One of the new things I have going this year is a way of booking me for instructional technology coaching. I am using a service known as YouCanBook.me to help keep appointments with teachers and staff more organized by allowing people to see the times I am available for collaboration, planning, just-in-time professional development, co-teaching, and a variety of other needs that go along with my instructional technology coaching.
Once the connection is made, you have a lot of options you can set up for use. You can choose when bookings can start and end, and how long they will last (the free account provides for 15, 30, and 60 minutes) and what days are available. You can also add events directly to your Google calendar and list them as busy so they do not appear in your possible booking times. On the booking form, you can add and delete various fields for use (the Captcha field will remain to help ensure you are not spammed). There is a confirmation notice that is sent, and reminders are an option, as well. When a booking is made through YouCanBook.me, it sends you a notification and creates the event for you in your Google Calendar.
This tool may not help out many high school teachers, but you might be able to think of a use for it. This is definitely a great tool for other tech and instructional coaches out there to help manage their time.
To see how teachers can book me, click here or view the embedded calendar below this post. I will delete any events readers create in my calendar, so feel free to try it out to see how it works.
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