Building a second teaching-prep brain with Omnifocus
I have finally found the solution for collecting thoughts I have about teaching a class "next time" when I'm teaching it "this time" or when I'm not teaching at all. In the bad old days, I'd write ideas down in notebooks or scraps of paper or in files on my computer, and then I'd not remember to look at them when it would be helpful to do so. These would come up when: I was reading an article or listening to a podcast and getting good ideas for the reading list or classroom activities. I was marking the students' work and realizing which aspects of writing I needed to teach more explicitly—or find some supportive resources for them. I had just given a lecture that was a bit too short/too long/too detailed/too loose...and needed to note that somewhere so as not to do it again next year. I got helpful feedback on students on what they found too tough/too easy. I was at a conference and learned something new. Colleagues shared some clever assessmen...