I updated 101questions today to include a single major new feature: a lesson editor.

Creating webpages like this soaks up too much of my time. I have to upload files in three different places. Changing a single word in the lesson means firing up an FTP client. Changing anything about an image takes ten minutes at least. None of this is creative work.

So I put together the task editor I want to use. You can add supporting materials – photos, videos, questions, teacher notes, student notes, links, and more. You can re-order them quickly, all from the browser. More fun is that other users can download them quickly. Click the “Download” button and Internet pixies will zip all the resources up and send the file to your computer.

I’ve been using it for a couple of weeks and I’d like you to use it also.

I’ve added other features some of you have asked for:

Better tagging.

You can add tags like “pizza” or “basketball” or “money.” You can type a few key mathematical terms into the Common Core search bar and it will locate standards for you. Of course, all of this will make the search engine much smarter.

A smarter search engine.

People e-mail now and then telling me in kind terms how awful this spreadsheet is. I’m in total agreement. Unless you’re fluent in Common Core shorthand, it’s impossible to find tomorrow’s topic today. So now you can head to my page on 101questions, click Search, and then click “Search this user.” Type in what you’re looking for. Click “Has lesson” to narrow down my material to everything that’s been a little more developed. Click the grade boxes to tighten the results down even more.

Try it out. Add some tags to your old material. Leave me some comments here. I’ll need as much useful criticism as you can offer. Let’s make this great together.