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Get yourself organised!!
Organise...Learn better...Succeed!!
What Type of Person are You? Organised? Disorganised?
Organisation = Control = Power
School
Small classes
Timetabled Individual
attention
University
Big classes
On your own! Less
attention
Differences between school and university
Organise your time
Organise your links &
feeds
Organise your work
Organise your space
Succeed
at
Universit
y
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Is your room like this?
Or like this?
Hopefully not like this!
Organise your space
Organise your desk
Organise your bedroom
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Organise your desk with files
and folders
How do you study?
Silence? Music?
ORWarm? Cool?
Food? Drink?
How do you study?
Organise your work
File your notes
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Keep your computer files tidy
Tidy your desktop
Unclutter your desktop with FencesFences by Stardock
Organise your computer
• Always create folders within folders in a logical & orderly way, to make it easier to find your work
• Save to I drive (school), C drive (home) and USB drive or portable hard drive
• Always make sure you have a back-up of your data
OneNote
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Google Docs
Work on filesusing Google Docs
Zotero
Watch a demonstration videohttp://www.zotero.org/
Use a ‘research assistant’ like
Zotero
TrackClass
http://trackclass.com/
http://trackclass.com/tour
TrackClass
TrackClass
TrackClass
TrackClass
TrackClass
Organise your time
Time Management
We each have the same amount of
time –
choose wisely how you will use yours!!
Identify your study habits
Do you study best in the morning...
...or at night?
Reward yourself...
...but not too much!!!
Computer games
Time waster !
Time waster !
Be disciplined !!
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Use planners, diaries & calendars
• Be able to see the big picture – use a yearly or term planner and use a monthly calendar as an overview
• Use a family calendar if you have lots of extra-curricular commitments, or colour-code your calendar
• Add assignments / appointments to a weekly calendar
• Make up a weekly study planner and plan time for homework and revision as well as sport and music commitments
• Know when your assignments are due
• Break assignments up into manageable chunks and do something on each assignment every day (or couple of days)
Plan your time
Outlook Calendar
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Google Calendar
..or plan your time with Google
Calendar
iGoogle – events & lists
Netvibes
Student organiser using
Netvibes
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Organise your links &
feedsMake the internet work for you – work smarter not harder!
Infobesity
RSS - feed your mind!“Connecting with what other people are writing”
RSS – your own customised newspaper
RSS continuall
y feeds
Finding Feeds
Topix.net - This search tool allows you to locate recent newsfeed items based upon keyword or phrase searching. It focuses specifically on news and media feeds for information, not blogs.
Syndic8.com - Syndic8 is an open directory that contains thousands of RSS feeds which users have submitted.
Technorati - Technorati is a popular blog-finding tool. Since RSS feeds are inherent to all blogging tools, Technorati Blog Search can help you find RSS feeds for topic-specific blogs you may be interested in.
Feed Readers or Aggregators
Google Reader
My Yahoo Bloglines Feedly iGoogle Pageflakes Netvibes
Google Alerts
Google Reader
RSS feedsusing Google
Reader
Expanded Academic Database
iGoogle – add RSS feeds
Add an RSS Feed
iGoogle – News feeds
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iGoogle – Business news feeds
iGoogle – Book feeds
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iGoogle – Music feeds
Netvibes – RSS feeds
Netvibes – RSS feeds
Netvibes – News feeds
Netvibes – Business news
Netvibes – Student organiser
RSS Feed Readers Compared
(Pearce & Bass, 2008, Technology Toolkit)
Social Bookmarking“Connecting with what other people are
reading”
Social Bookmarking
DIIGO
Diigo – add bookmarks
Diigo - your bookmarks
Diigo – others’ bookmarks
Diigo – groups
Diigo – highlights & sticky notes
Organise your time
Organise your links &
feeds
Organise your work
Organise your space
Succeed
at
Universit
y
Sites referred toDiigo http://www.diigo.com Another brilliant bookmarking site - you can also highlight and annotate sites - essential for your research.Fenceshttp://www.stardock.com/products/Fences/A great downloadable application to unclutter your desktop
Sites referred toGoogle Calendarhttp://www.google.com/calendar Organise yourself and never miss anything again!Google Docshttp://docs.google.com To use Google Docs, you need a Google Account, then you can upload and share a range of documents, spreadsheets and presentations.Google Readerhttp://www.google.com/reader Organise and read all the feeds from your favourite sites.iGoogle http://www.google.com/ig A personal homepage to go with your Google account. Similar to Netvibes and PageFlakesNetvibes http://www.netvibes.com A great way of organising your life online. You can add a huge range of widgets - calendar, mail, Twitter, to-do lists, feeds, bookmarks and more.
