TIME MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

Today is the last class of UED102 by Miss Nursyahida Zulkifli. The topic that has been discussed in class was "TIME MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS". From this topic we can learn the important of time, how to manage time properly and so on. It is important, so we will not waste our time by doing something useless.

What is time?

➤The indefinite continued progress of existence and event in the past, present and future regarded as a whole. Time management is the process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities especialy ti increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity.

➤There are some strategies of time management (study system) :

• Daily planner
• Weekly schedule
• Semester calendar
• Academic vs personal life

This is the activity given by Miss Syahida:

To become a good student, there is one most important thing that we should avoid, it is procrastination. What is procrastination?? For your information, it an act of putting off doing something that should be done. It's also a psychological behavior that allow a person to postpone or delay a certain activity or task. There are some solution to get rid of that habit :

• Go back to your goal
• Alert to deadline
• Prioritized
• Self rewards

SEMESTER CALENDAR

5th June Meeting with KPP	6th June Class	7th June Class	8th June      Class	9th June	10th June	11th June
12th June	13th June Class	14th June Class, Listening test 1(elc)	15th June Class	16th June Co-curriculum	17th June	18th June
19th June	20th June Class	21st June Class	22nd June Class. LIRA1	23rd June Co-curriculum	24th June	25th June Eid Mubarak Celebration
26th June  Eid Mubarak Celebration	27th June Eid Mubarak Celebration	28th June  Eid Mubarak Celebration	29th June  Eid Mubarak Celebration	30th June  Eid Mubarak Celebration	1st July   Eid Mubarak Celebration	2nd July Eid Mubarak Celebration
3rd July	4th July Class	5th July Class	6th July Class	7th July Co-curriculum	8th July	9th July
10th July	11th July Class	12th July Class	13th July Eid Mubarak Celebration	14th July   Co-curriculum, Submit video (UED)	15th July	16th July
17th July	18th July Class	19th July   Class	20th July Class, CTU Exam, LIRA2	21st July    Co-curriculum	22nd July 1st Interfac Games 2017	23rd July 1st Interfac Games 2017
24th July	25th July Class	26th July Class, Roleplay, Listening Test2	27th July Class, Submit e-portfolio (UED)	28th July   Co-curriculum	29th July	30th July
31st July	1st August Interim Assessment Week	2ndAugust  Interim Assessment Week	3rd August Interim Assessment Week	4th August Interim Assessment Week	5th August Interim Assessment Week	6thAugust Interim Assessment Week

GOAL SETTING & LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

HI! So today entry is about "GOAL SETTING & LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM" . This class was held on 19th July 2017 and was conducted  by Madam Noor Amira Syazwani Abd Rahman. We call her Madam Mira. She had taught us a lot of thing about the future. She also shared her experience as a student to us. Back to our topic, she also explained about what is important having goals in life.

What is goal? Madam Mira said that goal is the object of a person's ambition or effort. Goal also can be describe as an aim in a simple word. It's about what we want to achieve in our life. To me, having a goal will always make us work harder in life.

Goals should be :

• Specific 
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
• Time Based

Characteristics of GOALS :

• Goals should be self-chosen
• Goals should be moderately challenging
• Goals should be realistic
• Goals should be measurable
• Goals should be specific
• Goals should be finite
• Goals should be positive

ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL GOALS

➤ Academic goals :
I want to achieve Dean's List Award on each semester and graduate on time with ANC title.

➤ Personal goals : 
I want to be become a useful person that can make my mom and dad proud of me. I also want to travel around the world with my own money.

What is the different between it?
Academic determines my future life and it's my preference while personal goals is what I hope I can do in life.

Importance of both and well balanced goals.

It can motivate me to achieve many things in life and become a successful person.

What do you want to achieve by joining the course you have chosen?
I want to work in highest position in banking department.


