Remember The Milk (RTM) is a simple tool that allows you to enter tasks and reminders quickly and easily.  Tasks can be added to customized lists, then assigned due dates, tagged, associated with specific locations, link to URLs, assign priorities, and even share with others.  RTM can be configured to send you reminders via SMS, instant message (using almost any service you can think of), and email.  If that was all that RTM did, it would be a great tool.  However, RTM does even more.

Remember The Milk reminders can be set via a special email address that is given to each user.  The service is also iCalendar-compliant, so you can easily import your data into your Google Calendar or Apple’s iCal.  And if that wasn’t enough, RTM also creates Atom and RSS feeds that you can subscribe to in your RSS reader!

All of those features are part of Remember The Milk’s free service.  The new, $25/year Pro service adds mobile apps for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, Blackberry, Android, and Windows Mobile devices.  There are also numerous third-party apps/services and a few other official ones.

Remember the Milk’s standard service is free to use (and there don’t even appear to be any ads).  RTM supports all major, modern web browsers on Mac, Windows, and Linux and has been online since 2004.  With the numerous, powerful features, and its easy-to-use interface, RTM should be in every teacher’s Web 2.0 toolbox.

The PocketMod site provides a Flash-based tool to create and print a custom layout for your 8-page PocketMod.  Options for each page include a calendar, three different grids, ruled lines, personal organizers, and more.  Once you’ve chosen your 8 pages, you can print it out, make the required cuts, and fold up your new PocketMod.

PocketMod would be great for making assignment notebooks  or deadline trackers for a classroom.  The best part, of course, is the cost.  For the price of a single sheet of paper and some ink/toner, you have a perfectly usable pocket-sized organizer that you can give to students or use yourself.  Unlike more traditional, full-sized organizers, if it is misplaced, it can be easily and inexpensively replaced.

Strengths

• Free
• Inexpensive and easy to produce in class-sized lots
• Easily replaced if lost/damaged

Weaknesses:

• No simple way to create new pages
• Some reports of incompatibility with Flash 10 (I didn’t notice this)

PocketMod is free to use, with no registration required.  It would be helpful for any teacher wanting to create cheap, disposable recyclable organizers for their students or themselves.  To use PocketMod, you’ll need a computer with Flash and a printer.  If you plan to produce multiple copies of the same PocketMod, a copy machine would be helpful.