Category: College 101

Day 7: Citation Managers

As you collect PDFs and links that you’ll eventually find yourself needing to look up, review, and possibly cite, it’s never too early to get a citation manager in order. Don’t be me—I waited too…

Day 6: Avoid Logical Fallacies

The Most Common Logical Fallacies infographic posted to Canvas has more information, but one fallacy, the generalization, is when a writer applies a statement or interpretation very broadly, without examining the nuances of the new…

Day 6: Productivity Apps

Here are some productivity apps that work for me and might work for you too! I like Todoist a lot! It’s a simplistic bullet-journal style listing system that allows you to just compile to do…

Day 6: Professionalizing Your Digital Identity

As you begin and progress through your college career, you should start professionalizing your digital presence if you haven’t already. This might include starting a personal/professional Twitter account; locking down some of your more personal…

Day 6: Grammar Resources

Our course doesn’t focus heavily on grammar and mechanics, but it’s an important part of writing, particularly at the lower-order concerns (LOC) stage of revision. Here are some resources to help you sort through grammatical…

Day 5: REM Cycles and Sleep Apps

The first piece of advice today is don’t pull all-nighters. Seriously. Don’t do it. I’ve done it, and 0/10 would not recommend. Your brain will not recover from the impact of sleep deficit, and there…

Day 5: AIC Method

Although this is written for graduate students and professors, Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega’s post on carving out time to read–reading quickly and synthesizing important information–offers good strategies for undergraduates as well: We’ll discuss a simplified method…

Day 4: Focus and Attention

On a good day it can be hard to maintain focus for long periods of time, so here are some apps to help you create work habits for yourself when you’re working on your own…