The document discusses various ideas for helping students organize their study time and avoid procrastinating until deadlines. The most practical idea proposed is giving students free wall calendars to visualize and organize all their tasks. The most disruptive idea is creating digital workload bars in refrigerators. The favorite idea suggested is giving out free bracelets with changing deadlines as a reminder.
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1. KHow might we
Help students to organise
study-time and avoid hard
work just on deadlines
G i v e t h e m
f r e e w a l l -
c a l e n d a r s
M
e
The most obvious solutions
D i c t a t e
a n
O r i e n t a t
i o n D a y
f o c u s e d
o n t h e
i s s u e
H a v e a
B l a c k b o a r
d w i t h t h e
d e a d l i n e s
G i v e t h e m
f r e e
a g e n d a s
P r o v i d e
i n c e n t i
v e s f o r
e v e r y
j o b -
t a s k
g i v e n
b e f o r e
t h e
d e a d l i n
e
A s k f o r
p r e l i m i n a
r y o r
e a r l y
d r a f t s (o r
s u m m a r i e s
T o h a v e
f e e s f o r
t h e
d e l a y s
r
2. KHow might we
Help students to organise
study-time and avoid hard
work just on deadlines
P r e p a r e
w e e k l y
s e s s i o n s
t o
o r g a n i s e
t h e n e x t
w e e k
M
e K
Modifying initial solutions
P r e p a r e a
p r o c r a s t
i n a t i o n
s e m i n a r
P r e p a r e a
s e m i n a r
w h e r e o l d e r
s t u d e n t c a n
P r e p a r e a s e m i n a r
w h e r e o l d e r s t u d e n t s
c a n t a l k a n d s h a r e
R e w a r d
e a r l y
d r a f t s
T e a c h
e v e r y
s t u d e n t
d i f f e r e n t
t e c h n i q u e
s o f
o r g a n i z a t
i o n a l
s t u d y
T o h a v e a s u b j e c t
c a l l e d
o r g a n i z a t i o n a l
s t u d i e s w h e r e
s t u d e n t s c a n t r y
d i f f e r e n t
t e c h n i q u e s , l e a r n
a n d p r a c t i c e t o k e e p
E a r l y
m o r n i n g
r e m i n d e r s
o f
d e a d l i n e s
a n d t i m e
l e f t .
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3. KHow might we
Help students to organise
study-time and avoid hard
work just on deadlines
G i v e t h e m
f r e e
d i g i t a l
a g e n d a s
(s o t h e y
c a n h a v e
d i g i t a l
a l a r m s
a n d
r e m i n d e r s
)
d M
e K
More innovative ideas (difficult)
solutions
P u t
a d v e r t i
s i n g o n
b u s e s
U s e t h e
b u s -s t o p
t o p u t
d e a d l i n e
T o h a v e T V
a d v e r t i s i
n g w i t h
t h e d a y s
l e f t s f o r
t h e
d e a d l i n e s
T o h a v e
T V
a d v e r t i
s i n g
w i t h
t h e
d e a d l i n
e s
Wr i t e t h e
d e a d -
l i n e s i n
t h e
c l o u d s
T o h a v e
a n a l a r m
t o r e m i n d
e v e r y
m o r n i n g
r e g a r d i n
g t h e
d e a d l i n e
s
T o r e c o r d t h e
d e a d l i n e a s a
s o n g a n d u p l o a d
i t i n t h e i -p o d s
P u t
a d v e r t i s i
n g o n t h e
d a i l y f r e e
n e w s p a p e r
(t i m e l e f t
f o r
d e a d l i n e s )
To have blackboards in the
classroom, toilet etc
P u t t h e
d e a d l i n
e s o n
v o u c h e r
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4. KHow might we
Help students to organise
study-time and avoid hard
work just on deadlines
T o h a v e
r e m i n d e r s
o n t h e
c o m p u t e r s
M
e
More innovative ideas (difficult)
solutions (cont)
T o g i v e
f r e e
v o u c h e r
s
t o g e t h e
r w i t h
t h e
d e a d l i n
e s
T a t t o o
t h e
d e a d l i n e s
w i t h
G i v e f r e e
b r a c e l e t s
w i t h t h e
d e a d l i n e s
(w h i c h
c h a n g e s
a n d
e x p o s e
t h e d a y s
l e f t s )
T o c r e a t e
b l a c k b o a r d s i n
t h e
r e f r i g e r a t o r
w i t h a b a r -l o a d
o f w o r k .
