Organization
How to remove your name from marketing lists
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Can’t wait to get another teacher supply catalog? Worried that the 25 catalogs you have stacked around your house and classroom won’t be enough for your shopping needs? If so, then ignore this post. But if you would like to cut down on unwanted mail, marketing calls, even emails, both at school and at home, […]
Synchronize Just the Bookmarks You Want to with Sync Profiles
Sunday, July 13th, 2008Teachers end up collecting bookmarks on their internet browser, lots of bookmarks. And it’s quite frustrating when you know you have a site bookmarked, but it’s either at home, or at school, and you just happen to be exactly where the bookmark is not. It can also become an organizational nightmare when you start mixing […]
Use this quick memory hack to remember when you can’t write
Monday, July 16th, 2007Sometimes I need to remember something and I don’t have an opportunity to write it down. Maybe I just don’t have a pen and paper at the moment. Maybe I’m in the car and it just isn’t convenient to write a note. Or maybe I’m just being lazy at the moment. But when I need […]
Get rid of stuff with free online classified ad sites
Monday, July 9th, 2007We’ve blogged before about the hidden locations in which clutter can reside in a classroom. But what happens when you locate clutter? How do you get rid of it? In the vein of “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure,” give it to someone else. And by give, I mean, sell.
You could go to eBay. […]
Save time and money with the Staple Free Stapler
Monday, July 2nd, 2007“The stapler’s jammed!” a student shouts from across the room. Argh! Now you have to stop everything, fix it for them, locate more staples, go ask the office because you are probably out of staples, and hope that the staple cache lasts to the end of the year. Staplers are one piece of classroom […]
9 Places to find hidden clutter in your classroom
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007Classrooms have a way of hiding clutter. Closets, book shelves, tables, desks and counters are all inviting surfaces for those random objects that collect around the classroom. The Unclutterer blog says that, while you might have a place to store an object, you might not have the best place to store it. Even further:
Just because […]
What’s growing on your keyboard?
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Studies show that computer keyboards have more bacteria than toilet seats.
Yuck! That’s from an NPR report and they have a pretty extreme solution to the problem: just toss your keyboard in the dishwasher! While you may not want to do that with school equipment, having 30 pairs (or more) of grimy-fingered hands all over your […]
