Teacher Productivity Tools

Today, I learned about an application called Wunderlist. Basically, this tool is used for time management and to-do list making, which can be very helpful throughout the day to keep the teacher on top of things and keep the class on track. The application offers reminders and easily edited task lists, so a teacher can be notified of important, upcoming tasks and quickly make a change to individualize their schedule. I also learned about how to communicate with others through discussion and assignment while using the product. The features of this product can be really useful in remembering tasks and ensuring you complete them in a timely manner. While viewing other people's bookmarks and annotations, I learned about other really helpful tools to a teacher, specifically Unplag. Unplag is a document reader that checks the page for plagiarism. What I found to be very interesting was that it can check the paper in different languages and give immediate feedback to both the teacher and student. This can save a teacher so much time, as it allows for them to grade just the quality of the paper instead of having to search for copied materials. I saw one very interesting annotation on the page that commented on how easy the interface of it because that is something that I would not have considered and made me realize that is an extremely important thing to consider when deciding whether or not to use a tool.