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Get yourself organised!! Organise... Learn better... Succeed!!

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Get yourself organised!!

Organise...Learn better...Succeed!!

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What Type of Person are You? Organised? Disorganised?

Organisation = Control = Power

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School

Small classes

Timetabled Individual

attention

University

Big classes

On your own! Less

attention

Differences between school and university

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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?

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Or like this?

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Hopefully not like this!

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Organise your space

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Organise your desk

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Organise your bedroom

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Organise your desk with files

and folders

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How do you study?

Silence? Music?

ORWarm? Cool?

Food? Drink?

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How do you study?

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Organise your work

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File your notes

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Keep your computer files tidy

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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

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OneNote

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Google Docs

Work on filesusing Google Docs

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Zotero

Watch a demonstration videohttp://www.zotero.org/

Use a ‘research assistant’ like

Zotero

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TrackClass

http://trackclass.com/

http://trackclass.com/tour

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TrackClass

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TrackClass

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TrackClass

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TrackClass

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TrackClass

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Organise your time

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Time Management

We each have the same amount of

time –

choose wisely how you will use yours!!

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Identify your study habits

Do you study best in the morning...

...or at night?

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Reward yourself...

...but not too much!!!

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Computer games

Time waster !

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Facebook

Time waster !

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Be disciplined !!

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Use planners, diaries & calendars

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• 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

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Outlook Calendar

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Google Calendar

..or plan your time with Google

Calendar

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iGoogle – events & lists

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Netvibes

Student organiser using

Netvibes

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Organise your links &

feedsMake the internet work for you – work smarter not harder!

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Infobesity

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RSS - feed your mind!“Connecting with what other people are writing”

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RSS – your own customised newspaper

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RSS continuall

y feeds

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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.

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Feed Readers or Aggregators

Google Reader

My Yahoo Bloglines Feedly iGoogle Pageflakes Netvibes

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Google Alerts

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Google Reader

RSS feedsusing Google

Reader

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Expanded Academic Database

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iGoogle – add RSS feeds

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Add an RSS Feed

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iGoogle – News feeds

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iGoogle – Business news feeds

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iGoogle – Book feeds

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iGoogle – Music feeds

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Netvibes – RSS feeds

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Netvibes – RSS feeds

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Netvibes – News feeds

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Netvibes – Business news

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Netvibes – Student organiser

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RSS Feed Readers Compared

(Pearce & Bass, 2008, Technology Toolkit)

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Social Bookmarking“Connecting with what other people are

reading”

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Social Bookmarking

DIIGO

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Diigo – add bookmarks

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Diigo - your bookmarks

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Diigo – others’ bookmarks

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Diigo – groups

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Diigo – highlights & sticky notes

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Organise your time

Organise your links &

feeds

Organise your work

Organise your space

Succeed

at

Universit

y

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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/

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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

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Created by Cathy OxleyBrisbane Grammar School

Library

With grateful thanks to Anne RobinsonThe Dixie Grammar Schoolhttp://library-online.org.uk/