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- 2. Time For A Breakdown How do you make time management effective? • Identify your priorities • Make the schedule visible • Create an Action Plan • Get Organized • Breathe
- 3. Identifying Priorities What goes into your schedule • Some key things to include: • Classes • Study time • Meals • Work • Sleep • Breaks
- 4. Building Your Schedule • Start with things that have set times that you can’t change • Classes and work are examples • Add in study times • Try to keep these between 1 – 1.5 hours • Don’t forget meals, breaks, and other activities!
- 5. Class times go in first!
- 6. Next, we add in work.
- 7. Now it’s time for homework and study times! Notice that these blocks are just an hour long
- 10. Breaks are really important! Make sure to include them in your schedule.
- 11. • Planning for every hour of the day can be overwhelming • Include as much detail as you need
- 12. Schedule Building Online Making structure for yourself • Online courses can provide a lot of scheduling freedom • It’s important to give yourself from structure • Building your own structure can help with motivation and keep you on top of the work • Remember to be specific! • Say exactly what you plan on doing during the time you block out
- 13. Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for ISEM Zoom Lecture for ISEM Zoom for MATH Zoom for MATH Zoom for MATH • If your classes require you to attend a Zoom Lecture, plug those times in first • Just like our other schedule, start with things that have set times
- 14. Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for ISEM Zoom Lecture for ISEM Zoom for MATH Zoom for MATH Zoom for MATH Watch Recorded Lectures Watch Recorded Lectures Watch Recorded Lectures Take Notes on Posted Slides Take Notes on Posted Slides • Schedule time to view lectures or slides for classes that don’t have normal meeting times • Putting time in your schedule for these activities can help keep you on track for finishing material
- 15. Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for ISEM Zoom Lecture for ISEM Zoom for MATH Zoom for MATH Zoom for MATH Watch Recorded Lectures Watch Recorded Lectures Watch Recorded Lectures Take Notes on Posted Slides Take Notes on Posted Slides Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying • Just like before, schedule time for homework and studying
- 16. Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for BIOL Zoom Lecture for ISEM Zoom Lecture for ISEM Zoom for MATH Zoom for MATH Zoom for MATH Watch Recorded Lectures Watch Recorded Lectures Watch Recorded Lectures Take Notes on Posted Slides Take Notes on Posted Slides Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying Homework & Studying • Note: I left a lot of space in the schedule • When you have all online classes, it is important to build in time to be flexible
- 17. Making Your Schedule Visible Find the method that works for you • It’s important to make your schedule visible • Actually recording what you need to do can help motivate you to do it • You can use: • Paper planner • Your phone • Organizational apps
- 18. Making Your Schedule Visible Find the scale that works for you • Semester • Monthly • Weekly • Daily
- 19. Semester Schedule • Great for finding trends in your semester • Can identify busy weeks and plan ahead • Unfortunately, you don’t have a lot of detail about what is happening each week/day
- 20. Weekly Schedule • Has more detail than a semester schedule • Easier to see where you have free time • Can be overwhelming • Can’t easily see what is coming up next
- 21. Daily Schedule • A daily schedule can be as simple as a to-do list • This is a great way to give your day structure • It can get overwhelming if you schedule too many things in one day
- 22. The Pomodoro Technique Time management for the small scale • Organize how you work • Understand the task – break it into chunks (pomodoros) • For each 25 minutes of intense focus, give yourself a 5 minute break • 25 minute session = 1 Pomodoro • 1 Pomodoro = 5 minute break • 4 Pomodoros (100 minutes) = 30 minute break
- 23. Create An Action Plan Give yourself some direction
- 24. Action Plan • An action plan is a way of taking a large task and breaking it up into smaller, more manageable pieces • You can action plan big projects, homework assignments, study sessions, or anything else! • When making your action plan, it is important to include intermediate deadlines • These deadlines can help prevent procrastinaion
- 25. Action Plan Your Study Plan • Develop a study plan for you a class you have right now • 1) Find two text sources (3/29) • 2) Skim first and last chapters (3/31) • 3) Take notes on one chapter (4/01) • Include at least one campus or outside resource to help you while you study • What are some roadblocks you might run into?
- 26. Getting Organized Find a good space • Create a work space that is both physically and digitally efficient • Establish an organization system • Clear and consistent file names • Arrange files and papers in a way that makes sense
- 27. Folder: ENGL 101-03 Folder: Discussions Responses Folder: Reading Assignments Folder: Essays Folder: Rough Drafts Folder: Final Drafts File: Christensen_Essay 1 File: Christensen_Essay 2 Taking a little time to organize files well, can help you find things more quickly in the future
- 28. HOW CAN WE HANDLE INTERRUPTIONS?
- 29. Things To Keep In Mind Why your time management needs to be flexible • Priorities change • Life happens • A good plan can be improved • Things don’t always go according to plan • You might have extra time • You might have less time • Other people might need your help
- 30. BREATHE
Editor's Notes
- Class are an obvious thing to add in
- Work also makes sense
- Gotta find time to study
- How many of you included sleep? It should really be a priority
- You gotta eat!
- BREAKS!!!!
- Pros and Cons
- Can also look like your to-do list. Keep it reasonable! Sometimes I break up my to do list into smaller to do lists
- We talked about goal setting last week, and we need time management to make sure that we can get our goals completed. Action planning is one form of time management
- Part of time management is using your time effeciently! To do that, make sure you can find what you need
- What are some times when things haven’t gone to plan? What are some ways to handle those situations?
- Time Management can be really overwhelming when you look at it from a really broad view. Remember to be flexible and forgiving with yourself. Time management isn’t going to be perfect 100% of the time.