My Lesson Planner is a complete and dynamic lesson planner that combines the comfort and feel of a traditional lesson plan book and the ease and convenience of the web to help you work smarter in the standards-based classroom. http://www.mylessonplanner.com Massachusettes standards have been updated to remove special characters. A big thank you to the teacher who reported difficulty loading these standards. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100128192120 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100128192120 A new Rich Text Editor has been added. Let us know if you have any difficulties using the features. The emoticons are pretty cool! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100128191950 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100128191950 Several fixes have been made to the Lesson Planning process to prevent duplicate standards and vocabulary words from being attached to a Lesson Plan. We have also corrected a bug that would drop the last standard attached to a lesson plan upon first adding a block to your plan (the standards did attach correctly if you were simply editing an existing block). Thanks go out to those teachers that provided enough information to help us track these issues down. Please contact us if you experience any additional issues. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100125155619 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100125155619 You can now edit directly from the full view of your Subject and Daily lesson plans. Just double-click on the note or objective and click OK when the edit is complete. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100121220303 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100121220303 You can now edit the lesson blocks and the information blocks directly from the full daily view of the Daily Lesson Plan. Just double click, make your changes, and click OK. Let us know how you like this new teacher requested feature. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100119122004 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100119122004 You will notice that the day of the week is now showing along with the date when you are adding/editing a lesson block. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100119082638 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20100119082638 The keyword search has been updated for the latest browser versions. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20091112110307 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20091112110307 When planning by Subject, you can now mouseover the Abbreviated Standard to view the description for the standard. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20091010114912 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20091010114912 A visual tweak has been introduced into the Lesson Planner in an attempt to consolidate some of the space consumed by the Lesson Set (Components). Hopefully, this will help reduce the number of printed pages for your lesson plans. Let us know if you experience any issues with the change. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090923002311 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090923002311 My Lesson Planner has added 3 new components: Instructional Technology, Differentiation, and Accommodation. If you are interested in adding these components to your lesson plans, go to your Preferences, make sure they are toggled on, and click SAVE. Please let us know if you experience any difficulty with the new components, or if you would like to request an additional drop down item listed on one of the components. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090916012757 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090916012757 The first set of Arkansas Fine Arts standards for 9-12 have been updated. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090823113210 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090823113210 These standards have been uploaded: Computerized Business Applications Desktop Publishing I Desktop Publishing II http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090817005330 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090817005330 These standards have been uploaded: Child Development Parenting Family and Consumer Science Family and Consumer Science Investigations http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090817004552 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090817004552 Several visual enhancements have been streamlined into the Lesson Planning process with regards to the add-in Components. The components should be easier to navigate and flow more smoothly within the lesson block. The Preferences page allows you to manage which components you want to use with your lessons. Remember, you can run reporting on the components used and how often they are used. If there are components you use that aren't available, please let us know and we will be happy to provide an interface for them. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090812084606 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090812084606 My Lesson Planner has teamed up with Box to fulfill your online file storage needs. We call it Teacher Tools. This allows you to save documents, worksheets, pictures, or any other types of files you want to associate with your Lesson Plans. Look for the new file upload icon on your Lesson Plan Toolbar: Signing up for a Box account is free, and we've seamlessly integrated this new feature directly into the lesson planning process. As always, we strive to provide you with the features you request. Feel free to contact us if there are any additional features you would like us to consider implementing. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090805001427 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090805001427 The National Standards for "American School Counselor Association" have been loaded. You can opt to include National Standards by visiting the Preferences page found under the Help menu. In addition, enhancements have also been made to the Keyword Search with regards to National Standards. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090724170214 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090724170214 The Attendance Management system has been enhanced to track Absences in Full and Half Days. Also, the Attendance Report has been changed to improve readability. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090724132200 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090724132200 A new component is now available for your Lesson Plans: Vocabulary Words You can turn this new component on in your Preferences (found under the Help menu). When you type a word, it will automatically pull in the dictionary definition for that word. Try out this new feature and send us your feedback. And feel free to send in your suggestions for other components that will help you during your lesson planning process. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090716103243 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090716103243 The Workspace Calendar has been updated to provide functionality to allow you to "jump" to a specific Month/Year. This will give you an even quicker way to navigate through your lesson plans. Simply click the small calendar icon to the right of the Month/Year and it will popup a small window to allow you to change the workspace to a new month year. Contact us if you have any questions. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090714090319 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090714090319 "By Subject" lesson plans now support "Vertical Information Blocks", the "Lesson Plan Library", and other features previously only available when planning by day. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090710165553 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090710165553 We have added a word cloud to indicate the top 25 most often used words to find State Standards using My Lesson Planner. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090706161400 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090706161400 We will be rolling the school year forward to the 2009/2010 school year starting on July 1st. Classrooms, Students, Lesson Plans, and Templates for the current year will be automatically archived to your history to make way for the new year. If you have already started pre-planning for the 2009/2010 school year, just send us an email and we'll make sure your existing information is ported over. Also, if there is information you would like us to manually copy over to the new year, let us know and we'll be happy to accommodate. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090629151721 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090629151721 It's now even easier to get started using My Lesson Planner. The "Getting Started Checklist", which is automatically displayed when you first sign up for a subscription (also found under the Help menu) has now been enhanced to make it even easier to get you going. Your first classroom is now automatically created, you can request your District/School if it's not already in the list and much, much more. We're here to make it easy for you. Let us know if there is anything else we can do to streamline and enhance your lesson planning experience. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090626151225 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090626151225 The layout of the Teach Workspace has been changed to better allow for more information to be presented along the left-side navigation menu. