entry 8

This week I am going to introduce the techniques I use.

     First of all, I want to talk about time wastes.  I am a hardworking student. However, I also be lazy sometimes. When I was being lazy, I would waste a lot of time.  I spent a lot of time on the Internet.  I like to hang out on the facebook or other social networking. i think it is pretty addictive for me. because I can know what my friends are doing when i did not see them in real life. I spent so many time on the social networking without any proper reason for myself.  In addition, I watch a lot of TV. Recently I moved into the dorm,  and I had cable from school and my new TV.  I think American TV show is really awesome.  I am getting used to those TV shows. Generally, I spent a lot of time on both TV and Internet.

      Secondly, I used X minutes reading tech.  I am not good at reading, especially academic reading. I have difficulty in reading long and hard paragraph.  Sometimes it is very hard for me to concentrate on reading.  So I tried to use this X minutes reading.  Basically, I trunk the reading pages, and I summarized the reading materials. When I try to read more paragraph, I will look though and review the previous reading part. I think that helps my mind to understand what the content was trying to show me.

Time waste	Avoid tasks
Faceook social networking TV shows Hanging out with friends	I try to turn off my laptop and TV when it is not necessary for me to run them. If it is really necessary for me to turn on the laptop, I will open the facebook and listen to the music. In addition, I tried to do separate my focus on social networking and TV.

Trunk the reading parts.	Summarize the reading	Review the previous reading
Original of language Language and society Language and society of dialect 1 Language and society of dialect 2	Language is originated from where, when, and how. Different area has different dialect. Explain why and how does that happened.	Original of language Language and society Langage and society dialect 1 Language and society dialect 2

Time Wasters & More

TECH Entry 8

            This week, the strategies I used to help myself out with my classes were the “X Minute Reading” and “Time Wasters” reading and anti-procrastination strategies to help make sure that I get all the work that I have due this last week before break done.

I used the “X Minute Reading” strategy for my HST 231 class because the readings in it at the moment are very difficult to understand and are also quite lengthy.  And I found this strategy to be so helpful because it is really tailored to mold the user’s individual learning methods.  I have a hard time staying focused on lengthy and involved readings, but by using this strategy I could break it up into smaller sections and then at the end of each I summarized what I learned and reviewed that information, took a short break to clear my head, and then got back to the reading after quickly reviewing the previous material.  And the reward function of this strategy did wonders to motivate me to complete the reading so I could utilize it.

The other strategy, “Time Wasters,” I used for all my classes and it helped me to stop procrastinating today and get started on my work because it showed me that I really did not have time to waste any time at all.  It clearly listed what I was doing to procrastinate as well as the tasks I was trying to avoid having to do, which for me, was really helpful because I need to see the reminder in order for the reality to set in.  And the reality was that I was procrastinating and wasting valuable time that I really could not afford to waste.  Both strategies worked very well.

academic fear and exploring rewards

This week I am going to use academic fear and exploring rewards for my studying.

This semester, my tasks of my courses are not hard. I am keep doing my work. however, I am kind of lazy sometimes.  I have very high expectation for myself.  I finished all my homework.  My problem is that I can do better during this homework. My fear is laziness. In addition, when I am taking literal art courses, such as linguistic. My English is still a problem. I cannot read very fast.  I have to spend a lot of time reading again and again. by the way, it is a huge lecture. Professor pays very little attention to each individual student. 

So I write a tables for myself to analyze my problems. This tables are listed as following.

Academic fear	Worst outcome	Best outcome	Attention needed
1.     Laziness 2.     Reading in English 3.     Endless homework assignment 4.     High pressure exam	1.Low grade in the courses 2. fail the classes 3. disappoint myself and paretns. 4. waste my money and time.	1.     high grade 2.     easy to find a intenship or job.	1.keep myself busy and doing my work on time. 2. socialize less time. 3. pay more attention in the courses.

the other strategy is exploring rewards. I used this strategy pretty often.  Because I don’t want to study all the time, I give myself a lot of time to entertain myself. When I got high grade in my exam, I often reward myself something. Such as food, clothes.  I feel very excited when I get high grade in my exams.  at same time, I will encourage myself keep studying in the future. In other hand, I will reward myself. It is a win win strategy. I also listed my table as following.

No cost rewards	Play more time with ppl on my floor every night. Study less time. Watch tv, or play video game
Low cost rewards	Buy myself a meal of great food.  Or go to movie with friends. Buy a second hand video game
High cost reward	Buy myself clothes I like or sneaker I like. At the same time, I can buy some toys for myself.