WRITING EFFECTIVE GOALS STATEMENT
(The five step approach)

➤Write down what you want to accomplish.
➤Write down any obstacles.
➤Write down any resources around you.
➤Review and revise your goal statement.
➤Polish your goal statement.

TAKING LECTURE NOTES

Hi! Okey, actually this entry is a bit late from usual, but i had find some time to write it. As usual, it's a new entry and of course it's about a new topic. The topic is "Taking  Lecture Notes". This topic is helpful for students in their study. I had learnt this topic last Wednesday which is on 12th July 2017. Madam Normala binti Ismail was a lecturer that in charge for this topic. The class was so fun. I admit that i laughed a lot during her class.

Back to our topic, there're a few thing that we need to focus in this topic. Firstly, why do we have to take lecture notes? Taking notes during lecture will help us to get an accurate record of information apart from being an active listener. We also can easily interpret, condense and organize information. All the notes that we take are useful for review. Taking notes help us to understand the lecture well.

How to take lecture notes?

• Prepare before taking notes.

The best way to prepare note taking activity is to read the text before class. During the lecture,we will have idea what the lecture is about if we read it first. We must built up the background about the topic and identify the main ideas of the lecture. It will be easier for us to take notes. It's better if we sit in the first rows of the class, we will hear and see well. Make sure we get ready to take a note as soon as we enter the class (note book, pen, mental and physical).

• Become active listener.

If you want to become an active listener you also have to read before the lecture and review last set of notes. It's a must! You will understand what the lecturer is discussing about. Besides, when you are in class make sure you forget about personal matter a moment, focus attention physically & mentally and listen with an open mind so you will always ready to take lecture note.

The Cornell Note Taking Method

One of effective note taking system that Madam Normala had suggested.

LIBRARY & CAMPUS RESOURCES

Assalamualaikum and Hi!! For today writing is about the new chapter that i had learnt on 5th July 2017. The topic for this chapter is "LIBRARY & CAMPUS RESOURCES". One of the librarian in Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) was assigned to give a talk about this chapter, and she is Cik Nur Fathiah Muhammad. We can call her Cik Nur or Miss Fatihah.

Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) is name of the library in UITM campus Raub. This library only allow student to borrow 20 books in every 2 weeks while the lecturer can borrow 20 books in every 29 days. We need to return the book on time, if we late we must pay 20 sen per day for each book. 20 sen might seem little to us but it will become a big amount of money if we keep on delaying it. The last warning notice will given to student that late on returning the book. Students can also get disciplinary action if they don't take it serious with the mistake that they have done.


Borrowing process
Web OPAC ➨ Counter ➨ Loan Process ➨ Due Date

Other than that, there are also library collection format such as magazine, compact disk, slide and etc. We can get the information form all this item. Library also provide the online resources services. It can help us to get the information anytime and anywhere because we can search it online. It's useful for students who are always busy with assignment and doesn't have time to go to library. Here are some of Online Resources Services that was provided :

• Blis
• E-book
• Online Journal
• Online Article
• Past Question Paper
• Online Thesis
• Web OPAC
• Chat with librarian

Information Discovery

New program / updates about UITM

www.uitm.edu.my

Library

www.library.uitm.edu.my

Booking i-book KKM

www.pahang.uitm.edu.my

Exam Question Paper (EQPS)

www.eqps.ptar.uitm.edu.my

Lastly, I also learnt how to write citation APA style. It's the proper way to write a reference in any assignment. There are three types of citation APA style. First, basic format (books), second is edited book (unknown author) and the last one is, edited book (with author/authors). Before end this writing I will share one example of citation APA style for edited book (unknown author). Here it's :

Forgas Joseph P. & Fitness Julie (Eds) 2008, Social Relationships : Cognitive, Affective , and Motivational Processes. New York, NY : Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY & PERFORMANCE

Hi guys! So, today I'm going to write about a new chapter that I had learnt on  21^st June 2017. The lecturer that assigned to gave a talk about this chapter was Madam Nurul Afzan . There are two subtopic for this chapter. First, Avoiding Plagiarism and the second one is Calculation Grade Point Average (GPA).

