1-Google+Calendars+and+Planbooks

= = = = ** Time Management: Make the ** ** Most of Your Time! **

How a Planner is Like Radar
toc It is important to learn how to use Google Calendars like radar so you can easily keep track of deadlines. No one wants to have a fun weekend with friends destroyed by a deadline approaching faster than expected. Keeping track of assignments, projects, and activities on a calendar allows you to organize your time so that you don't miss out on fun events in your life.

 Students run into trouble when they do not use a planner. They think it is too much of a nuisance to keep track of assignments and deadlines and over rely on their memory to remember what they need to do. These students admit to having stressful evenings and weekends where they work too long on something that is not due or work on a project at the last minute after realizing it is due the next day. Some walk into classes and find out that they have completely missed a deadline!

 As middle schoolers, you must manage your time wisely to succeed in school and still have time for the activities that you enjoy. Every person on the planet has 24 hours in a day. Make the most of your time so you can still lead a balanced life.

//"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein."// //-- H. Jackson Brown//

Google Calendars

 * Google Calendars are the best way to:
 * keep track of deadlines for long-term projects, tests and quizzes, and daily assignments.
 * organize activities outside of the classroom such as meetings with teachers or study groups, sports games, play rehearsals, doctor appointments, and social events.
 * Teachers will invite students to join an **Assignment Calendar**that will have dates for assignments, tests, quizzes, and special project for each class:
 * Students will be able to see all of their class assignments on their own calendar (under "Other Calendars")
 * Students can also see Assignment Calendars on each teacher's Google Site.
 * Students can share their calendars with parents, tutors, study buddies, etc.

 //**Watch this video for a quick overview of Google Calendar.**// //**You can get to your calendar from your personal Google Start Page.**//

Click here if you prefer to see a longer Google Calendar Tutorial with practice exercises.

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Discovery Tasks
**1. Create Your Personal Schedule and set the color to BLUE **
 * Click on **Calendar**.
 * Click on **Create**, which is located under **My Calendars**.
 * Enter in Calendar name- **use this standard: "Schedule- First Name Initial and Last Name." **
 * Enter in description: This is my work calendar for entering meetings, appointments, conferences, etc.
 * You can share this with your advisor, parents, or classmates by entering in their gmail address.
 * Click **Create Calendar.**
 * Where it says **My Calendars**, you should see the calendar that you just created. Now it is time to set the color. Click on the down arrow next to your calendar, set your Schedule Calendar to the color ** BLUE **.

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**2. Schedule Two Meetings** //(These can be pretend appointments if you do not have any real events to schedule.)//
 * You are going to set these appointments during the week of September 21-25 within your Schedule Calendar.
 * Make sure your calendar view is set to **Week**. To change this setting, go to the upper-right corner of calendar. The calendar view settings are day, week, month.
 * On the upper-left side of calendar, there are left and right arrows, click on right arrow to scroll through weeks. Stop when you get to the third week of September.
 * Click on a day and time on the calendar that you want to set up an appointment. A pop-up box will come up that lists the date and time.
 * Enter in the name of the appointment.
 * Make sure you are adding this appointment to the correct calendar- Schedule Calendar. This will be a very important step once you have more than one calendar.
 * If the time needs to change or if you need to add location information, click on **edit event details**..
 * If this is an appointment that is going to place more than once at the same day/time, click on the **repeats** menu and set it to whatever works for you.
 * Now check out the options menu. You can set reminders, privacy options, and more.
 * **CLICK** **SAVE**! (This is really important when working with any Google Application.)

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**3.** **Setting Calendar Color**
 * Calendars can be set to different colors to enable you to easily view multiple calendars at once.
 * // Students **MUST** use the color system below to organize all the calendars they will be subscribing to .//
 * ** blue - Personal Schedule **
 * ** red- Science **
 * ** purple- English **
 * ** brown- History **
 * ** pink- Visual Arts **
 * ** yellow- Math **
 * ** teal- Modern Language (French/Spanish) and Language Workshop **
 * ** olive green- Performing Arts **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**5.** **Change How You View Calendars**

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**6.** **Attachments on Calendar Events**

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Here's how your teacher will add an attachment to events on Assignment Calendars. You can follow these steps if you want to add attachments for a meeting with study buddies!

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Here's how you can check to see if you have attachments for any events on your calendar.

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Planbooks
This course focuses on technology tools to help you stay organized. If you are interested in learning more about how to use an "old-fashioned" paper planbook, please set up a meeting with me or your advisor. You are expected to find and use a time management tool that works best for you.

__Videos__ //Video Tutorial: Get Things Done with Google Calendar// by eztechtips.com //Create a Calendar in Google Calendar// by GoogleApps //Create an Event Using Quick Add// by googlecalendarhelp //Changing Calendar Views in Google Calendar// by GoogleApps //Adding a Google Doc Attachment to a Calendar Event// by littlemintsattack //Seeing a Google Doc Attachment for a Calendar Event// by littlemintsattack
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