Getting Things Done! (GTD) Teaching Circle

Teaching Circle Goal

The goal of this Teaching Circle is to explore time management strategies that can be used to enhance productivity of teachers and improve both their professional and personal lives.

Teaching Circle Members

• Gian Pagnucci – Teaching Circle Coordinator
• Tanya Heflin
• Daniel Weinstein

GTD Tools and Resources

Citation Management

• Endnote
  • Citation software
• Zotero
  • An online citation resource

Email Management

• Inbox Zero
  • This is a website about how to better manage email

Task Management

• Things 2
  • Mac Task management software
• Todo.txt
  • Cross platform task management software

Productivity

• 43 Folders
  • A productivity web site
• Lifehacker
  • A web site for help on getting tasks accomplished
• The Pomodoro Technique
  • A time management system

Writing Project Management

• Literature and Latte
  • Scrivener software for writing projects

Teaching Circle Readings

• Article: “Do You Really Not Have the Time?” by David Perlmutter (article on time management)
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity (GTD)
  • This book by David Allen discusses how to be more productive
• The Peak Time for Everything
  • Wall Street Journal article

Reflective Practice Teaching Project

The Time Management and Teaching Circle is an interdisciplinary teaching circle affiliated with IUP’s Reflective Practice Project. The Reflective Practice Project is sponsored by IUP’s Center for Teaching Excellence. The Reflective Practice Project helps teachers at IUP study their own teaching as well as the teaching methods of expert teachers both at IUP and from around the country.