💡 Skills & Mindset #07: The Pomodoro Technique (Socratica)

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions, prompts, and other items.

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I recommend the Marinara: Pomodoro Assistant Chrome extension. You can find it in the Chrome Web Store. Once installed, a small tomato icon and timer help you to manage your work sessions. You can even customize which sites you allow and block during your work phases! 

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According to the video, your brain able to focus on most tasks for __________ before it begins to wander?

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Describe how you recognize that your mind has begun to wander off of an important task?

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Describe how you respond when you realize that your mind has wandered?

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What are the potential consequences of working too long on a single task and burning out?
Select all that apply.

Do NOT skip breaks! Doing so can have the following negative consequences:
It becomes more difficult to focus and concentrate.
Work becomes more boring and mundane.
Tasks actually take longer to complete.
The quality of your work is reduced.
New information is not effectively transferred from working memory to long-term memory.

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In which of your current courses do you most often need to complete individual tasks or projects that take hours to complete?

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How can you use the Pomodoro Technique to improve your experience and the quality of these tasks and projects?

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Describe how you recognize that your mind has begun to wander off of an important task?

Describe how you respond when you realize that your mind has wandered?

What are the potential consequences of working too long on a single task and burning out?Select all that apply.

In which of your current courses do you most often need to complete individual tasks or projects that take hours to complete?

How can you use the Pomodoro Technique to improve your experience and the quality of these tasks and projects?

🧠 Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

What are the potential consequences of working too long on a single task and burning out?
Select all that apply.

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?