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090618190947 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090618190947 You can now earn your next year’s subscription for FREE by referring your friends, family, and colleagues to My Lesson Planner. Check out the Refer-a-Friend page for all the details. This is just one of the ways we plan on rewarding our current subscribers for helping us get the word out about our product. As always, feel free to send us your feedback and suggestions. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090616115111 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090616115111 A fix for the Calendar Workspace has been implemented to remove duplicates. Previously, if you had multiple lesson plans per day, a student marked as tardy/absent would show up on the calendar workspace for each lesson plan. Now, the student will only show up once. The Attendance Report will still list each lesson plan the student missed that day. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090614203350 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090614203350 The My Information page has been streamlined to make it easier to use. The first of several pages to get this kind of treatment. Contact us with feedback or questions. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090611160904 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090611160904 My Lesson Planner will have a booth at the Hot Springs Technology Institute in Hot Springs Arkansas June 17 and 18. We will also be presenting one of the sessions titled: Standards Based Lesson Planning Just Got Simple. Come by and see us! We love to visit with teachers! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090516200228 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090516200228 Access to lesson plans should be completely restored. Thank you for your patience while we worked to restore your service. You shouldn't have any problems, but please let us know if you do. My Lesson Planner Support Staff Preliminary checks show that service has been restored. Additional checks are happening now to make sure everything is working as it should. __________________________________________________________________________ We are currently experiencing a service issue that is impacting all My Lesson Planner accounts. We realize there is no good time to lose access to your lesson plans, and we are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Another message will be posted when the issue is resolved. Please feel free to contact us if you have any concerns. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090318143846 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090318143846 A template for SIOP lesson plans for English Language Learners and UBD, Understanding By Design has been added to the Lesson Plan Library for our teachers who have requested them. You can copy any of these lesson plans into your own lesson plans and add to your templates. Mouse over the Lesson Plan tab to see the link to the Lesson Plan Library and click on "View All" to check out the newest additions. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090112124352 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20090112124352 Progress Monitoring / Response To Intervention has a new face! We have redesigned Progress Monitoring to allow for easier documentation, and we included informational help items to assist you along the way. You can now document your Teaching Strategies, Grouping, Frequency and Duration for your intervention efforts at each tier. Charting and graphing progress has never been this easy! Please contact us if you have any questions regarding these feature enhancements, or if you have suggestions or requests for new features. We love to hear from our teachers! More changes are coming, so keep watching the Latest News! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081209232907 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081209232907 My Lesson Planner has just added a new feature. You can now "bump" a daily lesson plan so that all subsequent lesson plans will also move forward one day in a domino effect. This feature is an advanced feature, so you must read the tutorial on Lesson Plan Date Management in the Training Manual before you attempt to bump a lesson plan. This option is also available with an individual lesson block. The Bump Feature was added because of your feedback and requests. My Lesson Planner Staff listens, and we love to help our teachers. Keep your feedback coming! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081024020826 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081024020826 Fort Smith Teachers can now access their 2nd quarter literacy and math curriculum maps in their standards searches. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081022011657 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081022011657 Enhancements have been made to the Lesson Plan Date Management feature. Moving a lesson block works more consistently with the flow of your lesson plan by retaining the original block with the begin and end times afterward. Also, both copying and moving blocks will now place them in the correct order on the new lesson plan. Previously, moving or copying blocks resulted in them being placed a the bottom of the new lesson plan. Feel free to contact us if you experience any issues with these features. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081021233619 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081021233619 Several improvements have been made to the Seating Charts to better handle compatibility with more Web Browsers.   Please contact us if you experience any issues. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081020130729 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081020130729 There are new social studies web sites added to the Red Folder. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081019053217 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081019053217 We have added a new Wizard-Based approach to help new Teachers create a basic Template Layout for My lesson Planner. Look for the Wizard Icon next to the Template Dropdown. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081015160442 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081015160442 My Lesson Planner congratulates Elizabeth Parker, MLP subscriber since 2007, and proud recipient of the 2008 Milken Award! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081012010416 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081012010416 Teachers can now share their Lesson Plans with other My Lesson Planner Teachers by using the Lesson Plan Library! Look for the new Library Icon on your Lesson Plans to add your current Lesson Plan to the Library for everyone else to view. You can also visit the Library to "check out" Lesson Plans from other Teachers. Preview a lesson before copying it to make sure it's the one you want. You can even rate a Lesson Plan using a 5-star rating system. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about this new feature. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081011132502 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20081011132502 The National Science Standards are now uploaded. They are listed under "NS" National Standards. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080930090727 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080930090727 The Arkansas ELP and California ELD Standards have been uploaded and are available in both the tree view and keyword search. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080922092057 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080922092057 There are new web sites added to the Red Folder of Lesson Plan Resources. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080910224955 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080910224955 A bug has been fixed in the "by Subject" lesson plan that was preventing the selected Standards from showing up correctly. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080905233853 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080905233853 The My Lesson Planner Slideshow has been updated to include all the new great features we have recently implemented. It's also available for download in Microsoft PowerPoint format. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080826234853 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080826234853 You can now include the National Standards right along with your selected state standards. Enable this in your Preferences (under the Help menu). Currently, only the ISTE - National Educational Technology Standards are loaded, but look for others soon. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080825093025 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080825093025 The School District and School Name now appear on the lesson plan. In addition to this, Schools & Districts can now incorporate their own branding information into their Lesson Plans that will allow them to replace the My Lesson Planner logo on their Lesson Plans with their own Logo or Mascot. This feature is currently only available for Schools & Districts. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080822115110 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080822115110 Another enhancement has been made to the TIA Objectives feature. Now, when you move your mouse over a Standard in the Tree View that has a TIA Objective, it will appear so you can view the objective before deciding to add that standard to your lesson plan. We will also soon be adding this feature to the Keyword Search view. Remember, this feature is currently only available to our schools that have opted for Curriculum Mapping. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080817125319 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080817125319 Your students birthdays will now show up in your Calendar Workspace. Use the Manage Students feature to setup your students and enter their information. If there is a feature you would like added to My Lesson Planner, please let us know ! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080815101657 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080815101657 My Lesson Planner now supports Total Instructional Alignment (TIA) Objectives. If you are subscribed to the "Curriculum Mapping" feature, your school or district can set an Objective that will be tied to an individual Standard. If you set the "Show TIA Objective" option in your Preferences, and if there is an Objective tied to the Standard, when you click that standard to include it in your lesson plan, the TIA Objective will be included as well. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding this feature, or if your school or district would like to upgrade to add the "Curriculum Mapping" piece to your package. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080812225201 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080812225201 A new option has been added to the Lesson Plan menu to allow you to completely delete a lesson plan. Previously, there was a roundabout way of performing this function, so we've done some re-arranging to make it more easily available. Please use this feature with caution! There is no way to retrieve your lesson plan once it's deleted. And, if you create a template based off a lesson plan, and then delete the lesson plan it's tied to, then the Template will also be removed! Use the Contact Us page if you have any questions regarding this feature. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080717115003 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080717115003 Each year, My Lesson Planner rolls over the previous year and clears out certain entries to make way for the new year. Your 2007 School Year Lesson Plan history is still available, but no further changes can be made to them. Various other pieces of information are also cleared out including your students, groups, and templates. Feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080701114637 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080701114637 Be sure to visit our booth at the Hot Spring Technology Institute conference on June 18th and 19th. We've made a ton of changes since last year and you'll definitely want to check them out. My Lesson Planner http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080610221302 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080610221302 The 9-12 Library Media Standards are now uploaded and ready to use. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080122232107 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080122232107 You can now give a title to Progress Monitoring instead of attaching it to an SLE. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080122091609 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080122091609 The Training Manuals are now updated to show the newest images and features of My Lesson Planner. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080121045354 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080121045354 The K-8 Library Media standards are uploaded and ready for use. 9-12 will be uploaded within the next few days. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080120225830 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080120225830 Progress Monitoring for a student can now be removed. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080118004215 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080118004215 The RTI / Progress Monitoring portion of My Lesson Planner has been updated to allow you to set a specific Tier-based intervention. Also, when the graph is automatically created for you, it will now indicate the progress within each Tier. Look for additional enhancements to the RTI portion of My Lesson Planner soon! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080112170809 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080112170809 A Task List has been added to the My Lesson Planner Workspace. Features Include: Add Unlimited Tasks Sort Tasks (Drag + Drop) Status Bar to indicate # of Completed Tasks Complete and Uncomplete tasks Delete Tasks In order to keep your task lists clutter-free, any Task completed today will automatically disappear the next day. We will soon be adding a reporting page to allow you to view your past tasks, and to allow you to create multiple lists of tasks. Look for those features soon! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080109200408 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20080109200408 Changes were made to the quarterly curriculum mapping feature to allow SLEs mapped in multiple quarters to be seen in the current quarter. Curriculum mapping from previous quarters no longer show.in the searches. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071208225043 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071208225043 We have created a new weekly view that will allow those of you that prefer to plan by subject to do so. You can also use it as a new way to format your condensed weekly lesson plans. Start by selecting the "by Subject" option when you create a lesson plan. * You'll need to create a new Template to use with this new type of lesson plan. To add detail to a day, click the name of the Day. Adding detail to your lesson plan uses the exact same interface you are used to when creating your daily lesson plans. Here are a few tips to help you get started: Change the Title of your "by Subject" Lesson Plan to the name of your Subject. That will allow them to show up on your Workspace by Subject. When printing, choose the "Landscape" option. We will soon be adding different styled "Day of Week" images. Look for that on your Preferences page soon! Please send us feedback on this new feature! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071203234212 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071203234212 Select users have been able to save their Lesson Plans to a PDF files for a few weeks during our testing of this new functionality. Now we have enabled this option for all users. Enjoy! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071130021823 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071130021823 A Price Quote Request form has been added to provide us with the necessary information to build a fast, accurate quote. If you represent a school or district, please feel free to contact us using this form. Discounts are available for multi-user, and multi-year contracts. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071124125101 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071124125101 The "Standards Used" and "Standards Not Used" reports have been updated to reflect the look & feel of the website. The ability for a Principal to view those reports on a per-teacher basis has also been added. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071122221945 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071122221945 The Lesson Plan Detail page has been revised to allow for easier entry of your lesson plan information. New Features include: Better formatting and more visible "Save" button A new "Keyword" standards search has been added Instantly switch between the three types of searches: Dynamic, Tree, and Keyword (it will still default to your selected preference) New options for "9 High Yield Strategies" and "Blooms Taxonomy" (visit the preferences page to enable these) Look for the new "by Subject" Lesson Planning feature coming soon! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071119000048 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071119000048 My Lesson Planner will have an exhibit at the 2007 Arkansas Reading Association conference in Little Rock on November 15 & 16. Feel free to stop by and visit with us. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071112120115 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071112120115 You can now add a Title to your Lesson Plan. This is the first of many changes coming to My Lesson Planner to better enable Secondary Education Teachers to use the Lesson Plan and to allow all Teachers to plan by Subject. Contact us with your feedback. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071025123237 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071025123237 A Getting Started Checklist has been added that will walk you through the process of collecting important information, setting your preferences, and helping you setup your first classroom. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071022205427 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071022205427 The Principal Workspace has been changed to allow a Principal to add an Event to the Calendar that will show up on every Teacher Workspace at their school. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071021152707 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071021152707 You can now flag an event on your Calendar as a Milestone. These events will show up in the "Milestone" container on your Workspace and it will indicate how many days away until the date of the event. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071019223132 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071019223132 Welcome to the new My Workspace view for My Lesson Planner ! This new Calendar view will bring together many different parts of My Lesson Planner into a single, convenient place. We'll be working hard over the next few weeks to refine this page, so please let us know what you think! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071015003257 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071015003257 You can now Copy or Move your Lesson Blocks to a different Date! On your Lesson Plan, go into the Lesson Block you want to copy/move and there will be a small icon you can click to take you to the Date Management page. Contact us if you experience any issues with this new functionality. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071011235132 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071011235132 You can now copy your Lesson Plan to a different day! View the Lesson Plan you want to copy and click the "Date Management" icon: From the Date Management page, you can move or copy your Lesson Plan to a new date. Currently, the entire lesson plan is copied, but we are also working on adding the ability to copy a single block to a new day. Look for that feature soon! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071010153055 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071010153055 You can now delete a single information block even if it has the exact same title as another information block. Previously, the page would look only at the title to determine which information block needed to be removed. This caused users that had duplicate titles for their blocks to accidentally delete all blocks with that same title when they were only trying to remove one. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071010131749 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071010131749 The Template Management page has been revised to have the same look and feel as the other management pages. It will also no longer redirect you back to your lesson plan after saving. This will allow you to manage your other templates while you are on the page. You can click the "Return to Lesson Plan" link to return to your Lesson Plan when you are done managing your templates and wish to continue planning your lessons. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071004001027 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20071004001027 You can now add an "access code" to your Lesson Plan when setting it up for Public Viewing. Adding one is completely optional. Currently, a single access code is set for each individual Lesson Plan. This will allow you to restrict access to your Public Lesson Plans to only those people that know the Access Code. We are also working on a way to allow you to create a Master code that can be used to view all your Public Lesson Plans regardless of the individual Access Code. Please send us your feedback on this new feature! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070926104830 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070926104830 A new toolbar has been added to the top of the Lesson Plan page to better organize the options available to you when adding information to your Lesson Plan. It's referred to as a "fisheye" toolbar, and it is specifically designed to help users navigate a long list if items. Please let us know if you experience any issues with the new toolbar. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070926104235 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070926104235 You can now Drag + Drop the Lesson Blocks and Information Blocks on your lesson plan to dynamically re-order them. Please let us know if you experience any issues with this new functionality. This should make moving things around on your lesson plan that much quicker ! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070915144553 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070915144553 You can now change the color of your Lesson Plan! Go to your Preferences page (under the Help menu). http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070915144428 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070915144428 Some "behind the scenes" security changes have been made this morning. If all goes as planned you shouldn't notice any changes, but please let us know if you experience any issues. This may require any currently logged-in users to log back in again. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070914094719 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070914094719 In order to reduce the number of printed pages per Lesson Plan, the Standards portions of the Lesson Plan has been set to span a wider portion of the page. Also, a minor fix has been added to the Information Block Management page to allow Editing of Vertical Blocks that do not have a title. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070910190254 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070910190254 A new page has been created to manage the dates of your Lesson Plans. It will allow you to change the date of your lesson plan, and all corresponding information relating to that lesson, to a new date that you specify. Look for the link to this new "change date" page on your Lesson Plan underneath the date of the Lesson. Please let us know if you experience any issues with this new feature. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070909001746 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070909001746 The Public Lesson Plan Management page has been revised to allow you to view a listing of all Lesson Plans currently set for Public Viewing. It will also allow you to edit the date you have selected for Public Viewing. Please contact us if you experience any issues. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070908004948 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070908004948 We now have a F.A.Q page ! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070902181403 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070902181403 A new application has been added to My Lesson Planner Mobile to allow you to view a listing of the students in your classrooms. You can click a students name to view additional information about a student, including a picture (if you have uploaded one). This will soon integrate into the Mobile Attendance Tracking application. You can access My Lesson Planner Mobile using your Internet-Connected PDA or Phone at the following address: www.mylessonplanner.com/mobile/ You can also use these other shortcut links to it (less typing!): www.mylessonplanner.com/m/ www.mylessonplanner.com/mobi/ For additional information regarding the Mobile version, please visit this page: Please send us your feedback. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070830160212 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070830160212 You can now repeat a Lesson Block! Simply click the new Repeat Block Icon and all information for that Lesson Block will be repeated, including the standards. You can then use the arrows to move the repeated block up and down in your lesson as you need. This will give you a quick way to start a new Lesson Block if the content is similar to one you already have. We will be working on adding this ability to Information Blocks next. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070827011742 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070827011742 Training Videos have been created for each of the following Management Pages to help you get started using My Lesson Planner Classroom Management Subject/Period Management Student Management Group Management Student Group Management Look for the Quickstart Video link on those management pages to view them. Additional videos will be available soon. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070821105642 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070821105642 A few fixes have been made to the Lesson Planner this morning. Thank you to those users for pointing it out to us. The Vertical Info Block can now be edited again - along with moving them to the left and right. Also, some fixes were made to the Group Functionality. Hopefully, the generic groups (Whole Group, Small Group, Individual) are showing up for everyone. And the students names should now be listed with the group. Some minor spacing corrections were made to the Lesson Plan itself so it will hopefully print a little cleaner. The Teacher's picture will now show up on the Lesson Plan and will also show up in the Public Lesson Plan viewing as well. Contact us if you discover any issues and we'll get them corrected. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070817111332 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070817111332 Various enhancements have been made to the applications under the Management menu to resolve some inconsistencies. We have also made links from each of the Management Tools to the other tools available. For instance, if you are viewing the Classroom Management page, you can now click a link on the classroom that will take you directly to a list of students in that classroom. Be sure and let us know if you find any opportunities for improvement. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070814002039 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070814002039 Teachers can now upload an image to represent themselves. This will soon be integrated into the Seating Chart and other applications. Send us your feedback. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070811152952 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070811152952 The newly revised Social Studies standards have now been loaded for K-8. This includes 7th grade Arkansas History. We are still working on the 9-12 versions of these standards. If you are needing additional standards loaded, please let us know. