Notes Stack for Teachers & Educators
Teaching is a research-heavy profession — finding the right article, video, or activity for every lesson takes hours of browsing. Notes Stack lives in your browser side panel so you can curate resources, plan lessons, and organize ideas the moment you find them.
Why Educators Choose Notes Stack
The best teaching resources are scattered across the internet. Notes Stack helps you collect, organize, and revisit them without losing track.
- Curate resources by subject — While browsing educational sites, open the side panel and save resources with your own annotations: why it's useful, which unit it fits, and how to adapt it for your students.
- Lesson plan outlines — Draft lesson plans right in the side panel. Use headings for sections (Warm-Up, Main Activity, Assessment) and task lists for materials to prepare.
- Stacks for courses and subjects — Create stacks like "AP Biology", "8th Grade History", or "Professional Development". Filter by stack to see everything for one course at a glance.
- Student feedback tracking — Keep notes on student progress, parent communication, and IEP observations attached to your LMS pages.
Tips and Tricks
Create a stack for each class or course you teach. As you find resources throughout the year, assign them to the right course stack. By the end of the semester, you'll have a curated library for each subject.
For each lesson, create a checklist: print handouts, set up projector, prepare discussion questions, grade last week's quiz. Check items off as you prepare, so nothing falls through the cracks.
Set reminders for grading deadlines, parent-teacher conferences, and report card submissions. Browser notifications keep you ahead of administrative deadlines.
Use the domain filter to show only notes from khanacademy.org or classroom.google.com. This gives you a focused view of resources from a specific educational platform.
Export a course stack to CSV at the end of the year. Use it to build next year's curriculum plan, review what worked, and share resources with colleagues.
Platforms That Work Great With Notes Stack
- Google Classroom — Keep lesson notes and student observations alongside your classroom management tool.
- Canvas LMS — Annotate assignments, discussion boards, and grade pages with your own notes.
- Khan Academy — Save specific lessons and exercises with notes on how to integrate them into your curriculum.
- Coursera — Track professional development courses and capture key takeaways for your teaching practice.
- YouTube — Annotate educational videos with timestamps, discussion questions, and activity ideas.
- Teachers Pay Teachers — Bookmark resources with notes on grade level, subject fit, and adaptation ideas.
A Real-World Workflow
- Plan the week — Open your LMS and review the upcoming unit. In the side panel, outline this week's lessons with objectives and activities.
- Find resources — Browse Khan Academy and YouTube for supporting materials. On each page, note why you picked it and how it fits the lesson.
- Organize by course — Tag all notes to your "AP Biology" stack with a green color code.
- Prepare materials — Create a task list for tomorrow's class: print lab handout, set up microscopes, prepare quiz questions. Check items off as you go.
- Set a reminder — Schedule a reminder for Friday to submit grades for the week.
- Year-end review — Export the course stack to CSV. Review what resources worked best, share highlights with your department, and start planning next year.
From lesson planning to resource curation, Notes Stack keeps your teaching organized in the browser where you find your best materials.
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Add Notes Stack to your browser and start capturing ideas right from the side panel.
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