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“Time Is Money”What do I Do With My Time?

Ed Valenski (516) 587-2285

valenski.ed@gmail.comCertified Business Teacher

Massapequa School District

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OverviewCourse Application: • Career and Financial Management, Personal Money Management, Entrepreneurship• PC Applications – Excel

Objective:• Create a table that identifies where and how students spend their time.

• Analyze the personal use of time• Link the use of time with the attainment of goals• Create a class benchmark for categories of activities – discuss and analyze variances• Prepare a table that plans time according to stated goals and highlights tradeoffs

Process Overview:• Provide students with or have students create the “Daily Time Sheet” (Attached)

– Paper or Excel• Provide students with a list of major categories of time – they can add detail beyond the

major category but provide some level of macro consistency so that the analysis do not become too detailed (Attached)

• Week 1 Have students create and plan their next week• Week 2 Have students compare actual time usage with their plan and create a new weekly

plan• (This can done for as many iterations as you see appropriate.)• Analyze time spent on various activities against their SMART goals.

– Create a charts or charts in Excel• Have students prepare an analysis and proposed action steps to align time with goals

– Can be done in Word• Have students create class benchmarks and compare to peers

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Categories1. Sleep2. Eat & Hygiene 3. School4. Homework5. Work (Including searching for a job)6. Teams (Include band practice, school teams, club activities, sports etc)7. Family (Parties, visits etc.)8. Community (Including Religious Service)9. Free Time

1. TV2. Video games3. Hanging with friends – No Specific activity4. Adventures with friends – specific activity i.e. bowling, beach, movies etc.5. PC non school6. Phone & Text7. Reading8. Arts - Music, Art, Writing, Video Creation, Photography non school

Excel Data Collection Templates

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Microsoft Office Excel 97-2003 Worksheet