Teacher Tools for Time Saving

This week I bring you several tools that will help you save time.  Everyone knows where I stand on the amazing time saving that Google Classroom and Drive have on instruction in the classroom and here are some other tools that I am beginning to use that help with limiting the amount of time it takes to effectively lesson plan, teach, collaborate, and share with students and parents.

Tools I have used a lot:

Smore has the capability to share and edit a flyer to make a weekly newsletter become a document you can update and parents and students can see the updated information instantaneously.  It really helps teachers easily share information and you can easily upload pictures, videos, or text.  It is really easy to use and works well on mobile devices.

Quizlet allows you to make and share study guides with students.  There are mobile apps, but Quizlet also works well on phone and tablet web browsers.  Students can also create log ins and make study guides or note cards for other students to use.

Screencastify allows you to create YouTube screencast videos on the fly with a Google Chrome extension.  Make a 5 minute video with directions in just 6 minutes.  Their interface allows your work to get done quickly.  Use to introduce an assignment that students can refer to later.  I have also heard of teachers using these for sub plans, but I have not tried that yet.

Tools I am looking forward to using more in the next weeks:

WhenSend is a tool you can use to send an e-mail in the future.  I have used this tool once, to remind me of something later when our e-mail was not working at school and it was easy to use.

VolunteerSpot is a website like SignUp Genius, but the interface seems easier for the students or parents to use than SignUp Genius.  I will definitely try this program for our next sign up.

Remind is a program I have heard about from many other teachers.  Teachers that have clubs really use this to get information out in the format that students and parents really appreciate, text messaging.  

ShareMyLesson is a website which teachers share resources.  Of the three things I have looked for already on this site, I plan on using each of them.  I really like this site over doing a Google search, because lots of great resources show up on Teachers Pay Teachers for a price.