Goal Setting and Time Management

Goals Worksheets (5 points)
Last week in class you took a "timed test". You were asked to put down what you might accomplish in the next three years (long term goals), in the next year (medium term goals) and in the next six months. The last part of the test was a trick question in that you had to imagine that you only had six months! Hopefully this little test gave you some incentive to think in a different way about your goals before filling in your goals worksheet. On one side of the sheet, you have a number of categories and places to write goals for short, medium and long-term ideas. On the other side of the sheet, you were asked to come up with an action plan for one goal from each section (short, medium and long). Your Goals worksheets are due this week in class.

Time Charts (5 points)
I hope you have started your time charts by now. You've been asked to create a chart that shows your days and how you are spending the time for one whole week. Those time charts (see page 37 for how to construct your time chart) are due in class next week, Week Four.

Also consider the following "tools" for organizing your progress for the weeks spent in this class as you learn more about being a successful student.

Journals and Portfolios

If you have been following the POWER Learning textbook - you will have noted that each chapter has suggestions for Journals and Portfolios - and these exercises include items you may want to develop and place in your portfolio.

1. Journals: In Chapter One, you were asked to reflect on your school experiences and in Chapter Two, on how you spend your time. This week, in Chapter Three, the focus for reflections has to do with how you learn. If you haven't tried writing a journal entry, I hope you will do so, as an experiment to see your own thoughts on paper. It can be very helpful to take note of what you are reading and thinking about, to get full advantage of the work you are doing here in college.

2. Portfolios: Your response to the Employability Skills survey in Chapter One may be the first document you put in your college portfolio. It will be interesting to look back at the end of the program to see how your thinking has been influenced over time.  Read Page 24 to think about your skills and your goals in reference to the Portfolio.  In Chapter Two, on page 51, it is suggested that you have a goals setting worksheet for your Portfolio. I will be handing back your goal worksheets and these can be kept to document your ambitions at this time. Note that your textbook  also suggests that you do a "gap analysis" that is, look at where you want to go and identify the steps needed to get to those goals.  Hopefully the activity in class this week will also help you set priorities.

You may also want to make a copy of your student home page and your introduction in the Introductions Forum (when available for posting) at the MySeneca site for SSC100. These artifacts could also be placed in your Portfolio. Keep in mind that the portfolios need to contain a minimum of five quality items to receive full points (10 points).

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Right brained? Left brained? A morning person? A visual learner?

In class this week you will be working with learning inventories found in your POWER book on
1. Pages 61, 62 - Learning Styles Inventory
2. Page 64  - Analytical and Rational Learning Styles Assessment
3. Page 68 - Learning Style Indicator
4. Page 74 - Inventory of Strengths and Weaknesses
5. Page 76 - Measure your Self Esteem
6. Pages 79, 80 - Identify your Values
7. Page 84 - Write your Mission Statement

The Mission Statement you write is a good item to place in your Portfolio. It is also suggested that you look at what you put in your strengths and weaknesses inventory and decide on two or three of your weaknesses that you can turn into challenges or goals.

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Show and Tell

Please Note: Classes will meet in the AV room in the Library next week for the entire class. See you there. We will have a look at the at the home page you created and the posting you made to the Discussion Forum, to introduce yourself. If you are not sure about this assignment, please read the Announcement when you log in to your MySeneca link for this course.

Note: We will also be viewing a video that will get you ready for the Library Research Project. You will have two LIbrary Assignments and a Library Research Quiz.

Be sure to keep up with your reading. For Week Four, read Chapter Four, Finding and Using Information. This is the perfect topic to prepare you for the library research assignments you will start on next week.

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Week Three: September 20-24, 2004