iPlanLessons is available on iTunes for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch: iTunes Web Page Click below to watch videos, description, and blogs.

Ranked in the Top 200 Productivity apps across United States, Australia, UK, Japan, Germany, France, and Canada.

iPlanLessons: Tutorial Lesson 1

iPlanLessons: Tutorial Lesson 2

(with Arlene Lee, credentialed teacher, homeschool mom, and co-founder of iHomeEducator)

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Thanks to everyone on pinterest.com. Your feedback motivates us to continue building great apps!

"I downloaded, created 2 classes for the boys, entered their names, entered their math resources, then copied lessons throughout the month. I had their math and language arts scheduled with my thumbs in less than 5 minutes, pushed the items to my iCal and Google calendar, and printed a report on my computer. 5 Minutes. No Joke." Full Review: iPlanLessons: Petra School

"Just so you know how much I value my iPlanLessons app, it’s on the front page of my iPad, right next to Words With Friends and Bejeweled!" Full Review: Nancy Barth Tutoring

"Before this app, I wasted so much time trying different methods of organizing homeschool information. It took a short time to get a feel for the setup, but then I began to breeze through it! I really like how everything is cross-referenced within this app, & customer service was quick to answer a question I had. Now I have more time for my kids!" AmeriSwede7

Follow along on our support blog: "Journey to lesson planning on the iPad...".

"I just bought this application, and so far I love it. More importantly, "customer service" has been fantastic. My questions have all been answered promptly. I look forward to the "cloud" to make sharing between devices painless. Keep up the good work. Now-let's link to some standards...:D" Donna S.

"Every time that the folks at iHomeEducator update this program (updates are free), it is 100% better. So right now, at version 1.5, I am finally feeling like there is enough value here to recommend it." Footprints in Butter

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RELEASES:

• 1.0 - Initial Release 2 weeks before the start of our homeschool year 2011 - a long journey that started way before our first iPlanLessons blog on Father's Day.
• 1.2 - Functionality Release with iTunes File Sharing to backup your database and stability fixes. Read More
• 1.2.x - Bug fixes - crashing due to renaming entities, memory leaks, and icons on each row which caused problems - we did not catch these during our family testing and we appreciate all of your help in resolving this problem (we apologize for the frustration experienced by many).
• 1.5 - Feature Update and Stability Release - Calendar, GUI Redesign, Major Stability fixes, and Color Coding of the Lessons by Subject. Read More...
• 1.6 - Fixes and enhancements
  • Fixed Done and Not Done selection
  • Added Status buttons back for the Day View
  • Added the ability to add lessons from the Day View
  • Added Field Trip
  • Added link to Common Core Standards from within Instructions
  • Sort Resources from within the Lesson.
  • Sort Classes from within the Lesson.
  • Student First and Last names are shown
• 1.7 - Enhancements - Read Blog
  • Added a new Category Entity to break down the Subject of lessons
  • Added a Journal and Standards report type
  • Added a Copy Feature in the Calendar Lessons by Day view
  • Copy a lesson forward per day
  • Copy a lesson forward per week
• 1.7.1 - Enhancements
  • Link in the instructions to our webpage with tutorial video (multiple videos planned).
  • Pop-ups added to confirm copy lessons by day/week (hope this makes it easier to know that copy was successful)
  • Line break added to break up the Class, Resources, and Categories in the Reports (requested by teacher in Spain)
• 1.7.2 - Bug fix with the calendar entries for Asia and Australia. Also added an Assignment report type.
• 1.7+ - TBD - We are in the prioritization, design, and prototyping phase as we review several emails from our customers - We have consolidated this into a spreadsheet and we are reviewing it to determine what makes the most sense for our app and will not impact database integrity as well as follows our current design principles.
• 2.x - TBD

Release Number Scheme

X.Y.Z where each number is associated with:

• X = Major Release associated with a major platform version shift such as iOS 4 to iOS 5 and/or iCloud
• Y = Minor Release associated with functionality enhancements
• Z = Maintenance Release associated with bug fixes, stability improvements, but usually no major functionality changes

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PROBLEM:

Today we find ourselves juggling multiple classes, students, and resources in our busy homeschool day. The last thing we do well is lesson tracking. Record keeping is often neglected and error prone. Different states and schools have different record keeping requirements. We hope iPlanLessons will help you get organized and help you put your students first.

SOLUTION:

After months of prototypes we're delighted with the results. We believe iPlanLessons is a very handy utility, which will help teachers and parents. We plan to use iPlanLessons ourselves and will continue to look for areas of improvement as we school our three children.

USER FLOW

CUSTOM DATABASE:

The app has a database where lessons are related to resources and classes. Classes are linked to related students. Reports definitions are also stored. The database has been customized to help you plan your students' lessons and track their progress.

FEATURES, FUNCTIONS, BENEFITS:

Some high-level features include but are not limited to:

• Lesson Definition
• Resource Definition
• Class Definition
• Student Definition
• Report Definition
• Instructions

Lessons include:

• Primary Subject selection
• Target Date and Duration
• Related Resources
• Related Class
• Objective Definition
• Standards
• Journal
• Assignments
• Priority: High, Medium, and Low
• Status: Pending, Partial, and Done
• Verification

Lesson Search, Filter, Email, and iCal Features:

• Lessons can be flagged with a priority flag of High, Medium, and Low
• Search is available across lesson names
• Filtered searches by priority are available
• Lessons can be assigned a pending, partial, and done status to be filtered
• Lessons can be selectively pushed to iCal with target date, assignments, and lesson notes.
• Lessons can be emailed for record keeping, printing, or sent to students as an assignment.
• Filtered views of Lessons are available for each class and resource and further filtered by status (i.e.: Pending, Partial, Done, and Not Done).

Reporting Features:

• Daily, weekly, and 'subject by day' reports can be generated anytime, giving you the flexibility to plan ahead and change the lesson schedule at will.
• The 'By Day' and 'By Week' reports show all lessons or a filtered set of lessons by a selected Class.
• The Subject by Day report provides a view of subjects (row) for days of the week (columns). The report can also be filtered by class.
• Reports can be emailed for record keeping or printed and provided as a student assignment.

iPlanLessons Support Blog: Journey to Lesson Planning on iOS

iPlanLessons Report Blog (Samples of our reports)

Screenshots

Public Photo Album on Facebook - iPlanLessons 1.0-1.2 Public Photo Album on Facebook - iPlanLessons 1.5

iPad Screenshot of a Lesson Definition (truncated)

Example iPhone Screenshots (note just a sample)

Older Videos

Disclaimer: Note some of the GUI has been redesigned but the general flow is consistent. With each release we may be redesigning the GUI based upon user input and technical design.

Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or updates and email us directly at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it