To Do List
I love to use either outlook, if I am at my desk or a simple pocket size notebook if I am away. when I return to the office I add my tasks to Outlook. These tasks are rank ordered each day and the completed ones are left (strike through) to show what I have completed, good feeling!
Hi Darryl,
This is how I operate as well. With all that goes on with teaching I want to make sure I don't leave anything out when I am working with students.
Gary
This is a list to start my day. I have ideas in mind or task and sometimes in the middle I forget something. A To Do List is vital to me in maintaining a controlled work schedule.
Since I began teaching I am now getting in the habit of making to-do lists. It is a work in progress but it does make life in general a whole lot easier. Also especially being an instructor lists are a definate help.
I try to use my Outlook Calendar for organizing my job tasks, but several instructors use the same computer terminal throughout the day. Access is sometimes difficult. I need to catch up to current technology and get a phone with internet capabilities so that I can update my list before leaving work when my computer is in use.
Yes this is true. A well planned to do list actually helps you focus on the most important tasks and accomplish priority tasks quickly.
When you have very good planned to do list than will be easy to accomplish your work
I usually memorized the things that I need to do. After I read and learn the to do list, I started to drop down at least ten things on a piece of paper. I feel like I have more space in my brain to remember other stuffs. Maybe I will transfer the list to a calendar to refresh my memory when some event coming up soon.
I use Rational Team concert within my team to help prioritize and plan ahead for future work. It allows you to define your todo list and also assign time estimates so you know how much time you are going to need for all your tasks
You bring up a good point Stephen. Sometimes you need to use more than one organizational method to keep it together. Do that if it works best for you.
