Teachers spend significant time in the browser — lesson planning, research, grading documents, communicating with parents and colleagues. Here are Firefox extensions that reduce administrative friction.
Keeping up with subject-area developments
News Widget Dashboard — RSS feeds from education publications and subject-area sources on the new tab.
For teachers who want to stay current with their subject (science news, historical developments, technology changes), RSS feeds from quality sources provide updates without opening individual sites or social media feeds.
Useful RSS feeds for educators:
- Education Week (K-12 policy)
- Subject-specific journals and blogs
- District or school news feeds (if available)
Lesson plans and daily priorities
Daily Planner — today's teaching and admin tasks on the new tab.
Useful for tracking: class-specific tasks (grade period 2 essays), admin deadlines (parent conference sign-ups due Friday), preparation items (photocopy materials for lab).
Habit tracking for consistent professional development
Habit Tracker — monthly grid for professional habits.
Teacher professional development habits:
- "Read one education article"
- "Connected with a colleague"
- "Tried a new teaching technique"
- "Completed professional development module"
Document drafting
AI Writing Assistant — grammar checking for newsletters to parents, curriculum documents, and professional communications that runs locally.
For teachers drafting communications about specific students, local grammar checking keeps student information off third-party servers.
Research organization per subject or unit
Tab Manager — save named sets of research tabs per unit or topic.
Planning a new unit on the American Revolution? Save those 15 research tabs as "Unit 3 — American Revolution sources." Return to them when planning subsequent lessons without searching through history.
Dark mode for evening grading sessions
NightOwl — automatic dark mode for late-night grading and planning sessions.
These are part of a series of 11 Firefox extensions I built — see the full series.
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