Ideas, ideas and more ideas

Since I was lucky enough to get the job offer for 4th grade at the beginning of the summer, I am not stuck with weeks of time to let my mind wander.

I am beginning the process by planning out two major issues for my classroom. First, I am making a plan on how to keep myself organized! I have chosen to try out one tool this year. I figure I need to give a system a chance to work or fail and have committed to a full year of testing. This year I am going to try Evernote. I love that I can use Evernote for free on my laptop, tablet and phone and have all of my files, contacts etc right at my finger tips. Try Evernote for free in your app store. Available for both Apple and Android.

Once I decided on a system to use this year. I researched how to best use Evernote specifically in the classroom. I just googled "evernote in the classroom" and got a ton of great ideas, webinars and blogs all geared toward teachers trying to get organized! Here is one presentation I found helpful. Again, there are a ton of great resources, just go look.

Evernote For Teachers

Now that I have a system to get ME organized. Its time to think about how to get, and keep my students and classroom organized. I'm off to brainstorm and look for inspiration.