1. Avoiding Plagiarism

Many students are unintentionally guilty of plagiarism when when write reports, assignments, and research paper. What is plagiarism?? Plagiarism is an act of using of closely imitating the language and thought of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author. It is like we are stealing another person's idea. It's totally wrong. The owner must feel so bad about it. For me, it is a crime in the world of cyber. Here are some example of plagiarism :

• turning someone else work as your own.
• copying works or ideas from someone else without giving credit.
• giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation.
• changing the word but copying the sentences structure without giving credit.

  

How To Prevent??

When talk about prevent plagiarism. Actually, there are a few ways to prevent it. First, you have to planning your paper. If you have any problem, it's better if you consult your lecturer. You also need to take an effective notes so you will have enough and a complete information. It will easy for you to do your assignment. 

Second is writing your paper. When you refer to any source, you have to make it clear who said what and you can include a reference page if you get the information from books, novels or magazines. you also need to know how to paraphrase so you will not involved in plagiarism. Evaluate your source, it is important.

      2.Calculation Grade Point Average (GPA)

The final examination results and assessment of the end of every semester, are assigned a Grade Point Average (GPA) and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). The higher pointer that you get, the more excellent you are. This grade are also to measure the level of your intelligence. If you get 4.0, you will be given an award at the end of semester. So, you better do well in every examination and assessment.

MEMORY LEARNING & IMPROVING CONCENTRATION

Assalamualaikum and Hii!! I want to write about what I learnt in my second class of study skills subject. This class was conducted by our group advisor, Miss Shamsinar Rahman. She gave a talked about "Memory Learning & Improving Concentration". Now, I want to share about what I had learnt in her class.



Brain vs Memory

Brain

• Physical place
• part of the visible, tangible world of the body

Memory

• allow to remember facts and experience
• consists of encoding, storing information and retrieval
• trace our brain

What Is Learning?

Learning is not about storing information but it is about acquiring information. Memory is different from learning. Memory is about storing it. Learning is a behavior,  and it also a process. There are two types of memory. First, short-term memory (STM) and the second one is long-term memory (LTM).



As a student, actually it is our job to give a full concentration in class. It is important so that we can do well in any examination or assignment. Some student have a problem to pay attention in class, it is because they have a poor concentration. A few causes of poor concentration are lack of interest and motivation, distraction form others, uncomfortable environment, physiological matters, personal problem and illness or tiredness.

Students need to be creative to find a solution to prevent poor concentration so they can do well in every aspect. Here are some strategies for improving concentration :

• use motivational and organizational strategies
• create a positive learning environment 
• deal with internet distraction
• use active learning strategies
• match your learning style to the task

GETTING READY TO LEARN

YOU'RE NOT IN SCHOOL ANYMORE. GEARING UP FOR UNIVERSITY / COLLAGE ACADEMICS

There are a lot of new students in university that don't know how to manage their self in university life. It's because there are a lot of differences between school and collage. It is important for them to know the differences.

In the university, student spent more of their time studying outside the class, it's mean they spent less time in class because the schedule is not pack. It's difference from school, student definitely will spent most of their time in class. Students also need more reading in the university because they need more knowledge to become a great students. It will also be fewer test in university and u might not be reminded of due dates and exams. Instuctor don't tell you exactly what's on the test. Other than that, attendance may not be required and participation affect grades. Moreover, in university instructors may not be trained in education and they may have an international instructor.

To become an excellent student, you have to make a weekly schedule. use a planner and make a master list of all assignments and others. It will help you to be punctual and don't forget about everything. Student can't get behind on reading. Furthermore, students must learn how to take good note, it will help to prepare for study and test. You have to get notes from missed class. Lastly, an excellent student will go early to class everyday, so they would not miss anything.

Life in the university is easy  if we know how to manage it well.