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070729215525 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070729215525 Attention CTE Teachers, your requested standards have now been loaded. Please let us know if you find any discrepancies, or need additional standards loaded. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070729215325 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070729215325 If you are a CTE teacher and will be purchasing a subscription to My Lesson Planner, we need you to contact us ASAP and tell us your subject area. Please use the "Contact Us" link to let us know the courses you teach so we can concentrate our efforts to upload the standards you need. Thanks so much for your help! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070725200243 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070725200243 The Public Lesson Plans page has been revised to have more options. You can now select from the various School Districts and Schools to find a Public Lesson Plan. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070718191339 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070718191339 We have updated the home page for My Lesson Planner to a nice, clean design. We hope you like it ! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070718181747 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070718181747 The Yearly Rollover of My Lesson Planner data has begun. Each year we archive the previous year's School Year Data to make room for the new School Year. Remember, your information has not been lost. You will still be able to access the previous year using the reporting functions, however, you will not be able to modify information from a previous year. Soon, a tutorial on accessing your previous information will be made available in the Training section. Users that have already begun adding information for the 2007 school year prior to today, have had their data automatically migrated to the new year. Feel free to contact us if you experience any difficulties. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070715181854 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070715181854 We would like to congratulate Vickie Wyeth, whose name was drawn in our drawing for a one-year subscription to MyLessonPlanner. We would also like to congratulate Stacy Duncan, who won the Kodak Easy Share Digital Camera. These teachers were two of the hundreds of teachers who visited our booth at the HSTI Conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Congratulations Stacy and Vickie! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070707234353 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070707234353 The Attendance Tracking Report has been revised to better summarize attendance information. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070625001851 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070625001851 We have just uploaded pictures from the HSTI Conference. View the Gallery http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070624215951 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070624215951 The Art Standards for 9-12 have now been fixed. Thank you to those users at the HSTI conference that pointed it out to us. We are also hard at work on adding the Business Education standards. Look for those in the next month. My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070622123742 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070622123742 You can now view an online version of our PowerPoint Presentation that we will be showing at the Hot Springs Technology Institute conference on June 20th and June 21st. Teachers attending the conference will receive $10 off the regular subscription price for 1-Year access to MyLessonPlanner.com http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070619094401 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070619094401 You can now view your Daily Lesson Plans on your mobile device. Simply navigate to: http://www.mylessonplanner.com/mobile/ This is a slim & trim version of the Lesson Planner for quick loading on your Internet Connected PDA or Cell Phone. We also plan on rolling out a Mobile version of the Attendance Tracking System. Look for it soon! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070618095839 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070618095839 Today we have made available several new features we have been working on the past few months including: Progress Monitoring Attendance Tracking Standards-Based Report Cards Please try these new features out when you get a chance and let us know how you like them! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070616210629 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070616210629 A fix has been made to the Dynamic Search to make sure it limits your returned results to the criteria you have selected in the various drop-downs. Contact us if you experience any problems with the Dynamic Search. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070510141415 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070510141415 You can now find those Frameworks faster than ever! We have completely redesigned the Tree View from the ground up to provide you with a faster and easier way to attach the Arkansas Frameworks to your Lesson Plans. This new tree is more closely integrated with your Preferences to reduce the number of clicks needed to drill-down into the tree. Also, it only loads the portion of the tree you are needing to view, so you don't have to wait for it to download the Frameworks you don't need. Go to your Preferences and set your Level and Grade/Course in order to utilize the new tree view to it's fullest potential. Send us your feedback! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070509121806 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070509121806 An enhancement has been made to the Login Process to better remember where you are coming from when you are trying to login. If you are on a page and have been timed-out due to inactivity, the next action you take will redirect you to the Login screen. After logging in, it should take you back to where you originally intended. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070508224648 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070508224648 A new report has been added to the Reports menu to allow you to list all the Frameworks you have not used on your Lesson Plans for a given date range (School Year). Frameworks Not Used Report Try it out and let us know if you run into any problems. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070503142619 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070503142619 The daily lesson planner has been enhanced to "remember where you were" when you start to edit a Lesson Block. That way, when you save a Lesson Block, it will return you to your position on the page. This is the same way the Weekly Lesson Planner works. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070502231537 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070502231537 You should now be able to re-use previously used Frameworks using the Tree View. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070304181216 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070304181216 A new menu has been installed. It should make it easier to navigate more easily through some of the sections and allow you to go directly to a sub-page without loading the parent page first. Let us know if you experience any issues with the menu. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070227182842 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070227182842 Additional changes have been made to the Weekly Lesson Planner to help it "remember" where you left off when you go to edit a Lesson Plan Block. This is an update to the changes installed on February 21st. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070227162915 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070227162915 You can now create a Seating Chart for your Subjects/Periods! First give your seating chart a name. You can have multiple seating charts for the same Subject/Period. Then, choose the Subject/Period for the Seating Chart. Make sure you have setup your students and assigned them to a Subject/Period. Then click the Create button. You can then drag and drop the names of your students into their assigned positions. A small desk will appear to indicate they have been set successfully. If you have added pictures for your students using the new Student Image Upload Wizard, then you will see the picture you have uploaded for the student instead. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070223141237 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070223141237 You can now upload images of your students. After you have added your students on the Student Management page, click the Add Picture link to start the Student Image Upload Wizard. The wizard will walk you through the upload process. Let us know how you like it ! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070222182628 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070222182628 The weekly lesson plan will now "remember" where you are when you are editing. If you have a long lesson plan and go to edit one of your lesson blocks, the page will automatically load where you left off when you return from saving. So, if you are working at the very bottom of your lesson plan, it will start you off at the bottom again. This should save you some time scrolling up and down the page as you edit. This change only took 10 minutes, but could save some of you a significant amount of time in the long run. Keep those suggestions coming! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070221091036 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070221091036 The inline information blocks will now show in the same colors they show on the daily view. