What programs do you use ?

Hi, fellow teachers.

I'm looking for a practical program to type my daily lesson plans, one that would allow me to put checks next to the different tasks I've planned as I do them (I've recently put a computer on my classroom desk). To my knowledge, we can't do that in Word or Excel.

I'm also looking for a convenient weekly manager, where I can enter my appointments, the homework I've assigned, my weekly tasks and so on. Outlook is not customizable enough in my opinion, at least the 2000 version I have on my computer.

Thxs a lot in advance for your 2ps. :-D