We write letters, memos, and e-mails to others. Others write the same to us. Putting our hands on those pieces of correspondence later can b...

With apologies to Shakespeare, the decision about comment is one you will need to make as you establish your blog. In this pair of posts, we...

When you log in to your blog, you will see a “Settings” tab. After clicking on it, you will see a “Comments” link. This link gives you acces...

People can take just about any good thing and find a bad way to use it—the telephone, the automobile, prescription medicines. The list could...

First, make a copy of the html code and save it: Go to the Blogger homepage, log in, and click on your blog. Click on the tab that says “Te...

I invite you to read my article on blogging in the Nov/Dec 2005 issue of Principal magazine. The article is designed to introduce principa...

Technology is great—when it works. A few simple maintenance tricks can help you avoid problems that would bring your system to a halt. On a ...

Being able to recover from disaster is good, but preventing disaster is better. There are several tasks that, if done regularly, will preve...

Once you have your filing system set up in My Documents, you can move on to establishing a backup system to keep you from losing everything ...

Setting up your “My Documents” folder in a logical way takes some time and some thought (as you have seen if you have done it), but it is a ...

In an earlier post, I talked about the situation we all face: many sources of incoming stuff. My least favorite has always been the telemar...

We now have research that shows E-mail makes us stupid! A study released this past April found that e-mail lowers our IQ by 10 points. Hewle...

As a teacher, one of the best self-help tools for me was to tape record a class every now and then and then simply listen to it. We are alwa...

I like to use the analogy of a metal filing cabinet when thinking about organizing your computer. If you are going to organize your metal fi...

Is your filing cabinet a trusted friend or a dreaded foe? Can you quickly put your hands on documents, or do you stack them on top for fear ...

Getting organized is such a major part of the teaching profession. The major thrust of today's training was getting all of our "st...

Our school system purchased Palm handhelds for the 6 th grade classes. During day one of training, our teachers learned the basics of gett...

Life used to be simple (or so we like to think). Those who worked in an office had an “in” box. When the in-box was empty, you were up to da...

I frequently run into people who attended one of my workshops. Of all of the ideas we covered in the workshop, the one that seems to be the ...

Take a look at your to-do lists from the last few days. How do you feel about how they were organized and what you accomplished? For the mos...