Since I started phasing out energy drinks over a year ago, and then gradually eliminated my daily coffee fix, I’ve been trying to find a way to keep my productivity up. As someone who works from home on a computer every day and relies on self-motivation, this has not been easy without caffeine. You see,…
If you haven’t figured out how to cut down on the time you spend answering student emails, I may have the answer for you! When I tell other teachers that I have a number of stock email responses ready to go in the Notes app of my iPhone, some of them are relieved to have…
I know I’m not the only teacher that feels completely wiped out by the end of the workday. I tend to run low on energy whether I’m lecturing on my feet all day, or grading papers from a coffee shop. And since I gave up my regular caffeine fix nearly a year ago, I decided…
While brainstorming what I should write about for the blog today, I decided the topic of ‘easy efficiency would be a something valuable to discuss. If you’re an online instructor, there are little inconveniences that creep in throughout the semester that become frustrating (sometimes without it occurring to us that we could actually fix these…
Recently I was asked by a local college to teach a faculty development workshop for part-time instructors. I eagerly agreed, and the entire event was everything I’d hoped it would be. As a group, we all shared our best kept teaching secrets, and many of those ‘secrets’ had to do with time management, so I…
Like most people, I have a tendency to procrastinate. However, I’ve learned that putting things off and wasting time makes me feel much worse about the situation and can be extremely stressful. Now, most people will tell you to just not procrastinate, and their methods are great if you’ve got enough willpower to really dive…
Hours upon hours in the classroom can leave college instructors, particularly adjuncts, feeling exhausted from long commutes and standing on one’s feet all day. Teaching a few online classes is a great way to save yourself some gas money, time, and energy, which in turn will give you more time to teach other classes or…