Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your host, Bridget Spackman and Michelle Emerson, and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization, and productivity as a teacher.

Now, y'all know how much we are fans of digital planning, but for some of you, it might still be something that you are battling with whether or not it's right for you.

So in this episode, we want to give you the five benefits for becoming a digital planner.

But first, let's hear a time-sucking hurdle from Anthony.

Anthony says, I am a first-year teacher, and this year was very challenging.

On top of behaviors and meetings, I've had a really hard time

planning out my lessons. I hate the process of planning out pages and pages of detailed lessons.

I've also tried sticky notes, but between changes that need to be made my lessons are, as

you both say, a hot mess. Any advice on how to make lesson planning easier so I know what I am doing

from day to day? Well, Anthony, you're in luck because we would definitely say that to check out

digital planning. And I know that this is something that I feel as though a lot of people are

hesitant to get into. But hopefully this episode will really,

really help you. And I also think that, Michelle, you remember, like, when we were going

through college how they would make you write those, like, extended, like, lesson plans

from the moment of, like, the teacher will say this, the teacher will do this, the students

will say this. Do you remember that? Oh, it is burned into my brain. And those were so unrealistic.

And that's why I always say, like, college doesn't prepare you for the realities of teaching.

And I know there are some teachers that do have to submit lesson plans. And I feel for

you because I just personally would never want to work at a school that requires that. I think it's a

waste of everyone's time. Agreed. So unless you have certain stipulations coming at you from admin

where you have to write a certain amount for your lesson plans. And observations

are different. I get it if you have to write detailed ones for that. Otherwise, don't feel like you have

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