Misc.
MS Word Business/Note Card
Submitted by junior on Sat, 2006-05-13 20:11.Combination business/note card to be prepared and printed using MS Word (or OOo)
I got this idea from our lobbyist who carries around business/note cards that they pass around during session. I use Franklin Covey's Index Card Holder (it's tonnes cheaper than the one produced by Levenger), Avery Index Cards, and Avery Wizard for Microsoft Word (free download). To complete the package I use a Zebra M-301 mechanical pencil.
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The Epic Tale of Ivanhoe the Cat
Submitted by dougj on Mon, 2006-04-24 17:53.
Fresh out of university a decade or so ago, I was fresh-faced and eager to explore the seemingly limitless opportunities afforded to me through my career choice as a high school English teacher. Unfortunately, I soon learned that such jobs were exceedingly rare in my province (even more so nowadays), and so it was with a great sense of surprise that I landed a half-time position in a community about an hour outside of town. Of course, I seized upon the opportunity, but found myself in dire straights immediately. I was now expected to find lodgings I could afford, which worked out to a mere three hundred a month after a minimal grocery and utility budget was extracted from my meagre paycheque.
Now, by sheer coincidence, another young teacher --let's call him Joe Smith-- was hired the same day, and it turned out that I had met him briefly at a mutual friend's house a month before. Not only that, but he was looking for someone to split the cost of a house rental in the area. That evening, I moved in the essentials (bed, computer and books), and began the adjustment to my new job and surroundings. And to Joe.
He was cat-like in his habits. He was exceptionally tidy, spent an hour a day grooming himself, loved sports and games, and enjoyed prowling about the town like a tomcat in the evenings. And he had one other feline trait: he would do anything and everything he could get away with.
BattleFleet (Battle Ship)!!!!!
Submitted by jordanjm on Sun, 2006-04-23 20:23.Battleship for the planner!!!! Use flag Post-It(TM) notes to make ships, and play with a friend! Print two pages. I am still figuring out How to make shots, and the board reusable, but cut ships to size, and have fun.
Play BattleFleet for fun in the car, plane, in meetings, or anywhere.
Teacher's Lesson Planner
Submitted by hadrada1066 on Wed, 2006-04-19 23:23.A Lesson Planner for teachers (3x5).
I've found this very handy for planning lessons on the go. I can jot down my objectives, make a few notes, briefly outline my lesson's structure, and list the things I'll need to make it all happen. Plus there's that handy box in the corner for the date or a tiny doodle.
Battery Box
Submitted by L1ndy on Tue, 2006-04-04 02:29.Templates will list those elusive battery sizes, so you no longer have to remember!
Lump total number needed in the completed template, or use the blank template to list items individually.
DVD Lending List
Submitted by ultravox on Wed, 2006-03-22 03:55.Ever lend out your DVDs and forget who has them? Me too. So I whipped up this quick form for jotting down who has all my movies.
Record the date, the DVD title and who you lent it to when you lend out your discs.
When you get them back, you can check off the box.
DIY/GTD Teacher Kit
Submitted by rogueclassicist on Thu, 2006-03-16 21:06.A set of 21 forms (all 2up) which should be of use to teachers who are implementing a GTD system on their work- and home life. Includes a number of GTD pages, plus school specific items (Dayplan, student records, anecdotals, etc.)
1. Today's NA (stuff to do today)
2. Class Checklist (ensure everything's handed in)
3. @ marking (remember what you need to mark, record, and return)
4. student records (record marks; take attendance)
5. communication (record communication with parents; file later)
6. anecdotal (keeping tabs/observations on a student; file later)
7. dayplan (self explanatory)
8. lesson planning (for actually planning/preparing for lessons)
9. @waiting on (2 kinds: one for borrowed stuff; one for work)
10. unit sequence (for recording what order things were done ... for next year purposes)
11. assorted GTD type pages with various self-explanatory contexts (@recon=errands ... it sounds more like what teachers do; @thinking about = someday/maybe ... has a more 'positive' sound to it)
12. A sheet of mini next action cards (to be sliced up and kept as a mini-hipster, for those times you don't have your little binder with you)
Japanese writing paper ("genkoyoushi" - adapted from incompetech.com)
Submitted by Taper on Sun, 2006-02-26 06:20.Japanese writing paper (genkoyoushi), adapted from the page generated at Kevin MacLeod's Free Online Graph Paper/Grid Paper PDFs page.
With Kevin MacLeod's permission, I've adapted this Japanese writing paper (genkoyoushi) to ensure there's enough room for hole punching.
The 1-up file includes front and back for duplex printing on 5.5"x8.5" paper. Printing the 2-up file with a duplex printer requires that the printer be set to long-edge duplexing, as the first page is upside down with respect to the second.
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Hex Graph Paper (adapted from incompetech.com)
Submitted by Taper on Sun, 2006-02-26 06:12.Graph paper with hexagons instead of squares, adapted from the paper generated at Kevin MacLeod's Free Online Graph Paper/Grid Paper PDFs page.
With Kevin MacLeod's permission, I've adapted this hex graph paper to ensure there's enough room for hole punching. Use it to design wilderness adventures for RPGs, or maybe to depict bee dances. Really, very freeform.
The 1-up file includes front and back for duplex printing on 5.5"x8.5" paper. Printing the 2-up file with a duplex printer requires that the printer be set to long-edge duplexing, as the first page is upside down with respect to the second.
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