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070221084335 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070221084335 Thanks to all who have given us feedback on the Weekly Lesson Planner. Additional changes have been made to the Weekly Lesson Planner to solve some inconsistencies in the Lesson Blocks. If you were having any problems, please give it another try and let us know how it's working for you. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070219233135 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070219233135 Weekly Lesson Plans are here! This is the first of many changes related to Adding, Editing, and Viewing your Lesson Plans in a Weekly format. We'll be working on getting some training documents added to the Training Manual, but until then, here is a quick rundown of the features: On your Lesson Plan page, when you create a new lesson plan, you can now choose whether it will be Daily or Weekly. If you choose Weekly and you are using a Template, then a lesson for each day of that week will be created automatically for you. There is a new button on the Lesson Plan page titled Weekly View. Using that, you can view any of your past lesson plans in a weekly format. You can also edit an entire day of the weekly lesson just like you are used to doing, or you can edit an individual lesson block as well. We'll be working to refine the process further, but we wanted to get it out there for you to start using so we can get your feedback. Let us know how you like it. Send us your suggestions. More changes are coming soon! My Lesson Planner Staff http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070210224559 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070210224559 The Day of Week is now displayed on the Lesson Plan History listing. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070204215328 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070204215328 The Dynamic Search has been changed to correctly display the Grade Level / Skill in the correct order when it's selected on a lesson plan. It was already saving the framework correctly, it just wasn't displaying it on the Lesson Plan page as it should have been. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070131233655 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070131233655 We would like YOU to add your personal testimonial to our growing list of happy user comments. If there is something specific you really like about My Lesson Planner, and you would like others to know, just write your short testimonial and email us, or use the Contact Us link on the blue header bar. We appreciate every positive comment we receive! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070128200505 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070128200505 Click on the Training Manual icon on this page to check out the new and updated Training Manuals. Each is written to help you with a specific task so you don't have to search through a larger document. Let us know if you would like to see an additional training manual on a certain subject. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070128200026 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070128200026 The "Day of Week" is now shown on the Lesson Plan right above the Date. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070124223900 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070124223900 You can now move your Vertical Information Blocks to the left and right. Those are the ones that flow into the bottom of your lesson plan. Just click the little arrow pointing to the left ( ) or right ( ) to move them. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070122235259 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070122235259 The Lesson Plan page has been updated to be more consistent with the look and feel of the other pages on the website. Also, some refinement has been done "behind the scenes" to some of the code to make things work a little smoother. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070122222642 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070122222642 Additional changes have been made to Template Management and to various aspects of the Template system. Also, for those that were having trouble with Inline Information blocks, those should now be fixed. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070119190920 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070119190920 It's now easier than ever to setup and manage your Lesson Plan Templates! There is a new block on your Lesson Plan Home that can take you directly into your listing of templates. On this Lesson Plan Template page, you can Rename a template, Edit a template, or Delete a template that isn't needed any longer. This change was put in place because of feedback from you. As always, we welcome all suggestions and try to do whatever it takes to put these enhancement in for you. Don't hesitate to contact us with your feedback. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070118000650 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070118000650 For those that were having difficulty with the Tree View, all should now be resolved. Feel free to use the tree view for your standards search and let us know if you have any more difficulty. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070108230230 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070108230230 Level and Grade / Course dropdowns have been added to the Skill Search Tree View. You can set them to limit the amount of information pulled into the tree. This should help the tree load much faster. View the Tree http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070102233612 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070102233612 An error in the Grade / Level dropdown has been corrected. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070102232920 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070102232920 The Demo (featuring the Dynamic Search) has been updated to use the newest features available to our subscribers. It is still limited to only allowing searches for Arkansas Frameworks that contain the word "main" or "symbol". This should more closely approximate what you can expect using our Dynamic Framework Standards Searches when you sign-up. Check out the Demo http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070102231131 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20070102231131 A new listing of links has been added to provide you with additional resources to help you build your lesson plans. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061217231901 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061217231901 Ordering MyLessonPlanner is easier than ever using Paypal. You can also download our Printable Excel Order Form. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061217225859 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061217225859 Additional information has been added to the Response to Intervention Report. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061212133859 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061212133859 A fix has been added to the Lesson Plan to allow Essential Elements to show up correctly. Please let us know if you experience any further issues with Essential Elements. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061212132420 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061212132420 The Guided Reading and Writing Mini Lessons will now be visible on your Lesson Plan. Go to your Preferences page to enable those options. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061211165745 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061211165745 A new training manual on How to change your Password has been added. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061211141206 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061211141206 You can now add drop-down menus of Mini Lessons for Guided Reading and Writing Instruction to your lesson blocks. Just go to Preferences and mark the mini lessons for reading and/or writing. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061209191135 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061209191135 The frameworks for Pre-Kindergarten have been added. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061204222044 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061204222044 Congratulations to Carolyn Reynolds - the winner of the raffle for the DVD Player at the 2006 Arkansas Reading Association conference. Thank you to all who entered. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061204175752 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061204175752 Another fix was put in this morning to remove duplicated standards that have already been used. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061204102342 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061204102342 Guest accounts will expire 14 days after they are setup. If you think you need an extension to help you decide, just use the contact form and let us know. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061201110932 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061201110932 A printing/formatting fix has been added to the Lesson Plan. Plans that had many or very wordy vertical information blocks were causing the printing to span horizontal. This should now be fixed. