school and classroom schedule. Select the number of periods and which days of the week you will be teaching. On-line, digital Planning at it’s Best! @Planboard review #edtech, #edchat, #elemchat. I have checked out the on-line planning programs.

I will make a run down of them on Monday if I get time….hopefully, it will be a post sooner than later. But no promises. I am getting organized and spending more time with family for 2013! For now, I am going to jump to the end of all my research and experiences and tell you what I choose! But first…my disclaimer. Before starting the search and testing of any software you are CHOOSING to use (rather than being directed by the county), walk through these simple steps. How do you plan right now? Now…there are probably more things to consider…so take a look at your plan book and maybe some plan books of other teachers you admire…then take a few walks.

Ok…now for my experience. I did try out MyLessonPlanner.com pretty seriously. Planboardapp App Review - Teachers Lesson Planning Simplified - AppAppeal. Tech Tuesday Screencast: Planboard. Streamline the Lesson Planning Process with Planboard. Many of us dread paperwork.

I know I do. Luckily for us, there are many successful applications and pieces of software out there dedicated to reducing people’s time and energy put into tedious, monotonous administrative tasks. For example, Mashable had a look at 5 innovative classroom management tools used to help teachers find more time to dedicate to teaching. The idea behind Planboard is to help shoulder the burden of paperwork for teachers. Get Schooled on EdTech with Planboard - Boundless Blog. Teachers: Ever feel like your lesson planning tactics need a makeover?

Planboard thinks so too. This edtech company is centralizing lesson plans and information on the computer to make the process more seamless for you. Recently, we’ve been talking with edtech insiders at the front line of an education revolution. Take a peak at the past conversations. This time we chatted with Planboard’s William Zhou, CEO and designer, and Suraj Srinivas, Director of Operations. Tell us about the inspiration behind Planboard’s founding. Planboard: Letting Teachers Organize Their Days On the Web. Although I love writing for the AppStorm network, I do have another full time job as a teacher.

One of the biggest things that I have learned over my 7 years as a teacher is to be organized and to always plan ahead. Tech Tuesday screencast: Planboard. Today’s Tech Tuesday screencast is about Planboard, a lesson-planning website.

Teachers can plan their lessons paperlessly, use a search to find specific plans, and share them with print, PDF, email and link features. Note: On April 3, 2013, Planboard announced that its standard accounts — including unlimited plans — are now free. Planboard. Planboard (Planboard) Planboard Article - The Record. Waterloo Region Record WATERLOO — They’ve only been out of high school for a couple of years, but 19-year-olds William Zhou and David Kim are already helping teachers around the world with their lesson plans.

Zhou and Kim initially became partners in a business called Design Vetica, which they started when they were 17-year-old high school students in Vancouver. They built a tool called Draftboard to make the sharing and approval process for mock-ups a lot easier for web designers. After high school Zhou moved to the Waterloo Region where he is now a second-year University of Waterloo computer science student. Kim, meanwhile, continued his studies in Vancouver. It was tough to run Draftboard as a team of only two people working at different ends of the country, so they sold the application to a company in the United Kingdom. “We were separated and working remotely was hard for us,” Zhou says. That might have been the end of the partnership. Srinivas says the potential market is large. Vetica. Planboard 12 min video.