Continuous formation

Microsoft asked if we could put together 5-point tip lists.  As it happens, I had started to scribble down some thoughts on a recent snow day (a Rumspringa for teachers) and never got it completed so while I'm on March Break I have the time to finish it up. This is just basic, free OneNote -- without any special add-ons like Onetastic  or the OneNote Class or Staff Notebooks . Screenshot of shared Notebook for the 3-week PCMI PD workshop. Since we didn't use paper, everything was continuously updated  and accessible by the participants 1. OneNote is sharing Even before the amazing classroom space of the OneNote Class Notebook was created, OneNote was always about sharing.  You create a notebook and share it (via an emailed or web-based link) with anyone you want to either view or edit.  They don't need to have OneNote installed and, depending on how you share it, they don't even need to sign in. You're only three clicks from sharing your Notebo...

We've had almost four years with our OneNote ClassBinder , having rolled it out to every class from 7 to 12, math to languages to phys-ed every year.  In the first year we had 85% of classes voluntarily use it -- that's the power of handing teachers the open structure of OneNote!  (People always ask about training... here's my notes on that topic.) The easy part is already done by OneNote and the OneNote ClassNotebook Creator (get them both free here http://www.onenoteforteachers.com/ !) OneNote gives you a wide open canvas for any type of content and the ease of automatically syncing across any device.  The ClassNotebook Creator creates the structure that teachers & students need to use OneNote effectively, without having to think about it . So, here's the Five Next Steps once you have the OneNote ClassNotebook Creator run: 1) Put the important stuff " Above the Fold "   Take over the introductory page and make it your Announcements/Course Plan...