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061130211406 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061130211406 You can now use the Calendar on the Lesson Plan page to show your Lesson Plan history. By default, the Lesson Plan page will now show all your lesson plans for the past two weeks. If you select a date in the Calendar, it will show all plans two weeks before and after the date you select. This should help keep your Lesson Plan portal clutter-free. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061130205729 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061130205729 A new training manual has been added with detailed instructions on creating a Lesson Plan Template. These templates will save you time when you create a new lesson plan. They can be setup to pull in any information that you would normally add to your Lesson Plan. Every teacher should take the time to read the tutorial and setup at least one template so you won't have to add each block of time every time you create a new lesson. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061130092055 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061130092055 Additional revisions have been made to the Training Manual. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061129164600 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061129164600 Students can now be assigned to Groups. Currently, if you change the classroom, you will have to commit that change before assigning the group, but this will be fixed on the next update so you can change both at the same time. And, on your lesson plans, when you assign one of your groups, it will pull in the listing of students that are assigned to that group. Soon, a new preference will be added to allow you to control if these will show. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061127115333 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061127115333 "Show Approach" on the Preferences pages has been changed to "Show Instructional Approach" Also, the Assessments have been moved below the Instructional Approach on the Add Lesson Plan Block page. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061127085917 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061127085917 A Training Manual has been added. If you are having any trouble with a particular feature not covered in the manual, or if something just isn't clear enough, please let us know so we can get it added. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061125140529 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061125140529 Check out some pictures from the ARA Conference [ view the gallery ] http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061121224751 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061121224751 You can now create Groups and add your students to them. You will then be able to select from a group and add it to a lesson plan (within the next few days). Eventually we will also provide reporting by group. First add a classroom. Then setup as many groups as you want for that classroom. Then when you add students, you can select the appropriate group from the dropdown option. Send us your feedback ! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061121191214 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061121191214 Public Lesson Plans can now be viewed again. Check them out when you get a chance. We are working to revise the Public Lesson Plan system to include a pass-key that you can hand-out. There will be a separate pass-key for Substitute Teachers and for Parents so we can differentiate how they are viewed. Look for it in the near future. A bug in the InLine Information block has been corrected. Send us some feedback on how it's working for you. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061121140027 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061121140027 A new link has been added to the My Info page that you can use to send us Technical Support Information about your Operating System and Web Browser. This will help the MyLessonPlanner.com Support staff assist you in problems that you may be having. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061121101820 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061121101820 A new type of "Lesson Information Block" has been added. Instead of flowing into the bottom of your lesson plan, these will flow inline with your Lessons. You can even move them up and down like you do your Lesson Plan Blocks! If you prefer not to give the Inline block a heading, then just leave it empty. The notes section will span across the entire width of the Lesson Plan. Currently, once you have set an Information Block to be Inline or Vertical it cannot be changed. Try them out and let us know what you think. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061120234049 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061120234049 A new report has been added to summarize the Response to Interventions used in your Lesson Plans. We are also working on a several new reports, but If there are any particular report types you'd like to see, just contact us and let us know. Additional formatting has been added to the Lesson Plan. This should help those experiencing trouble printing, and should help you squeeze as much detail into your lesson plan as possible. The Skills Search has been revised to eliminate duplicates when you have chosen to indicate standards you've already used. It was showing the standard once for each time it had been previously used. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061120233528 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061120233528 You can now set your Grade Level / Course in the preferences. In order for the Grade Level/Course dropdown to appear, you must first set your Level (K-8 or 9-12). This should allow the Standards Tree to load faster since it will only need to load information for the Grade Level/Course you have specified. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061119231817 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061119231817 You can now create a Template for your Lesson Plan ! Create a new Lesson Plan and add any Lesson Blocks or Information Blocks you want to show up every time you start a new lesson plan. We recommend you add at least enough Lesson Blocks to cover every period for your entire day. Anything you add to a Lesson or Information Block will be automatically pulled in when you create your next lesson including your frameworks! After you get your Lesson Plan looking exactly like you want it, click on the Make this a Template button. Then, give your Template a familiar name such as Empty Lesson Plan and click the Save button. Now when you create your next Lesson Plan, a new dropdown option will appear that you can choose from. Be sure and use the Contact Us page to let us know if you experience any problems http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061119223559 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061119223559 The "Regular Search" option has been removed from the preferences until it is completely finished and tested. Both the Dynamic Search and Tree View Search options are still available. The Footer on the website has been temporarily removed. It was getting in the way for Internet Explorer users that had small resolutions set on their monitor. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061119123958 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061119123958 A BIG welcome to our newest members! Brenda Clowers (DeQueen Elementary) Jeanne Harvey (Vilonia Primary) Winona White (Nashville Primary) Sandy Towles (Vilonia Middle) Yvonne Sturdivant (Vilonia Primary) Carolyn Frazier (Vilonia Elementary) Joyce Reed (Waldron Middle School) Vicki Jenkins (Des Arc Elementary) Brian Jones (Beebe Junior High) Tonya Wood (Beebe Junior High) http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061118124049 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061118124049 We have added the ability to delete a Lesson Plan from the system. You should see a new link on the Lesson Plan History Report labeled [Delete] next to the Lesson Plan you are wanting to remove. A bug has been fixed that was not allowing you to save a Lesson Plan Block if you had not assigned a Framework to it. We received a lot of feedback from both our current users of MyLessonPlanner.com and prospective Teachers looking to get onto the system. We will be working hard to get these new features implemented as soon as possible. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061118122858 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061118122858 We would just like to give a big Thank You to all those that came by and visited us at the conference. We think it's just one of those things you have to see to believe. We know it's going to be a big help to you finding those frameworks easily and to be able to keep track of the things you are teaching day in and day out. As always, feel free to use that Contact Us page to give us your feedback, suggestions, or if you just need some help. Thanks again, Mary and Tristan MyLessonPlanner.com http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061118115808 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061118115808 MyLessonPlanner.com has an exhibit at the Arkansas Reading Association Conference in Little Rock. If you are attending the conference, take some time out to meet the creators of MyLessonPlanner.com. We'd love to hear from you. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061116205101 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061116205101 The tree search has been fixed. You can now add those standards to your lesson plan again. Header Printing problems have been corrected. They should no longer print on the Lesson Plan. