Lots of links here - a selection of other people's tools that PhD students may want to peruse. These are a companion to one of our Tech Fridays where we discuss best practices and the subtleties of research.

1. Exploiting Rapid
Change in Technology
Enhanced Learning
… for Post Graduate Education
Technology for graduate students….
Motivation and Habits & Time Management

2. "A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation
with the bricks others have thrown at him." --David
Brinkley
"No one can make you feel inferior without your
consent." --Eleanor Roosevelt
"The whole secret of a successful life is to find out
what is one's destiny to do, and then do it." --Henry
Ford
"If you're going through hell keep going." --Winston
Churchill
"The ones who are crazy enough to think they can
change the world, are the ones who do." --Anonymous

3. Agenda
1. Intrinsic vs Extrinsic
2. Motivation – what works?
3. Time Management
4. Habits

4. Intrinsic vs Extrinsic
Intrinsic – increase your
feel good to do more level
1. Quotations / Ted Talks
2. Pride in Self (success)
3. Authority
4. Self Improvement
What do you think of when you set down to work?
Extrinsic – increase the
outcomes your goals get
you
1. Time to yourself
2. Success
3. Grades
Who Notices? We all need cheerleaders.

5. Time Management
1. https://www.rescuetime.com/
2. https://www.rememberthemilk.com/
3. Dropbox and evernote
4. https://www.focusboosterapp.com/
5. https://www.toggl.com/
6. http://www.mylifeorganized.net/
Manage your time not your tasks – One really important thing, two other larger
tasks or 3 to 4 smaller ones

6. Habits!
1. Small and stackable for personal stuff
2. http://www.21habit.com/
3. https://www.stickk.com https://www.beeminder.com/
4. https://momentumdash.com/
5. https://lifetick.com/
6. http://daytum.com/
7. https://chains.cc/
8. http://www.42goals.com/
subtitle

7. Good Finds
1. http://uk.businessinsider.com/time-
management-and-productivity-hacks-2015-
10?r=US&IR=T/#-10
2. http://ucc.vt.edu/academic_support/online_s
tudy_skills_workshops/time_management_str
ategies.html
3. Ted Talks - search em out and share!
4. ???? You share
Nice things to pass along

8. What’s Up at DoctoralNet?
1. Fridays – quick technology examples per topic:
Over for the season – which were your favorites?
2. Webinars through December – Phase 1, 2, and 3, covered each month
1. November 22nd - Doctoral Socialization: What are you missing and why
should you care?
2. November 29th – Discussing Your Findings: A Qualitative Case Study
3. December 6th – Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks
4. December 13th - Organization for 2017: Moving Your Thesis Forward
3. Groups! – alternate Tuesdays – Read Listen Comment (Improve Your Writing &
4 Lingerers (Get Your Thesis Moving Again)
4. LET’S PARTY! DEC 14TH – WHAT WILL YOU BRING?