TIME MANAGEMENT

TIME AND INFORMATION Time = Limited period or interval as between two successive events. -Random House Dictionary Communication technology is radically changing the speed, direction, and amount of information flow, even if it alters work roles all across organizations. As a case in point,the number of secretaries is down 521,000 just since Rich Tetzeli, “Surviving Information Overload” Fortune, July 11, There has been more information produced in the last 30 years than during the previous 5,000.

TIME AND INFORMATION A weekday edition of The New York Times contains more information than the average person was likely to come across in a lifetime during 17th century England. The information supply available to us doubles every 5 years. - Richard Saul Wurman, Information Anxiety. Already an estimated two-thirds of U.S employees work in the services sector, and “knowledge” is becoming our most important “product”. From NEW YORK HABITS FOR A RADICALLY CHANGING WORLD by Price Pritchett. © 1994 Pritchett & Associates.

PIE OF LIFE

GUIDELINES FOR SCHEDULING Examine your toughest weeks Break Large Projects into Smaller Steps Start working on Assignments Days Before They Are Due

How to take notes What are the problems with lecture? Lecture not best way to teach Problems: Short attention span (may be only 15 minutes). Teacher dominates. Most info is forgotten “Stenographer” role interferes with thinking, understanding, learning. How soon do we forget? What is the solution? Answer: Active listening, really understanding during lecture. Aims- Forgetting curves critical period: over half of lecture forgotten in 24hrs - Immediate understanding - Longer attention - Better retention - Notes for study later

What to do during? DURING: Write main ideas & some detail. No stems. What clues does Prof.. give about what’s most important? Ask. Ask other questions. What do to before? BEFORE: Always prepare AFTER: - Review - Recall - Recite Leave blank column about 2 1/2” on left of page. Use only front side of paper. What to do after? Left column for key recall words, “tags”. Cover right side & recite what tags mean. Review/Recall/Recite. - Read: Readings parallel lectures & make them meaningful. - Warm up: Review last lecture notes & readings right before class

Lecture system 4 On spot learning 4 attention longer 4 retention better 4 notes for exams 4 BEFORE - PREPARE –Readings –Warm up 4 DURING - RIGHT KIND OF NOTES –Listen/ Write main Ideas (Some detail) –Split-page layout 4 AFTER - R/R/R –recall columns & Write –review –recite Lots of info What to do!? They talk Auto steno zzzz dead end ACTIVE LISTENING Why: How: 3-phase system TIME Your forgetting begins now! Adapted from 1997 Wadsworth Company/ ITP

Steps in Previewing Read the title. What is the chapter about ? Recall what you know already about the topic. Read the introduction or first paragraph. The main idea of the chapter is usually found here. Read the boldfaced headings throughout the chapter Read the first paragraph or sentence under each heading. This gives you an overview of each question. Look at the accompanying graphs, charts, and pictures. Visual aids usually emphasize main points. They also summarize details.

Read the last paragraph or summary. This often gives the main points or conclusions. Read the objectives at the beginning of each chapter. Objectives help you set goals and purposes. Such goals help you determine what you should know or be able to do at the end of each chapter. Note any typographical aids (boldface, underlining, italics). In the body of the text, these aids highlight important terms. When found in margins. They may outline important facts. Steps in Previewing

Read the vocabulary terms at the beginning or end of each chapter. You may recognize some of the terms. However, they may have specialized meanings for that topic. Read the purpose-setting or review questions which accompany the chapter. These focus on key concepts. Steps in Previewing