Remote Learning Guide for Students

Advice from how to motivate yourself to work to how ensure digital security.

Focus Booster is another useful weapon for your arsenal of time management tools. Focus Booster is based on the infamous Pomodoro (or tomato timer) technique. It’s designed to help you stay focused and avoid distractions by working in timed bursts of 25 minutes. These are separated by 5 minute breaks, so you can grab that coffee, quickly check Facebook, or stare at the wall having an existential crisis.

Free plan that offers 20 Pomodoro sessions a month.

SelfControl is a free and open-source application for macOS that lets you block your own access to distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Just set a period of time to block for, add sites to your blacklist, and click "Start." Until that timer expires, you will be unable to access those sites—even if you restart your computer or delete the application.

Time management tips for students from Purdue University Global