In today’s world one of the things that is hard for me to accept is that most of the reading I’m going to have to do is going to be on a computer screen. I’ve always had trouble reading off of a computer because all my distractions are right in front of me on my laptop. Isolating those distractions was the first thing I had to do, but then I had to become a more effective reader on a computer screen. I’ve always been the type of person to want a hard copy of a text book, but with prices these days it’s just all around better to buy the text online.

I’ve always wondered what the most effective way to take notes was while reading online, but I think The Learning Center’s “Annotating Texts” document can help spell it out. I’ve always thought it was a waste of time to make notes right on the page while reading, but after perusing this article and digesting it I think it could be very helpful. As I’m reading I can right things down that will spark my memory and it will make the page more dynamic instead of just being words on a page. I think students in today’s world need to adapt and I think this is a great first step in that adaptation.

Link:

https://learningcenter.unc.edu/files/2017/07/Annotating-Texts-S17.pdf

One thing that I struggle with the most if getting distracted by all types of technology. As I’m writing this post I have the TV on in front of me and my phone sitting right next to me which is just about as bad as it can get. Every time my phone lights up I go check it and that diverts my attention and causes assignments to take longer than they should. It is a huge problem, however I think I have a plan of attack that will help me overcome this and could help other students in the future too.

In Jordan Bates’ article about time management he writes about devoting your entire attention to the task at hand which is what I think I need to work on the most. I essentially need to isolate myself from the outside world, especially my phone, while working on assignments. I think it would really help everyone in our digital age to just put the phone away while working or studying. That way there is nothing lighting up taking your attention away from the task at hand. I think this tip will help me be more efficient and waste less time playing around on silly apps that are not going to better me.

Link to article:

https://www.creativitypost.com/index.php?p=create/work_smarter_not_harder_21_time_management_tips_to_hack_productivity

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The part of this module that I personally got the most out of was the information bout netiquette. I always remembered in high school, when twitter and facebook were becoming super popular, hearing that everything that you post online is there forever. This point is stressed in the docstocTV video with Julie Spira that we are creating a digital footprint that will never go away. I always thought it was kind of silly that it was stressed to us so much that deleting a post that could be controversial would not make it go away, but it is coming to fruition in our society today as we see some athletes and even politicians come into question about things that they have posted on the internet in the past.

I have always tried to stay mindful of what I post on social media and I think it is helpful for every college student to realize what you post can have such a huge effect on a job that you might get down the road because employers can and will see it! It is never worth it to make yourself look bad on the internet to maybe get a couple laughs, but possibly make your job search tougher because the post looks so bad to professionals. Always be aware of the ramifications of what you post!

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