Lesson planning is a crucial component of teaching. In fact, if you think about how many lesson plans are floating around in the world, the number is pretty staggering. Considering that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are almost a million high school teachers and 1.5 million kindergarten and elementary school teachers, lesson [...]
I have developed goals, mapped my approach, and administered an assessment, now what? [...]
While we can’t speak to what another product does or does not do, we can tell you what Planbook Plus does and our philosophy and vision for the future. Planbook Plus Planbook Plus has all the features you expect from a lesson planner: mapping to standards, reports, attaching files and links to web sites. Completely [...]
I write assessments all the time, but how do I know they are valid measures of student understanding and mastery?
The diagram below depicts the flow and the core guiding questions effective teachers utilize when planning for instructional and learning success.
Each of these core guiding questions is answered by instructional decision making based on the needs of individual students, their data, desired outcomes, standards, and available tools and resources. [...]
There is an abundance of activities that could accompany my lesson plans, but how do I choose the right ones?
The diagram below depicts the flow and the core guiding questions effective teachers utilize when planning for instructional and learning success.
Each of these core guiding questions is answered by instructional decision making based on the needs of individual students, their data, desired outcomes, standards, and available tools and resources. [...]
Lesson planning became so much easier when I started thinking differently.
Student Success is dependent on many factors, but when it comes to instruction, plan for desired student outcomes. In essence, focus more on how my students are going to think and learn and less on the “teaching” piece. [...]
First, I would like to thank everyone for their interest in Planbook Plus and all the great feedback. We continue to improve Planbook Plus to make it the simplest, yet most powerful lesson planning software available. Your desire to use Planbook Plus coupled with your willingness to provide feedback make this all possible.
This article will provide a basic overview of the features that are coming out in November, 2015. We are excited about the impact these new features will have for all users of Planbook Plus. We look forward to continued feedback. Our goal is simple. We want to be the simplest, yet most powerful lesson planning software available. [...]
Thank you for your interest in Planbook Plus! We are working hard to make Planbook Plus the easiest, most powerful lesson planning software available. Stay tuned as we continue to improve Planbook Plus and add more features. Getting started with Planbook Plus consists of just two steps.
But we could simplify that further and start with one step – adding a lesson plan. [...]
