Week Three- Time Management
Time management is an essential skill you must have if you want to be successful. Through this class, I was introduced to the application Trello and certain time management tips. Trello allows me to effectively schedule task I need to complete , I also like it because I am a visual person. Some time management tips that I learned and now utilize are making a schedule and celebrating when I complete a task. For a long time I did not work with a concrete schedule, I would just complete task at random with no complete guidance. Now when I complete a task on my list I make sure to celebrate, because the gratification is relaxing. It is also like a mini accomplishment, essentially it inspires me to keep on going.
More information on Trello: https://u.osu.edu/brown-7901/learning-technologies
More information on time management: https://www.northeastern.edu/bachelors-completion/news/time-management-for-online-students/
Weak Five- Find the credible resources
Knowing what is a credible resource is so important in the academic space. Numerous students come to college not knowing how to do research or not knowing how to tell the difference between legitimate papers and nonsense. This topic was very important for me because as a scientist, research and its legitimacy is the backbone of what I do. As explained in class finding credible resources is very difficult in todays age , due to the vast reality of the internet. Essentially any one can write anything and claim it is empirical evidence on a given topic, while in reality what that person wrote was not vetted or screened. It is very important once students enter college that they are taught the importance of how to attain credible resources.
More information on how to find credible resources: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-tips-for-smarter-more-efficient-internet-searching/
Week Two- Motivation and Goal Setting
Goal setting is always needed to get to the next step in the journey,I loved the chapter on goal setting , motivation and character. Without motivation you can’t achieve anything in life, people tend to have goals but no motivation. In other words, many people work towards ideals or places that society deems as success , but in reality most people have not defined what success mean to them. To truly achieve goals, an individual must define what truly motivates them and from there goal setting becomes easier and more attainable. As described in the chapter it is important you set long term goals, then within those longterm goals set short term goals until you reach your final goal.
More information on goal setting: https://osu.instructure.com/courses/98715/files/28070006/download?wrap=1