As I have mentioned before, I've wasted a lot of time over the years looking for and then changing the to-do list apps I use on my phone and computer (oh the irony!) Particularly at this time of year, as preparations for the new school year get underway, many teachers will be wading through their to-do lists like there's no tomorrow.
There are many jobs that I do in my work that require a series of steps, missing any one of which could result in disaster. Inspired by Atwul Gawande's Checklist Manifesto I've started documenting each of the steps using Asana. I have, for example, a list of 'holiday tasks' - things that I need to do before each term starts to get this prepared. The beauty of using Asana for this is that a new list (or project) can be made for each of the groups of tasks you need to wade through. The tasks can even be shared or assigned to other people - an excellent way of managing a new project. I used this functionality to great effect recently when an intern came to work in the geography department. Without the need for constant face-to-face meetings, I was able to assign her tasks and monitor her progress on them and also to attach documents to the tasks where needed.
Here's a screenshot of one of my projects - a list of things that I need to check are placed in the school calendar each term:
