Alien Pedagogy » GTD http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:06:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Productivity http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org/2008/12/09/productivity/ http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org/2008/12/09/productivity/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:56:56 +0000 alienpedagogy http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org/?p=88 Tyler Cowen asks what people do to stay sane, and there’s a good list here. Here are some of my strategies for keeping up with my workload:

  • Know when you can work – For me, that’s the morning. This is more important than any other thing that I do to add productivity.
  • Know when to take a break — for me that’s every fifteen minutes.
  • One can of coffee.
  • Headphones in the faculty room.
  • Things
  • Bob Dylan music.
  • Finish marking every day and enter grades every morning.
  • Water.
  • Sleep.
  • Exercise.
]]> http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org/2008/12/09/productivity/feed/ 0 It’s that time of the year again http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org/2008/11/17/its-that-time-of-the-year-again/ http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org/2008/11/17/its-that-time-of-the-year-again/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:44:53 +0000 alienpedagogy http://alienpedagogy.edublogs.org/?p=54 Mid-November is a tough time at this international school. Here’s why:

  • PTA fund raising fair is coming up.
  • Exams need to be written.
  • End of semester means students want to redo tons of assignments, so marking is high.
  • Stress is everywhere. Students, staff, parents, teachers.
  • Staff become less professional towards each other as their nerves wear thin (not me of course)
  • My inbox is overloaded with non-actionable items. They should be filed, but I feel like I can’t lose them, which is bizarre because my school uses gmail.

Who’s looking forward to winter break?

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