Sites referred toOnenoteA very powerful Windows 7.0 program for collecting any type of information together in the one place. It’s not online though, so you have to be using your own computer to access your work. Syndic8http://www.syndic8.com/This is an open directory that contains thousands of RSS feeds which users have submitted.Technoratihttp://www.technorati.com/This is a popular blog-finding tool which can help you find RSS feeds for topic-specific blogs you may be interested in.Topix.nethttp://www.topix.net/ This search tool allows you to locate recent newsfeed items based upon keyword or phrase searching. It focuses specifically on news and media feeds for information, not blogs.
Sites referred toTrackClasshttp://trackclass.com/An excellent website for organising your school or uni life. Keep track of your classes, assignments, exams, calendar, reminders, notes and files.Zoterohttp://www.zotero.org/Lets you collect links and whole pages, organize them into folders and tag them, and generate a citation list from them. You can also jot down notes on anything you save
Images usedAcknowledgements - Images
Craft drawers by evelynishere, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/evelynishere/2680853104/in/set-72157616213735873/Bookshelf spectrum, revisited by chotda, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/santos/1704875109/Jo and the filing by Max au, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/max_au/2791259517/Tickler File and A-Z reference by Stephanie Booth, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/bunny/203863198/Another custom order of memo pockets by Kasaa, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kasaa/2315571104/Christmas Music by Automania, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/automania/74037479/Teenage boy studying by Getty Images at:www.gettyimages.com/.../Brand-X-PicturesTeenage boy eating by Getty Images at:www.gettyimages.com/detail/57303586/StockbyteBoy studyinghttp://geoparent.com/featured/tag/homeschool-vs-public-school/
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Acknowledgements - Images
Paperclips http://www.theorganizinggenie.com/category/clear-the-clutter/Disorganised man cliparthttp://farroutlinks.net/blog/tag/scheduling/Brisbane Grammar Schoolhttp://www.brisbanegrammar.com/UQ studentswww.foundationyear.com/.../UQ_StudentsSteps.jpg/The Bedroom Floor by steve cx, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_cx/103487577/A filing system that works! by cactusdude666 on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/cactusdude666/4152686306/My ridiculously messy room by Christopher Woods on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/christopherw/293371087/Messy desk at Office Interior Design Blog by Spacehttp://www.spaceinc.net/blog/index.php/category/office-furniture/Hangers anyone? By evelynishere, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/evelynishere/2846939053/in/set-72157616213735873/
Images used
Images usedComputerhttp://elearning.medicine.swu.ac.th/it/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/computer.jpgTabs by denn, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/denn/5291024/Alarm clock:http://laughingliondesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/alarm-clock-postcard1.jpgSun with sunglasses: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_73/1153789284jI008B.jpgMoon: http://static-p4.fotolia.com/jpg/00/14/21/27/400_F_14212750_2n09lT5urHGRfPJtbktW4Ov87mUZ8jG0.jpgSurfboards on beach by Zest 4 Travel:www.zest4travel.co.uk/blog/category/faraway/World of Warcraft logo:http://www.castersrealm.com/images/wrath_of_the_lich_king_logo.jpgFacebook collage:facebookemoticons.biz/When I was eighteen I proto-blogged by Jill, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/lij/122525716/
Images usedGoogle Calendar on iPod Touch by miladus, on Flickr at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/miladus/1448504247/Events Calendar by Yandle, on Flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/yandle/844341197Fresh vegetables:www.choosehelp.comMan reading newspaper from Exit with Success:www.exitwithsuccess.com/i/man-reading-newspap...Baby bird in tree:http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjfinley/481428628/Uni students using laptop from Pro Corbis.com:http://www.istockphoto.com/Social bookmarking choices:http://www.serious-about-income.com/blog/labels/blogger.htmlAbseilers and Aboriginal dancers from Brisbane Marketing CD
Created by Cathy OxleyBrisbane Grammar School
Library
With grateful thanks to Anne RobinsonThe Dixie Grammar Schoolhttp://library-online.org.uk/
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