Motivation

This week the strategies I used to help me have a positive status to study are Acedemic fear and Exploring Rewards.

 Although I do not want to admit that sometimes I really afraid heard that we will hve an exam on HOM165, I have to force myself to review it. So the strategy Acedemic fear help me to find out what is my problem and how I ca solve them. When you face the tough problem the best way is not excape from it but solve it.

So I filled the chart as the strategy told me and after that I find actually I can find way to solve them, it is not good if I always avoid to face this problem. The worst consequences even if it happened I can still have chance to make it up. Also , this strategy help me to list the method to get out of this trouble, that means if I really want to change the situation here I can change the result.

The second strategy is exploring rewards it helps me to encourage myself do not give up on the way so I can get the things  I wanted.

The good pointa of this strategy is it divides them to different level, such like if I finished the easy task I can reward myself with the thing I can do easilt,. However, as the diffculty increased that means I should pay more cost in order to reach my goal.

After the strategy I useed this week, I totally understnand how important the psycological suggestion is, if you want a thing badly you can do it!!!!

Motivation

TECH Entry 7

            This week, the strategies I used to help myself out with my classes were the “Exploring Rewards” and “Weighing Consequences” motivation strategies in order to kick myself into gear so I can get my work done for all my classes (IST 195, CLS105, REL 205, HST 231, WRT 105) for these last two weeks before break.

I used the “Exploring Rewards” strategy to give myself a physical list of rewards I intended to give myself if I could get my everyday work done ahead of time before it was even due.  And this worked well for me because given the way I am I tend to forget things pretty easily and end up just getting tunnel-vision on my work and forget to take breaks and just relax.  I did not really like the way it was set up with how it listed the categories for rewards so I changed the wording and filled it in with my rewards.

The other strategy I used, “Weighing Consequences,” was a great tool in my opinion because it lists a very plain and simple approach for work that needs to get done but does not have a lot of appeal for getting accomplished; and for me, that happens to apply to a lot of my work.  I used this strategy to smack myself in the face about how I was planning on completing the major assignment that I have due in each of my five classes the week before break; and it worked really, really well in helping me to organize my time which I am normally not very good at.

powerpoint notes and anticipating text questions

How time flies! It is already week 10 of this semester, so that is mean we are facing new round of exam. This week the strategies I used was help to my text of IST195. They are PPT notes and anticipating text questions.

For PPT notes, firstly I print the slides using the handout option with 3 slides on a page. So I got the slides on the left side and on the rights side it was used for writing. Then, I summarize the important point of each slide and write it down on the right side. Foe the term needs to remember I just highlight it. Because I am a visual learner so I try my best let my noted looks like interesting.

To use this strategy I review the lecture in a over-all view, and I also add some information of the knowledge the professor mentioned before. Because our text is based on the lecture so in this way I guess I wilL not lose any point of the exam.

The other strategy I used this week is anticipating text question, after I review the course I made some questions based on the lecture, and the way I did this is created fill in blank question, after that on the other side of the paper I wrote down the answer. I have to say this strategy is suit me well because during the process of created and answer the question I already review the key point for two times. Furth more the neat organization of created exam question in this way give me a positive attitude to solve the question and this is also very convenient way to review the knowledge anywhere.

exam prepare and one plus notes taking

this week, i used one plus three notes taking and exam pre for my psy class.
i am a visual learner. in my psy class, we have a lot of definitions and terms need to memorize. so i used one plus three notes taking to help me memorize those materials.  first of all, i wrote the names of those terms.  secondly i wrote the definitions of those terms.  last, i use pair studying, which i compare and contrast two similar terms.  those three steps made up my one plus notes taking.
materials i am studying about is on the chapter of language.  in this particular chapter, language was introduced to us.  we learnt analogy, reinforcement, imitation.  those terms are specific to children who learn language in their young age.  in addition, we leaner the principle of whole object assumption and mutual exclusivity. this chapter is not hard, but there are a lot of stuff i need to learn.  actually those materials are easy.  memorizing is the crucial part.

i would like to evaluate this strategy. however, i am satisfied this one plus three notes taking strategy.  it is perfect. it is hard for me to evaluate it.
i also used exam pre for my psy class this week.
i prepared the chapter of emotion.  this chapter introduce some theories about emotion. those theories are very famous.  those theories definitely are going to appear on the exam. so i draw the pictures of this theories.  and tried to use pictures to help me memorize those theories.  i attached some pictures about those famous and important theories.