Control your time and don't let it control you.
Please click on this link to first look at this PowerPoint.
I then meet with my students individually to hold them accountable to manage their time and to help them with any problems. Here is the handout that I give them.
For this project, we looked at several components related to time management:
1.Put your schedule and important assignments and events on Google calendar. It needs to be on your phone as well.
2.Choose 1 goal and put the daily tasks for that goal on Google calendar in the place where you normally waste time.
3.Choose at least 1 method for recording your daily tasks.
Put on your calendar.
Google Keep.
Text yourself your tasks.
Write down your tasks.
4.Beat procrastination. Do what you hate or dislike doing FIRST.
Here is how you are graded for this project:
A: You did all of the following:
You use Google calendar appropriately. In other words, you put your course schedule, important assignments (papers, quizzes or tests), important events, goal and daily tasks on Google Calendar.
You chose a goal and have appropriate daily tasks on your Google calendar in the place where you normally waste time.
You had a method for recording your daily tasks from at least 1 of the 4 options I gave you.
You started to implement the idea of do what you hate or dislike doing FIRST.
You came to your individual conference with me.
B: You missed ONE of the following:
You use Google calendar appropriately. In other words, you put your course schedule, important assignments (papers, quizzes or tests), important events, goal and daily tasks on Google Calendar.
You chose a goal and have appropriate daily tasks on your Google calendar in the place where you normally waste time.
You had a method for recording your daily tasks from at least 1 of the 4 options I gave you.
You started to implement the idea of do what you hate or dislike doing FIRST.
You came to your individual conference with me.
C: You missed TWO of the following:
You use Google calendar appropriately. In other words, you put your course schedule, important assignments (papers, quizzes or tests), important events, goal and daily tasks on Google Calendar.
You chose a goal and have appropriate daily tasks on your Google calendar in the place where you normally waste time.
You had a method for recording your daily tasks from at least 1 of the 4 options I gave you.
You started to implement the idea of do what you hate or dislike doing FIRST.
You came to your individual conference with me.
D: You missed THREE of the following:
You use Google calendar appropriately. In other words, you put your course schedule, important assignments (papers, quizzes or tests), important events, goal and daily tasks on Google Calendar.
You chose a goal and have appropriate daily tasks on your Google calendar in the place where you normally waste time.
You had a method for recording your daily tasks from at least 1 of the 4 options I gave you.
You started to implement the idea of do what you hate or dislike doing FIRST.
You came to your individual conference with me.
F: You missed FOUR or more of the following:
You use Google calendar appropriately. In other words, you put your course schedule, important assignments (papers, quizzes or tests), important events, goal and daily tasks on Google Calendar.
You chose a goal and have appropriate daily tasks on your Google calendar in the place where you normally waste time.
You had a method for recording your daily tasks from at least 1 of the 4 options I gave you.
You started to implement the idea of do what you hate or dislike doing FIRST.
You came to your individual conference with me.
For how you can check how you are doing, check this chart by clicking on this link.