Prioritizing assignments

Prioritizing assignments

September 15, 2020

Reminders!

• Wednesday (tomorrow) your assignment will be to complete entry #4 in your Distance Journal

• Due Friday: Evidence that you are recording assignments either in the Digital Homework Tracker Google doc, or in an agenda book or app

• If you choose to use an agenda book or app on your phone, you will need to send me a photo or screenshot of your list of assignments

Open Ended

How do you typically decide which homework assignments to do first?

Prioritization

• It's important to have a system for deciding which assignments to do first

• Good ways to prioritize are by: current grade in class, how long an assignment will take, how many points an assignment are worth, or how difficult a subject is for you

Poll

Which way of prioritizing can you imagine yourself using?

• By how many points an assignment is

• By which class I need to bring my grade up for

• By how easy an assignment is

• By how long I think an assignment will take

• I'm not sure yet

Introducing...

The Priority Matrix!

Urgent vs Not Urgent

• How soon is the assignment due?

• Is the assignment already late or missing?

• Do I think the assignment will take me a long time or a short time?

More Important vs. Less Important

• How many points is the assignment worth?

• How am I currently doing in the class?

• Is this a class that might relate to my future?
  

• Do I need to pass this class for graduation credit?

Example Situation

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZpFXuzu7JhEjHdLEYpjcxCDswK20hhlc-5Pjq4KAB34/edit

Your turn!

• 1) Complete a priority matrix with upcoming assignments. You must turn in a copy of your priority matrix Thursday by 11:59 PM.

• 2) Continue filling in your Homework Tracking Google doc, which is due Friday!