![]() and Google Sheets is an amazing combination. Would you want to see the spreadsheet? I am not sure why, other than to torture yourself. I will add monthly bars on this, so I can see the trends of months, not just totals. Yes, it took a LOT of time.īut, as the semester and year moves forward, it will diminish. Most of that was the time spent the first two weeks of January working in Digital Measures to build my annual review document. That giant spike for “NVTC Admin work” was the cause of all this work. Where I can break it down month by month (hence the reason why the January was so important earlier in the spreadsheet design.) And, because I am a little bit mathy at times (stop laughing, I see you) I have this: So, for example, I spent 1 hour, 24 minutes commuting today between schools (3 observations) but each commute was only, on average, 17 minutes long. Using a Pivot Table on a separate tab, it sums the time across the categories, giving me the time for each category, and the second column is the average time for the category. Then, once a day, I can go back, categorize the notes, and drag the rows down in yellow. It takes me about 3 seconds at the beginning and 1 second at the end of a task to log the note and end the note. That is the entire process of tracking time. I have a simple =E144-E143 to calculate the elapsed time. That matters for my tracking later.įinally, the reason why I have to do a “done” at the end of the activity is to get elapsed time. Next, I use the command, =split(A144,” at “,false) to split the date and time in one cell into two cells and then the command =TEXT(D143,”MMMM”) to turn the date into the month. So yes, I have to go in and categorize each task, but I had to do that in rescuetime as well, because it wouldn’t track the variety of tasks I had very well. The blue field is a drop down I created using the “Data Validation” feature. Then type in the next task when I start it. Then, when I am done, I click the button and type in “Done”. This note is whatever I type in, so I can type “commuting from UNR to O’Brien.” IFTTT drops a time stamp and note into the sheet (it can do more, but this is all I need). Using the “Note” feature in IFTTT, I have the note set up to drop a line into a Google Sheet. This was not going to work.īut, I use on my phone. This means I regularly worked 13 to 15 hour days in an 8 to 9 hour workday. So, if I put in “observation” into the app on my phone, I just doubled my time tracked because rescuetime thinks that the time was distinct. Rescuetime on the computer tracks these as three separate functions each website, and one note. This requires using word, and a web browser for searching ideas, and calendars, as well as one note where I keep information. As a Master Teacher, I am observing Pre-Service Teachers frequently. Don’t get me wrong, is a solid piece of software. I used (the app on my phone and the software on the computer) for two weeks before I started working on something new. I use a PC and Android, so the Mac specific programs were out. I started by search out some other academic sites where they explained how they tracked their time. The clock just keeps spinning, and I do my work.Īnd so, my efforts to track my time. I do my job, and I write well, so my reviews have been accepted.īut how much time do I actually spend during the work day on these areas? Not a clue. It says that I will spend 57.5% of my time on teaching activities, 17.5% of my time on service activities, and 25% of my time on “other” which is a lot of administrative and recruiting tasks.īut how much time do I actually spend on these activities? Am I even close? Is it 80% teaching, and 10% service and other? Who knows. In my role as a Master Teacher, I have a role statement on file with my Dean at at the University. This problem has gone on for the last four years, and this year I am finally doing something about it. ![]()
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