The American Psychological Association recently published an article that repeats what we already know: that, on average, music students perform better in their non-music classes than non-music students do. This is not an unimportant fact. But… If we use this information to justify music’s (or, more generally, the arts’) existence in school, we do so […]
Tracking Goals In OmniFocus (and the Full Focus Planner)
BLUF: You can use OmniFocus (or your task management app of choice) to track your quarterly and annual goals. If you use Michael Hyatt’s Full Focus Planner, the information in this post works perfectly with an OmniFocus/FFP hybrid set up. There are probably other ways to track goals in OmniFocus, but I’ve outlined the process […]
Using OmniFocus with the Full Focus Planner
BLUF: Stay focused and avoid the distraction of technology throughout the week by using OmniFocus’s Forecast perspective in your weekly review to enter appointments and tasks for your upcoming week into your Full Focus Planner. Increasingly, the productivity world is rightly arguing that, as great as technology is at solving certain problems and allowing us […]
Avoiding False Due Dates with OmniFocus
BLUF: Avoid using false due dates in OmniFocus. Use the power of tags and custom perspectives instead. There are myriad task management apps available for Apple device users but the one that trumps all of them, not only in features but in price, too, is OmniFocus. There isn’t another task management app more filled with […]
Automating the Documentation Process for Teachers
Why Documentation Matters Educators at every level of instruction—from pre-school to grad school—understand the importance of documentation. If we raise a concern about a student’s recent change in behavior, for example, we’re expected to be able to support our concern with objective data and concise, non-accusatory observations. And while we like to think our administration […]
