I previously mentioned using Gmail filters to quickly create notes or track what you’ve completed. However, what about tasks? Read on to learn how to create a to do list that lives in a folder in your email. Although I describe the steps on how to do this in Gmail, the concept works with any…
No, your principal, superintendent, nor fellow teacher is going to ask you to purchase gift cards through an email. E-mail and phishing scams It seems like every so often one of our teachers will get an email supposedly from their principal or our superintendent, saying that they are unavailable to be called or texted at…
Don’t you wish there was an easy way to archive the thousands of conversations you have every day? Now you can with email. Create a searchable, personal email archive of all of the random information that you gather throughout the day. Sure, you may feel like the information isn’t important now, but it could be…
Imagine waking up to 20-40 red numbers of unread messages in Slack. Almost all with the expectation of doing something about them as soon as possible. Or having to check them to see what’s urgent and what’s not. This creates stress. Stress doesn’t make you productive. Not being productive means you are not happy. Source:…
The how, where, why, and when we communicate. Long form asynchronous? Real-time chat? In-person? Video? Verbal? Written? Via email? In Basecamp? How do we keep everyone in the loop without everyone getting tangled in everyone else’s business? It’s all in here. Source: Guide to Internal Communication, the Basecamp Way It’s a long read, but well…
Source: Add Reminders – Google Sheets add-on I wish I had this a couple of years ago. It would have made it a lot easier to remind students when they had presentations or projects coming up.
A subtler factor arose as an unexpected side effect of the introduction of “productivity-enhancing” networked personal computers to professional life. As the economist Peter G. Sassone observed in the early 1990s, personal computers made administrative tasks just easy enough to eliminate the need for dedicated support staff — you could now type your own memos using…
Source: Send from Gmail (by Google) – Chrome Web Store Once installed, the Send from Gmail Chrome Extension lets you quickly send a link to the current page with Gmail. Simply click on the button in the toolbar and a new email window will pop up allowing you to customize the email message before sending. There…
How long do you think the average work email goes unread? 10 minutes? 5 minutes? 1 minute? Try 6 seconds. Source: This Is How To Stop Checking Your Phone: 5 Secrets From Research – Barking Up The Wrong Tree I don’t understand how anyone get’s work done if they are immediately checking their email! When I can,…