Thing 17

Productivity Tools


I've been struggling to find a really good productivity tool that I could introduce to my class. I've used mysticky to create sticky notes on websites. However, what I wanted to do with these sticky notes was not feasible. I browsed through Library and thought it would be a neat tool for my two boys to use. They have to keep track of all the books they have read but after realizing there was going to be a fee charged later I decided to scratch that from my list. Next, I checked out bubbl.us and Remember the Milk. I downloaded the App to my Iphone and found the functionality of the App pretty nice. My only complaint was I already had several App's that did the same thing. My problem is taking the time to enter the all of my "to do things" in the App. I did a little more research and found out that you could text your to do list through your Twitter account. This is where I had to stop. I was not about to create another account to have another set of to do lists floating around that never will get done. I did not create a Twitter account - this is one I can't get on board with. A little more digging and I found the option to actually add to your list by talking through your smartphone. Here is the catch. A fee! It is an additional 3.95 per month to use Jott which will allow you to call and directly add to your "to do list" through Remember the Milk. I knew there had to be more, and I wanted more but I'm not willing to pay for more.