Comments on: Planbook Educational Software

By: trading tips and blog

trading tips and blog — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:53:37 +0000

Thanks for sharing this one.

By: Cathleen

Cathleen — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:16:03 +0000

Agree with Kathleen… if you could make a way to have this link to iphones through an app it would be fantastic!!! If Bento can make one, I would think you could do it too! Thanks!

By: Kathleen Whittier

Kathleen Whittier — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:22:36 +0000

Your planbook sounds awesome, however, I am looking for a planbook for the iphone. Can you create one, I can’t believe there isn’t a planbook app. Please consider making an app that we can download from the apple store so that I can keep all my plans on my iphone.
Kathleen

By: don gaudreau

don gaudreau — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:57:22 +0000

Hi Jeff,
I am having trouble with different saved files, some created with auto backup and some saved manually. I would like to be able to access all of my lesson plans without having to open more than one file such as 2008-9 but right now, some plans are on files I created and some are on others. And some files have the preferences I set up such as names for the “custom” fields while other files have only the default settings. Is there a folder they should all reside in? I’ve tried using the “copy lesson plan” and pasting it in a window of another open file but that didn’t work. I know there is an “index” file but I’m not really sure how to keep things so they are all within one file/calendar. Also the help feature in planbook is not very comprehensive. Is there a good manual available? I think the program is awesome despite my confusion. I’m just very wary of putting a lot of lesson plans into something I haven’t figured out yet. Principals don’t want to hear “I can’t find the plans for this month”. Thank you, Don

By: Jeff Hellman

Jeff Hellman — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:09:59 +0000

Jon-

I’ve already emailed you back about this….I would like to point out that your email was responded to within 2 business days. While I’m usually faster than this, it’s my first week of school for the new year and I got a bit behind.

The scroll arrows will be fixed in 1.3.3.

The weekly report is a greater challenge- as indicated by e-mail, I’ll work on allowing you to change the font size to fit more on the page. The daily lesson report is also an option that won’t truncate lessons regardless of how long they are.

By: Jon Levinson

Jon Levinson — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:22:47 +0000

Generally speaking, I find Planbook quite useful; however, there are some bugs that I have reported to no avail. First, the scroll arrows do not always function as they should. Second, and this is quite important, if I wish to print my plans weekly, I am unable to do so. Planbook does not continue on to a second page if a particular lesson is lengthy. This also makes it difficult to send my plans to my supervisor, since part of the plan is missing.

By: Belen Ramirez

Belen Ramirez — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:30:29 +0000

As a new teacher, Planbook has really helped me to be more organized and stay on track with our schools pacing guides. I love that anyone can access my plans online and see where we are in the curriculum and that students and parents can access the class page and get handouts or see what they missed during absences. This program is amazingly easy to use, but at the same time not simplistic in its features!

Planbook has made my life a lot easier as a new teacher and I think anyone out there looking for an easy to use, but very useful planning program would really enjoy using Planbook.

By: Tristan Forsyth

Tristan Forsyth — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:10:20 +0000

I too love this programme…its one of the few educational softwares that I actually use consistently day in and day out (and I have been using it for a while as well which says a lot for me as I tend to buy and the forget after a week or two as it gets too difficult)

The beauty of planbook is its adaptability. As an Aussie, 99% of the educational admin software out there is aimed at the American educational system which is fine and dandy for them but not so good for me!!

My only criticism is that you cannot (at the moment) have a weekly view in your published site which lists all of your classes for the week that you can click on to go to the individual description. Knowing Jeff though (and his very quick response time and marvelous efforts), this feature is not too far off!! A built in mark book would be a godsend (so I only have to have one programme open on my desk) as well but thats not the aim of the software.

I love Planbook….plain and simple!! (Jeff’s a legend as well but I dont know him well enough to say I love him as well!!!!)
lol

thanks again Jeff, you deserve all the kudos and publicity we can generate for you

By: Steve Hickey

Steve Hickey — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:45:31 +0000

I agree with all the positive sentiment regarding this application. It has now become an essential tool that I can not imagine living without. Students, parents and administrators have all been impressed with what it offers them as well. Other teachers at my school are now using the application and the school has budgeted for a site license for next year for the whole school. The more you use this program the more uses for it become apparent.

I will always need a mac as I can not drop this application!

Steve

By: Jeff Hellman

Jeff Hellman — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:08:04 +0000

Thanks so much for the review and comments. I’m glad that Planbook is helping make a really hard job easier for you all.

For the record, the Windows version of Planbook 1.0 is complete. It’s a bit different than the Mac version. I haven’t officially released it yet because I need to sit down and write the Help files for the application, and I don’t really have time for that until my students are done with their AP Chemistry tests next week. If you have interested Windows users, point them to my web site (www.hellmansoft.com) or directly to the Google Group for the windows version: http://groups.google.com/group/planbook-for-windows

Thanks again!
Jeff

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:45:20 +0000

I love this programme. It’s made my life as a trainee teacher so much easier, every time I show someone my planner by opening my laptop, and immediately can find all my powerpoints, websites and worksheets they want to know if its available for windows.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:02:58 +0000

I’m so glad you reviewed this software! I’m a HUGE fan of Jeff’s work and of him as a developer. I came across this software mid school-year last year, and jumped in with both feet. When it moved from beta to release, I purchased it immediately – and I’ve never looked back! Both the Yahoo Group and Jeff’s devotion to making awesome software for teachers is an exemplar for the rest of the developing world! It’s incredible! It’s easy to use. It makes life easier for me. It works in just the way you’d expect it to. And if it doesn’t, Jeff will probably be updating it, like, tonight… Kudos! Check out my site to see how it integrates with iWeb. Click on [Lesson] to see Planbook’s publishing in action.