[NABS-L] Food for Thought: Time Management Materials for Blind Students

[Harry Staley]

Thomas frank has a great YouTube channel that I subscribe to that has many great tips for student on Time management.

Harry Staley
(330) 718-1876
hstaley at nfbtx.org

> On May 11, 2019, at 17:28, Tina Hansen via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> My name is Tina Hansen, and while I'm not a student, I have a friend who is,
> and I want to be aware of what's happening with students now.
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> I have a food for thought question I'd like to put out there.
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> I've been looking at the books and other materials on the general market
> concerning time management and work life balance. I know this is a critical
> concern of students, especially those juggling work, school and family.
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> Many of the books have valuable information about how to organize your life
> and time, whether you're a student or not. They don't discuss college, but
> they do give valuable tips. I know that when I was last a student, I used a
> book on time management that wasn't targeted to students, but was incredibly
> valuable. Now that I'm no longer a student, I'm always looking for ways to
> improve my own time management skills.
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> As far as work life balance, I view school much like work. For students who
> have their priorities right, school is like work. Deadlines for papers,
> tests, and so forth are not unlike deadlines for reports in the work place.
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> However, I've not seen a lot in the audio book arena that is specific to the
> needs of college students. There are many texts on Learning Ally that
> discuss how to be successful in college, and all have valuable information.
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> The closest thing to a targeted book on BARD that I found was Organizing
> from the Inside Out for Teens. Other than that, I've not seen a lot of books
> out there.
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> In the past, there was more of a gap between the visual paper planners and
> those offered in the blind community. Most of the specialty note takers have
> some kind of planner, but they're costly. Before the iPhone, you either
> needed to improvise some kind of portable planner or buy the only Braille
> planner I know of, one from the American Printing House for the Blind. Yet
> many of the books still seem to talk about visual planners, at least, when
> it comes to the paper type. I have gotten to use my iPhone as a planner, and
> I'm so pleased at the many reminder and calendar apps created for it.
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> In the past, before the age of the iPhone, I wondered if there was a need
> for anything that would talk about time management from the perspective of a
> blind college student. Given the recent increase in mainstream audio
> programs, I'm wondering if there is such a need. If there is, the material
> could simply come in the form of a single article, blog post or podcast. If
> nothing, there could be discussions on how to use your smart phone as a
> planner, and what apps are good for that purpose.
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> If nothing, is there still a need for articles, blog posts or podcasts
> discussing time management and work life balance from the perspective of a
> blind college student? If there is the need, what would the material look
> like? How much should be offered? If there isn't the need, what's already
> out there? What blog posts, articles or podcasts are out there for any
> blind/visually impaired college student? Is there the need for targeted
> content? If so, what would it look like? Any thoughts? Thanks.
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