I believe that I have learned a great deal in this course. I have learned about myself and how I study, and where my strengths and weaknesses are. I have also learned about some fantastic online tools and resources that I can use to improve my study habits and efficiency. I believe that I can apply a lot of this information directly into my life.
My favorite part about this course is learning about all of the different online tools and resources that are available for me to use for free. Google calendar is a great tool that I have been using since we learned about it in class. I also enjoyed learning about how to be more effective when searching for resources. I plan on using Google Scholar and Boolean operators to help me on all upcoming research papers. I also enjoyed learning about all of the cool websites available to help you study. I particularly liked the website that allows you to create interactive timelines. I am a very visual learner, so I believe this will help me understand material better.
The most useful thing I learned about myself is how I utilize my time. Before we did the exercise where we analyzed exactly how much time we spent doing stuff on a given week, I had never really given any thought into where all my time went. I would complain about being stressed and how I never had enough time. After performing this exercise, I knew exactly how much time I was spending on each activity each week. I was then able to specifically target certain areas of my life to better allocate my time.
The most meaningful activity in this course was learning how to use Google Calendars. I have long been looking for a way to organize my schedule that works for me. I tried to do a paper calendar but quickly stopped entering new stuff into it, or even brining it out with me at all. After working on our assignment on Google Calendars, it has become my favorite way to record my schedule. I no longer feel stressed wondering if I forgot about an assignment coming up. I now have a singular place to place all of the events that I have coming up. This has cut down on my procrastination because I feel less overwhelmed and has overall reduced my stress level.
I don’t need to worry about how I will apply what I learned in this class in the future because I am already doing it right now. I use Google Calendars to organize me week, I also have been able to cut back on inefficient time I was wasting thanks to the time management assignment. I have a final paper for my economics course due in two weeks. I will definitely use the information we just learned on how to conduct more effective searches and how to evaluate those sources once I have found them. Overall, I believe that this was a very beneficial course to take. Although my college career is almost over, I have learned skills in this class that I can easily take with me into a professional working environment.