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Time Management Strategies for The Classroom and Workplace
Check out the best resources to transform your life/work balance.
Time Management Problems? Check Your Working Style
PJ Caposey, educator, author, and consultant, explains the time management pitfalls of 8 different working styles. Which blend of styles describes you? Caposey helps us understand the time traps and offers “One quick strategy to” avoid the dreaded time sink.
Video Course: Time Management: Working from Home
Author Dave Crenshaw says, "Working from home is a wonderful opportunity, but time management can be a challenge. With so many demands on your time and attention, it's a tricky balancing act to stay productive." Useful tips for online students too!
This course is available from LinkedIn on a one-month free trial basis. Note: This course is also open to all currently registered UW-Stout Online students via their Lynda.com student subscription.
How To Be Productive: 5 Simple Steps To Getting Things Done
Want to clear your mind, boost your sense of well being, and improve your productivity? Carrie King provides a brief overview of David Allen's brilliant work known around the world as GTD.
The Pomodoro Technique (Video)
This short overview video introduces the Pomodoro Technique. Learn to manage your productive time by chunking tasks into ‘Pomodoros' (25-minute bursts of high focus work). Great for organizing your work or life flow!
Time Management Strategies for Online Instructors
Hard-won advice from Kay Lehmann and Lisa Chamberlin. Here’s a treasure trove of field-tested best practices to help online instructors stay organized and present. Follow this advice and be well prepared for the torrent of demands typical of robust online classes.
Tech Tip
This timely online hive of ideas promises to help you creatively hack your daily routine.
Top Ten Time Management Apps to Optimize Your Productivity
Apps can help you stay on track, efficiently work, focus on tasks, even remind you of when to take a break. Here's a current review of an eclectic selection of tools covering mobile and desktop terrain.