Kaplan ID: AEStrange AIM name: adiahas Adiaha Strange Welcome to Academic Strategies Let me again formally welcome you to class and our 5th seminar.

Welcome Let me again formally welcome you to class and our 5th seminar. First of all, this is your professor and facilitator for this course. Please feel free to address me by my first name, Adiaha.

Seminar Rules Let’s go over seminar rules: In order to allow anyone that has questions the opportunity to participate, I ask that you simply use // to raise your hand. Class, // is the hand raising symbol.

Unit 5: Seminar Time management

Unit 5 In the previous units, you have learned about setting goals, your learning style, your strengths and limitations as a learner, and your test taking skills. How you manage all of these areas is important to your college success. Personal management involves using time management tools and strategies to plan, organize, and prioritize your daily activities.

The Commitments of an Online Student: Managing Your Priorities

Time management means Knowing how much time you have. Knowing how much time it takes to complete different tasks. Knowing how to manipulate circumstances to fit your obligations into the time you have.

Use your time Wisely Overall, it means making more time by using the time you have wisely. You can adjust your schedule in different ways. For instance, you can use time in waiting rooms and while commuting. You can get up earlier or go to bed later.

Procrastination Procrastination means more than just waiting until the last minute. It also implies not planning ahead and not recognizing how much time it will take to do something. Do not wait until Saturday to start a paper due Monday

Avoiding Procrastination Plan ahead. Be aware of how you are actually spending your time. Recognize of how long things take to complete in real time. Do not put obligations off until the last minute.

Strategies for Successful Online Learning Time on Task – If you want to succeed and actually learn in class, you need to put in the effort. – As you gain more experience in online learning, you will figure out how much time you need to spend to do well. Pay attention and pace yourself. – Every class may be a little different in the amount of time you allot for your studies.

Pacing Yourself Develop formulas for how much time you are willing to commit to various aspects of the class. For instance, a common formula might be to look at the time you want to spend on an assignment and correlate it directly to how many points the assignment is worth. Is a 5-point paper really worth 20 hours of your time?

Easily Frustrated Class, some people start a project and then immediately become frustrated with it before spending any major amount of time or making any progress. Before you give up on something, or decide it is not worth more of your time, estimate realistically the time you have actually put into it.

Study Skills Making sure noises around you are not interfering with your concentration, like television or other people trying to talk to you. Not rushing through because you are tired or you have time constraints.

Strategies on using time: Develop, or plan for, blocks of study time Some learners need more frequent breaks for a variety of reasons More difficult material may also require more frequent breaks Place blocks of time when you are most productive, as morning person or night owl!

Schedule weekly reviews and updates Nights may be an excellent time to review your calendar Be mindful that as deadlines approach, your weekly routine must adapt

Prioritize assignments When studying, get in the habit of beginning with the most difficult subject or task For more difficult courses of study, try to be flexible in your approach to success

“Just ”—get something done “Perfection is the enemy of good”, especially in the course of beginning an assignment. Given that you build in review, roughly draft your idea and proceed from there

Postpone tasks Postpone tasks or routines that can be put off until school work is finished Eliminate, delegate or delay non-essential tasks as part of prioritizing. Review for a test may be more important than enjoying a sport.

Wisely Moves Develop alternative study places free from distractions to maximize concentration Use your “free” time wisely Think of times when you can study "bits" as when walking, riding the bus, etc.

Combo Move Combine several activities into one time spot. While commuting to school, listen to taped notes. This allows up to an hour or two a day of good study review. While showering make a mental list of the things that need to be done. When you watch a sit- com, laugh as you pay your bills.

Combine your time Combine your time. There are many things that you can do to multi- task. Above all be creative, and let it work for you.

Effective aids: Create a simple "To Do" list This simple program will help you identify a few items, the reason for doing them, a timeline for getting them done, and then printing this simple list and posting it for reminders. Create a simple "To Do" list

Daily/weekly planner Write down appointments, classes, and meetings on a chronological log book or chart. If you are more visual, sketch out your schedule First thing in the morning, check what's ahead for the day always go to sleep knowing you're prepared for tomorrow

Long term planner Use a monthly chart so that you can plan ahead. Long term planners will also serve as a reminder to constructively plan time for yourself

Better Managing Your Time Restructure your time with these three steps, and you'll find you have more time than you thought: 1.Get a handle on all that needs to be done 2.Prioritize 3.Set limits

Reward Make up your own rewards. For example, promise yourself a piece of tasty flapjack at lunchtime if you've completed a certain task.

Peer Pressure Ask someone else to check up on you. Peer pressure works! This is the principle behind slimming and other self-help groups, and it is widely recognized as a highly effective approach.

Get over it! If you are putting something off because you just don't want to do it, and you really can't delegate the work to someone else, you need to find ways of motivating yourself to get moving.

Reduce Interruptions CLOSE YOUR DOOR. If you have an office with a door, close the door while you're working. When you have your door open, basically it's seen as an open invitation. A closed door implies you're working on something important and should not be disturbed.

WRITE UP INSTRUCTIONS. People will interrupt you when they have questions or don't know how to do something. Whenever you can, put answers to common questions and instructions in writing. Give these instructions to the appropriate people so they can look up answers, rather than disturbing you for every little thing

Plan your day Set specific times to do bulk activities, like returning phone calls or s.

Learn to say no You have to learn to say no. Turn people down. Politely saying no should become a habit. Saying no frees up time for the things that are most important. Set limits

Time is Money Identify the unpleasant consequences of NOT doing the task. Work out the cost of your time to your employer. As your employers are paying you to do the things that they think are important, you're not delivering value for money if you're not doing those things. Shame yourself into getting going!cost of your time

Week 5 Assignments Readings Announcements on Course Home page Power Up Text Chapter 4 and “Keeping Time in Mind” on pages in Chapter 10 Time Management reading on pages 2 of Readings Additional Resources found on page 3 of Readings (Optional)

Learning Activities Read a helpful article on Time Management Go to the LASSI website for a module on Time Management Listen to guest speaker Ann Leach talk about Time Management

Discussion Learn to create a To Do list through the information provided Participate in the discussion

Seminar Participate in the live seminar or complete Option 2

Mini Project Create a Weekly Study Schedule For this week's mini-project, you will use the template found in the Unit Project button above to create a weekly study schedule for both of your courses, including what is due for each course. You can type directly into the boxes, and you can change the times if necessary. The schedule may run over to a second page. Feel free to print it out as well. At the end of the week, go back and answer the questions below the schedule.