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Planning for the first month of school can take on average 16 hours of prep, research, practice and refinement for every one hour of actual teaching time. In the hopes of giving teachers some hours back this month, here are 5 digital tools that teachers can use to lifehack their course planning. #1 BRAINSTORM IN THE CLOUD: Always forgetting great coursework planning ideas you have outside of class? Jot your brainstorms on your phone’s Evernote app. Your ideas will be synced to a central location automatically, so you can have all your great ideas in one place. #2 HAVE A DIGITAL PROJECT HUB Are you a visual brainstormer? Trello mimics your wall of Post-Its so you can drag and drop course ideas and to-do’s, big questions or due dates for projects. Teachers can also create projects for students, and ask them to add writing tasks, encouraging classroom collaboration. #3 TEACH VISUALLY Course Hero has just launched an Infographic Study Series ( coursehero.com/lit/ ): a collection of ove...

Evernote is my go-to organizing tool. I use it for lesson plans, lesson resources, project planning and tracking, client information, blog ideas, and personal stuff like important documents, photos and more. I pay for the Premium version because I wanted the premium features and believe that it is worth every penny. Evernote is an absolutely amazing tool that keeps getting better. Evernote recently announced new pricing levels and features . The best part is the less expensive middle level gives features that used to be part of the premium level. Current premium users were moved to the new premium level. There is still a free version, so don't worry. Evernote Basic - free - can install on multiple devices, supports up to 60MB in monthly uploads and 25MB individual note sizes.   Evernote Plus (new) - $2.99/ month ($24.99 per year) - 1GB montly uploads, individual notes up to 50MB, offline access to notes on mobile apps, passcode lock of notes and ability to turn emails into notes i...

Evernote is my go-to app for note taking , organizing files and clipping things off of the web. It is my main organizational tool. It works for me. I also using Google Keep for a lot of notes. Not everyone likes it or wants to have another company have a hold of all of their data. That's where Paperwork comes in. It isn't as full featured as Evernote, but you can host it yourself and it does have some great features. You use notes, notebooks, tags and can upload multimedia files. There are not any mobile apps, yet, but you can access it on any web enabled device Schools could use this to host their own note taking system, or as a tool for students to learn and manage themselves. There is more info about it here on GitHub. Related : Evernote for Education Resources Tips to Using Google Keep in Education Lots of Great NoteTaking Apps and Resources -