Terrific Techie Tool: Thoughtbox

I just discovered a terrific techie tool that I am excited about. I have a lot of things going online. I've been trying to streamline my thinking so that I can organize how I manage everything from this blog to Facebook. School is going to start back up soon, and I don't want to get overwhelmed and drop the ball.

So I've been taking notes, and making lists, and creating a plan sticky notes. I confess to be the queen of sticky notes all over my desk. I knew I needed to do something, so just as I was getting ready to type up my notes in a Word document, I came across Thoughtbox.

I am in love with this amazing tool. You only get three thought trains for free, but that is enough to accomplish what I need to do. I set up one for my online activities, one for brainstorming writing ideas, and one for school.

This is how it works: You create your main train of thought (like one big category). For example, I created a page for school. Then you add boxes relevant to different categories for your thought. I created a things to do list, reading, writing, social studies, classroom organization plans, and back to school shopping list for my page. Next, you add a list of thoughts, ideas, or things to do. Thoughtbox provides an amazing way to keep your thinking organized.

I suspect all of you wonderful and imaginative teachers out there will devise ways to use this tool in the classroom. Please leave your "thoughts" in the comments section to share with other readers. Happy thinking!