Suggested Objective a: Develop short-term and long-term personal goals

Personal Goal Setting provides tips for how to set goals and why goal setting is important. As you think about setting goals, understand that goals should be SMART - specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. Goals can be short or long-term. Watch the short video on this page as well.

How to Set Goals on the Wiki How site provides detailed steps with pictures for learning how to set goals. Look at the information and take notes. Think about the kinds of goals you can set. Use Method 1 as the guide.

What Is a Short-Term Goal? website explains what short term goals are. There is an activity to help you identify short-term goals. Complete the activity by pointing with the mouse at the pictures you believe are short term.

What Is a Long-Term Goal? website explains what long term goals are. You will identify the pictured items that are long term goals.

6 Ways to Achieve Any Goal provides easy steps to help a person attain goals he or she sets. Remember goals must be realistic, manageable, and have a specific date. Provide youreslf with support by telling others so they can help keep you focused and motivated.

One-Step-at-a-Time - Goal Achieving Cartoon Doodle Video

A Pep Talk from Kid President to You

Suggested Objective b: Create and maintain weekly and semester calendars

How to Study.com offers insight in creating a study plan. Look at the article Create a Study Plan. Notice you have a detailed description of what a study plan is and why you should have one. Four steps are provided for assisting you with creating a study plan. They are copied below from the How to Study site:

Create a time chart of your current activities

Develop a schedule

Determine your study goals

Stick to your schedule

To help you with creating a schedule, you will find it easier to do and follow if you make a calendar. You can create schedules or calendars in Microsoft Word or Excel or Google Docs very easily. Below are some websites that can help you learn how to do this. Click the links to learn how to create a calendar.

WinCalendar

Create a Calendar

Create a New Calendar (Google)

How to Make a Calendar in Word

How to Create a Calendar in Microsoft Excel

How to Create and Customize Calendar in MS Word

Google Calendar Tutorial 2013 - Creating and Editing Events

Suggested Objective c: Use technology to master essential note-taking and study skills

There is technology available to help with note taking for classes. Why should teachers have all of the fun of using technology in a class? Look at these 7 Great Note-taking Toosl for Teachers and Students. Some of the tools named may be familiar to you. They can be used with iPads, iPhones, Androids, and computers. Read about InClass, Color Note, Save Meeting, Notes.io, Evernote, mySchoolNotebook, and Google Docs. See which seem more appealing to you.

Now that you have found some great tools to help with taking notes, let's learn How to Use Technology to Enhance Your Note-Taking Routine. This article provides tips for using the technology and understand the importance technology can play in your academic success. Use of technology can help you access your notes 24/7, use mulitimedia to enhance your notes, keep your notes organized and efficient to access, and remember details you might otherwise forget. Read the article and see what others interesting facts you can learn.

Dartmouth College has posted handouts and videos for learning how to take effective notes and to listen for effective learning. Look at this site and click the links to view the handouts and videos. Take notes on what you learn.

Test Taking Tips.com provides several tips for notetaking. Take a look at the tips. They are very simple to understand. Let's apply them in this class so that you can learn the information and apply it effectively.

Note Taking Skills

How to Take Great Notes

Study Skills Tip - Take Better Notes Using the Cornell Note Taking System

Education Corner presents many guides for study skills. Look at some of thie links on the page to learn about ways to improve your memory, finding a good study location, ways to study math, and more. Make notes of the information that seems most helpful to you. Notice skill tips are broken down by subject also!

One last website for study strategies is Study Guides and Strategies website. This site breaks information into areas such as learning and studying, online learning, time management, and thinking and evaluating. Look at the wealth of information provided by clicking the various links.

5 Tips to Get Better Grades

Organization+Study Tips for High School

Suggested Objective d: Identify general test-taking strategies

Education Corner provides many guides for learning how to better complete tests and various assessments. Much information for coping with test anxiety, strategies for improving test performance, how to take oral tests, and more. Look at the provided information. See what information you find helpful.

Test-Taking Tips Movie

This next video is approximately 20 minutes long. It is from Eastern Illinios University. This video provides great information study for tests to taking a test. Watch carefully and write information you find important.

Test-Taking Stratgies