Organizers

There are a variety of organizational tools available for people to choose from.  A lot of these tools available are also free for the subscribers.  Remember the Milk, Workflowy, Wunderlist, Evernote and Pinterest are some of these free tools.  Out of these tools, some would definitely work well with school age children with teaching them to organize their daily lives more efficiently. 

Remember the Milk is a simple organizing tool to create tasks.  While simple in style, it serves the needs of its users.  This tool allows the users to create tasks and lists.  Remember the Milk also allows for prioritizing the tasks and one of the best features in having a reoccurring task.  A student could use this tool by placing assignments on the list and prioritizing them by importance.  AR points for reading can be on the list and the weekly, monthly or even yearly reminders can help a student stay on track.  Research papers and other large projects can also be used in the same manner. 

Workflowy is another iTunes ap that helps one make simple lists.  Students can create lists of to do’s as well as due dates.  It also allows one to work collaboratively with others including research.  Students can take notes such as journals in this program.  It basically looks like a huge bulleted list that can be modified to your liking.  It is simple and sweet. 

Wunderlist is also a free organizer tool.  You are able to create lists with reminders of due date or times of events.  This would be really useful for not only the young but also the aging, like me, who tend to forget things if we are not reminded.  Students will also be able to share their lists which could definitely be useful when doing projects in a group setting.  When doing research, students can add the site information to go back to the article or video for a later time.  Wunderlist is also available in Amazon, Etsy and other shopping sites.  Students can use this tool with projects to develop budgets and also share them with the members of the group.  To top it off, this tool is also offered as an ap to phones and media devices and sincs with the programs on a personal computer.   In my opinion, this tool would work the best for students.  It is everywhere online or incorporated into the most frequented websites.

                Evernote is a neat way of keeping up with all the paperwork and clutter.  It is a program in which you can take notes with or scan/copy notes into a digital copy and store for a later time.  These notes can be divided into different sections to correlate with the different classes the students take.  Lectures can be recorded and slowed down for those students who need some extra processing time or ability to add more to their written notes.  You can also use Evernote in place of carrying around the class textbook if it is not already available online.  This program is great for students to use daily and to stay more organized.  This is definitely a great help to the teacher as well.           

Pinterest is a great tool that students can use in a variety of ways.  Students can use Pinterest to create story boards for their electives, history and definitely their English classes.  There are still many conflicts when trying to assign collaborative work with school aged children.  Pinterest allows for them to work collaboratively without physically having to be together at the same setting.    Student can also use Pinterest to create projects.  This would not cost the students money with supplies that ordinary projects would require.  Student could also get ideas from the other Pinterest posts as well as make comments or constructive criticism about other projects. 

 This is my Pinterest reading board.  Enjoy