1. www.dcu.ie/studentlearning Time Management ‘Take Charge’ Student Learning

2. Identify the difficulties in your time management Beat procrastination Plan your time Set achievable goals Learning Objectives

3. The opposite! scheduling your time goal setting prioritizing what to do analysing your time organizing workspace keeping focus motivating yourself Time management and procrastination

4. What are the difficulties in managing your time?

5. Diagnose your difficulties

6. 3.5 million youtube hits! Procrastination

7. 1.Take action 2.Salami technique 3.Five minutes 4.Work on related tasks 5.Do the hardest bits first 6.Set goals 7.Reward yourself for achievement 8.Make commitments 9.Change subjects regularly Strategies to prevent procrastination

8. Structure study environment –library –home Establish a routine Physical changes –E.g. unplug TV! Control the environment

9. Anyone ever have any difficulties with this? How do you overcome them? The lure of Facebook….

10. Limit your web access using a stopwatch/timer on your phone Schedule

11. Productivity Owl

12. Sync calendars: http://www.dcu.i e/iss/video/goo gle/gcal/Progra mmeTime.shtml Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Jan Feb Mar Apr Create a yearly planner – use gmail calendar/ mind map/ pen and paper Organise your term

13. timemontueswedthursfrisatsun 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 Organise your week

14. Mark in on a weekly calendar when you are busy this week –Include lectures, social engagements, part-time work, sports/societies commitments etc Can you find time in the week which you could put towards study? –Highlight these hours with a highlighter or pen Activity

15. Activity: Now make sure your to- do tasks are SMART goals Remember to break the task down SMART goals

16. How to create a to-do list

17. Check out the ‘Errands’ app (ios) or ‘Any Do’ (android) To DoPriority e.g. lecture notes To-do list

18. timemontueswedthursfrisatsun 9.00Psych L1 read notes and create mind- map 10.00 11.00 Organise your week (2)

19. Plan out SMART goals for tomorrow 3 mins Now turn to your small group: –How did it work? Activity (2)

20. Further resources

21. Access these slides through loop

22. Control your environment Tackle procrastination Use a calendar Be SMART! Summary

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