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061116204435 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061116204435 By popular user demand, Spell Checking has now been added to the Notes section of the Lesson Plan. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061114213229 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061114213229 The notes field has been moved to be inline with the lesson planner, instead of it's own column. This should help when viewing or printing the lesson plan when a lot of notes have been entered. Also, a potential browser-crash issue has been resolved on the lesson planner page. Please let us know if you are still experiencing any issues printing the Lesson Plan. A bug was fixed that was preventing deletion of Lesson Plan Blocks. A bug was fixed that was causing the last standard added to a lesson plan block to be omitted if multiple standards were assigned to the same lesson plan block. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061114090457 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061114090457 The Standards and Grade Level/Course will now (once again) affect the Dynamic Search. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061112210606 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061112210606 The date when a Lesson Plan will no longer be available for Public Viewing is now shown on the Public Lesson Plans report listing. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061111114103 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061111114103 The cascading effect on the Skills search when starting with Subject has been fixed. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061111111520 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061111111520 The "Quote of the Day" list has been updated. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061108101225 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061108101225 Courses can now be tied to Subjects. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061107235428 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061107235428 The Standards Tree has been updated to allow selection by Level (K-8 or 9-12) and to allow grouping by Subject or Grade. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061107112841 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061107112841 You can now set the School you teach at in the My Info page. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061106203514 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061106203514 Duplicate Schools have been removed from the School Management pages. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061105231838 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061105231838 Essential Elements are now shown on the Lesson Plan. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061105173833 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061105173833 Essential Elements can now be saved on the Lesson Plan. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061105015847 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061105015847 A new page to manage Grade Levels/Courses has been added. Course Management Arkansas has been set as the default State selection for Standards Management. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061104233056 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061104233056 A checkbox for Response to Intervention has been added to the Lesson Plan. When checked, this will indicate if that lesson was designed as a Response to Intervention. This will also show up as an option on the Lesson Plan Reporting. Like all the other Lesson Plan settings, you can Show or Hide this option in your Preference settings. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061104214525 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061104214525 A new page to add/revise news has been added. News Management http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061104201042 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061104201042 Level (K-8 or 9-12) has been added as a requirement when adding/editing a Classroom on the Classroom Management page. Classroom Management http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061104185102 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061104185102 The Dynamic Search now indicates Standards that are already in use on a Lesson Plan. Dynamic Search Those Standards already in use are highlighted in a different color. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061103181146 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061103181146 A new Global Preference has been added to the preference page to allow you to set your teaching level. The options are K-8 or 9-12. This will limit the information that is pulled on each page, and should help speed things up a bit. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061102181314 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061102181314 Another addition to the User Preferences was added today. Standards that you've already used in this year's set of Lesson Plans will now be indicated in your searches. Right now, this is only available in the Tree View, but will soon be available in both the Dynamic and Regular searches. Those Standards already in use are highlighted in a different color. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061102181229 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061102181229 The Search Skills page was revised to give you the option of searching using either the Dynamic or the Tree View search. The regular search option will be next. Search Standards http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061102181207 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061102181207 The Standards tree has been updated to reflect the Secondary Skills. You can also sort the tree by Subject or Grade/Course Check out the Tree http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061101181438 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061101181438 Public Access Lesson Plans can now be viewed! I'm still working on the format of the page, and I still need to strip out the logon header, but the basic functionality is there. Public Access Lesson Plans Happy Halloween! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061031181640 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061031181640 Secondary Skills (Grades 9 through 12) have been added. Things will be in flux for a while, until the changes are propogated throughout the system. Feel free to take a look at the Search page to get a feel for how we've handled it. Search Standards Use that contact form and let us know what you think! http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061029181700 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061029181700 Lesson Planner Administrators can now manually add new users without using the Paypal process. This will allow them to setup new users for testing. User Setup http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061028181746 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061028181746 A Teacher can now set a specific lesson plan up for Public Access. This will allow a Substitute or other Teacher to view a Lesson Plan. A new page was created to allow any user visiting the website to view all Lesson Plans currently setup for Public Access. Public Lesson Plans The ability to actually view the Lesson Plan will be added when sufficient security and testing is in place to make sure that the Public Lesson Plans can only be viewed and not edited. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061028181725 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061028181725 A new option has been added to the User Preferences page. You can now choose to exclude Standards from the Standards searches when you are adding them to your Lesson Plan. This will affect all three types of searches: Dynamic Standard Tree http://www.mylessonplanner.com/security/preferences.php http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061026181813 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061026181813 We have added a new User Preferences page. This will allow you to control which elements appear on the Lesson Plan, and also which of the 3 "Standards" searches you will use. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/security/preferences.php The main Lesson Planner page has been changed to reflect the preferences set and will now only show the appropriately selected columns. The Lesson Plan Block page has been changed to use the Standards Search type selected in the preferences as well. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061025181834 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061025181834 A new menu system was implemented today. The code is a lot cleaner behind-the-scenes, more responsive, and extensible. It should be easier for us to maintain. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061024181858 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061024181858 A new report was added to the report menu to allow you to track which Standards you have used on your Lesson Plans. It will indicate which how many times you have duplicated a standard, and allow you to drill-into the lesson plan detail and see which Lesson Plan, or even which standard was assigned to a specific Lesson Plan Block. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/reports/standards_used.php http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061022181916 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061022181916 Color formatting and Print Styles added to the Lesson Planner. http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061019181935 http://www.mylessonplanner.com/news/index.php#datetime20061019181935