Hi Frank: Great. There are many uses. You've described a functional use which could be very helpful for the reasons you describe. Some teachers like to be more reflective, so their notes contain more thoughts, feelings, impressions, perhaps even emotions. Yet another version is more ideas, personal comments, notes, "what-if's", - essentially planning possibilities. Another group may track notes about student performance, attitudes, readiness, successess, etc. Some don't use a journal at all. I think there's value in journalizing and it may one of the more underused tools teachers have at their disposal. Regards, Barry