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Day: December 7, 2021

Curriculum aligned electronic lesson plans and resources
All teachers know how easy it is to go down the rabbit hole while searching for classroom content. Rachelle Haslegrave of Tarras School was well acquainted with google search and had a growing pile list of subscriptions. That was until Teachables launched in 2020.

All your lesson planning and resources in one place
Previously, Year 7 and 8 teacher Andrew Boaz of Rolleston School would have multiple folders to shift through depending on the curriculum area, and files that needed uploaded, downloaded and then filed. Then Andrew tried the iUgo Planner and it all changed.

Collaborative digital tool for teacher planning
Specialist Classroom Teacher at Whanganui High School, Jo Ander, was on the constant lookout for digital tools that could support her team’s planning. Once she discovered iUgo, she jumped straight into a 30-day trial of iUgo and didn’t look back.

From handwritten notes to an easy to use digital lesson planner
One click, and I’m there, says Mataura School primary teacher and iUgo user Shona Willis. A Year 2 and 3 teacher, Shona says her planning is now so much quicker and easier with the digital planning tool, iUgo, as it halves the time she spends.

Shift to a collaborative teaching and planning environment
Deputy Principal at Elm Grove School in Dunedin, Grant Peacock, tried many different online planning solutions. Google docs, international software and word – he grew tired of starting from scratch over and over again. Then he found iUgo and his planning got easier.

School-wide collaboration and teaching planning
Anne-Marie McDougall of Mercury Bay school first discovered iUgo in a weekly newsletter from Essential Resources. Fully aware of our wide range of high-quality teaching resources, she signed up for a 30 day free trial right away and never looked back.

Structured, time-saving planning with iUgo
Wayne Widdowson of Henderson Primary School in Auckland knows that one of the keys to teaching success is learning how to organise your day. Since he found iUgo his planning has become easy, structured and saves him tons of time to be able to do other teaching tasks.

School-wide lesson planning and collaboration
The team at St Patricks, Invercargill, were looking to shift away from paper planning back in 2015. Nathan Collie was the first to discover iUgo and learnt how to effectively plan online. Since then, the whole teaching team have signed up to iUgo
The unbelievably easy way to simplify teachers’ planning
Planning can be overwhelming and time consuming. It is often spread across multiple documents, in multiple places. iUgo is an easy way to simplify teachers’

Collaborative planning with iUgo
Senior teacher Nathan Collie loves how iUgo saves him time and makes collaborative planning easy.

iUgo testimonial: Free Up Your Weekends
Read an iUgo testimonial from Jacira De Hoog and how there is no longer planning on the weekends.

Weekly Planner tip: Start and end times
Not all school days are the same. Find out how you can adjust the start and end times of the school day in our Weekly Planner.

Quality planning for teachers at all levels
Deputy principal Anne-Maree McDougall took a closer look at iUgo. She liked what she saw – high-quality planning for teachers at different levels.

Time-saving teacher planner
iUgo brings little efficiencies that add up to a big lot, says Kerikeri’s Riverview School teacher and team leader, John Bowron. Read more about this time-saving teacher planner.

Transparent planning with iUgo
Elmgrove Primary School teacher Grant Peacock is only too happy to show his planning to colleagues and parents. Read more to see how iUgo helped with transparent planning.

Team teaching: Tailor iUgo to your planning needs
When Jo’s Whanganui High School colleague started playing around with iUgo, she was hooked. Hear how they used iUgo to help with team teaching.

How to support your existing digital programs while using iUgo
A common question that comes up with many teachers when they are about to implement a new program is how it will connect with an existing suite of programs.

In discussion: When did you decide to become a teacher?
We asked in-house teacher and marketing guru Bridget Higham, to tell us about her time in the classroom. What she loved, what was has changed and ways to keep that work-life balance in check.

Weekly teacher planner: Creating new events
The iUgo weekly teacher planner has undergone some collaboration enhancements allowing you to collaborate on the same event with other iUgo users. Alternatively, as always, you can

How to support student engagement in children
I teach children aged between 5-and-a-half and seven-and-a-half years old. During the years I have developed different activities I use in the classroom to keep the children engaged and motivated during the day while learning and having fun.