Hey everyone! Welcome back! Hopefully everyone enjoyed their week and learned a lot. Once again I was able to take away a lot of valuable tips in this weeks lesson, efficiency in the digital age. The most important thing I learned was how to use technology to help me effectively manage my time. I struggle with procrastination as do most students and this weeks lesson provided a lot of useful information that I could benefit from in the future. Slide 13 talks about the benefits of using an online calendar. It goes on to point out that using a calendar helps students visualize commitments, identify free time and block off time for certain tasks. I think using an online calendar will especially help me with the topic discussed on slide 14 of breaking down large tasks. If I plan accordingly and plan out large tasks over time on my calendar, this will help prevent both procrastination and feeling overwhelmed by larger assignments. I am confident this will be useful to my education because over the summer I used an online calendar to plan out my days. I would plan out my days and make time for my two jobs, the gym, friends family, etc. and I found it extremely helpful even when unexpected things came up because at the very least I was aware of everything I needed to get done. That is why I will begin to incorporate this strategy into my school life. Additionally, I would recommend not only using an online calendar but to schedule in free time or breaks throughout the day. This will help students limit using their phone while they are doing work because they will be aware of time in which they are supposed to be doing work or relaxing/using their phones. This is a problem I face when I do work and I anticipate scheduling breaks into my daily routine will help limit distractions. Thanks again for reading and I will see you all next week.
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