• Manage classroom tasks, homework records, behavior logs, parent phone calls, etc.
• Create and organize lesson plans & curricular activities by using templates that are included
• Design standards-based assessments that inform instruction
• Teach note-taking, group collaboration skills, research steps, vocabulary skills, text-book reading, hierarchical information storage (outlining), time management, & more
• Share your outlines, activities, ideas, agendas, lesson plans by beaming them, sending them via email, or posting them on the web.
• Disseminate outlines to people with handheld computers who have the free ThoughtManager Reader.

Features for Education:

• Over 90 preloaded educational outlines and templates for easy reference & use. You will save time by always having in the palm of your hand a host of resources: course outlines, lesson plans, curriculum standards, activity ideas, homework checklists, assessment data, student observations, practice tests, test-taking skills, vocabulary lists, web sites, and more. To see a list of included outlines, see below:.
• The template feature allows you to recall the same outline, along with attached drawings, to create new outlines (e.g., lesson plan outlines).
• To each item you can attach notes and even drawings, such as maps, diagrams, & graphic organizers.
• Store up to 30,000 characters in one item!
• The checklist feature that adds checklist boxes to any outline, useful for assessment and task lists
• Outlines for administrators, teacher trainers, and reading specialists

Key Features:

• Sort outlines by category, date created, date modified, alphabetically, or manually by dragging and dropping
• Easy drag & drop outlining to organize your thoughts fast
• Multiple file folders in which to organize and store different kinds of outlines
• Duplicate an item and all of its sub-categories; store items in the on-screen folder for use in other outlines
• Beam outlines to other teachers and students
• Keyboard support
• Temporarily show or hide checked items with one command

Outlines Included:

• Lesson Plan Outline Template,
• Mini-lesson Format & Ideas,
• Dissertation Checklist,
• Course Syllabus Template,
• BEFORE Reading Activities,
• DURING Reading Activities,
• AFTER Reading Activities,
• Controversial Topics,
• Cooperative Groupwork Ideas,
• Graphic Organizers,
• Higher-Order Thinking Skills,
• Lesson Plan Creating Tips,
• Questions of the Day,
• Vocabulary Development,
• Writing Ideas & Topics,
• High School Exit Exam Standards,
• Master Student List,
• Developing Standards-Based Curriculum,
• Writing Process Assessment,
• Writing Rubric,
• Good Reader Checklist,
• Homework Checklist Template,
• Reading Assessment Checklist,
• Reading Problems & Solutions,
• Designing Performance Tasks,
• Rubric for Narratives,
• Sight Word Checklist,
• Group Reading Inventory,
• Portfolio Essentials,
• CLAD Practice Test (CA),
• CLAD Test Preparation,
• SDAIE Strategies
• Second Language Teaching Tips,
• Multicultural Curriculum Ideas,
• Multiple Intelligence Theory,
• Language Experience Approach,
• ESL Reading,
• ESL Communicative Ideas,
• Spanish Tutorial,
• Fortifying the Curriculum w/ Literacy,
• Administrator Resources,
• Test-taking Skills,
• Textbook Reading Strategies,
• Research Paper Tips,
• Research Paper Template,
• Student Data Calendar 2002-3,
• Punctuation Tips,
• Math Word Problem Strategy,
• How to Summarize,
• Teacher Evaluation Forms,
• Tips for Presenting Workshops
• The Writing Process