Lesson Prepping

I spend a lot of time prepping lessons. I'm not really sure why, since I rarely follow my notes. Teaching for me is quite organic. What comes to mind in the next moment often is better than what resides in my notes. I guess that's why I love teaching.

But I do need notes. I guess one of the main reasons is that I teach the same subjects each year and want to be sure I cover the same material. Especially since I create my own tests.

I like outlines. Yeah, call me old school, but an outline is concise, organized and VERY visual. I usually make my outlines in pages (mac) or WORD (windows) depending on which machine on which I'm working.

I keep trying out new outlining software. My latest app I'm trying is Process.