So Close to Great… If only for….

I want to love this, I do. It would absolutely be my favorite plan book if a few things were fixed.

Pros:
1. The program is pretty intuitive. I found it easy to use and learn.
2. It auto saves. This is great because it also crashes often.
3. It syncs to my iCalendar. THANK YOU for this! Such a nifty feature.
4. Very easy to share with teachers, students or your principal.
5. Inputting lesson plans is quick and painless. I love how many options I have for input- whether it means going through an entire school year planning just math, or looking only at different Language Arts periods (reading, writing, etc) I have noticed that most plan books are tailor made for single subject teachers. As someone who has taught in a seconadary setting as well as in an elementary setting, I love how versital this is. Still seems better fit for a single subject teaher but can work well for elementary teachers.

Cons:
1. It crashes often. For one of the priciest digital plan books on the market, it simply shouldn’t do this. Other options cost half the price and don’t crash constantly. They also don’t have as much potential… but as is, this planbook is pretty comparable to its competitors.
2. Creating “costume days” is a pain if timing is important, which I would imagine for most teachers it is. The times of classes is immediately thrown off when you need a custom day and it seems hard if not impossible to repeat days. (i.e. if this schedule needs to happen every Wednesday for the next 3 months it would be a pain to do.)
3. While this can be used in elementary schools, it would be hard to use for teachers with very irregular scheduling. It is hard to costumize and change subjects daily.

Overal, had this been priced at $15 instead of $35, I would be thrilled with the product. It either needs to be flawless or linked to gmail calanders as well for me to be happy with the pricing.

Kahuakai about Planbook