T o g i v e
f r e e
m a g n e t o s
(f o r t h e
f r i d g e )
w i t h
r e m i n d e r
s o f t h e
d e a d l i n e
sC r e a t e a
p r o g r a m w h i c h
c a n r e m i n d y o u
i n e v e r y s o c i a l
T o h a v e
j a c k e t s
w i t h t h e
d e a d l i n e s
s t a m p o n
i t
To hire a person who
can remind the dead-
lines and daily
working
r
5. KHow might we
Help students to organise
study-time and avoid hard
work just on deadlines
T r a i n t h e
p e t s t o
c o n t r o l
s o m e
d a i l y
h o m e -
s t u d y
s e s s i o n s .
M
e K
How would I solve it with control over the
laws of nature
I n s t a l l
a m i n d -
c h i p
w i t h t h e
o r g a n i z a
t i o n a l
m o d e o n
T r a i n
p e t s t o
t e l l t h e
o w n e r s t o
w o r k
b e f o r e
d e a d l i n e
s
P u t s o m e c l o u d y
a n d r a i n y d a y s
s p e c i a l d u r i n g
e x a m s p e r i o d (s o
T o c r e a t e
a t i m e -
m a c h i n e
a n d
r e t u r n a
f e w d a y s
e v e r y
t i m e t h e
d e a d l i n e
e x p i r e sT o c r e a t e
a m a c h i n e
w h i c h c a n
s t o p t h e
t i m e s o I
c a n h a v e
a l l t h e
T o h a v e
s o m e t h i n g
l i k e a b a t t e r y
w h i c h c o u l d b e
l o a d e d w h i l e
t h e j o b o r
t a s k i s
d e v e l o p e d
r
6. KHow might we
Help students to organise
study-time and avoid hard
work just on deadlines
B u y
r o b o t s t o
h e l p
c o n t r o l l i
n g
t i m e t a b l e
s a n d
d a i l y
w o r k i n g
M
e
How would a child solve it
O f f e r a
g o o d
r e w a r d
a f t e r
e v e r y
d a i l y
w o r k
P u t s o m e
m u s i c a n d
m a k e t h e
s t u d y a
A s k m y
i m a g i n a r y
f r i e n d t o
d o i t f o r
m e
Wo r k
a n d
s t u d y
a s i f
i t s n o t
s t u d y
B u y
c a n d i e s ,
i n v i t e
s o m e
f r i e n d s
a n d w o r k
C o o k
c o o k i e s
w i t h
m e s s a g e s
o f d a i l y
w o r k , d a y s
Ask your friends to remind
you, to turn off computer
and TV to work
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7. The most practical idea
G i v e t h e m f r e e w a l l -c a l e n d a r s
C a l e n d a r s a t l e a s t 100x 80c m t o p u t i n t h e
w a l l , w i t h a l l t h e 12 m o n t h (o r a t l e a s t t h e
s c h o l a r p e r i o d ) t o b e f i l l e d b y t h e
s t u d e n t i s t h e e a s i e s t w a y t o v i s u a l i z e
a l l t h e t h i n g s t o b e d o n e a n d t o o r g a n i z e
t h e m a l l .
The most disruptive idea
T o c r e a t e b l a c k b o a r d s i n t h e
r e f r i g e r a t o r w i t h a b a r -l o a d
o f w o r k .
A d i g i t a l b a r w h i c h s h o w s t h e w o r k a l r e a d y
d o n e a n d t h e a m o u n t s t i l l l e f t , t o g e t h e r
w i t h t h e d a y s l e f t , o r m a y b e a n a v e r a g e o f
w o r k p e r d a y a n d t h e a m o u n t r e a l l y d o n e t o
k n o w h o w w e a r e g o i n g w i t h t h e t a s k a n d
t h e t i m e . T h i s i s s u p p o s e d t o b e i n t h e
r e f r i g e r a t o r s i n c e i t i s a p l a c e o f t e n
v i s i t e d w h i l e w e s t u d y , a n d i t c o u l d h a v e
a b o a r d i n o n e s i d e j u s t t o t a k e n o t e s .
My favorite idea
G i v e f r e e b r a c e l e t s w i t h t h e
d e a d l i n e s (w h i c h c h a n g e s a n d
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Mar鱈a Jos辿 Cuevas