Picture this....it's Sunday night about 9pm and you are 100 papers into the 250 that you still have to grade. You say to yourself, "I'm going to take a break for 5 minutes and go look at Facebook (or Pinterest or whatever your favorite social media is)." So, you open a new tab, surf the social media for a bit.....and suddenly it's 11:30pm and you're not sure where the last 2.5 hours went! Sound familiar? lol
Now, let's rewind this scenario using the Take A Five tab. You decide to take a break and, instead of going directly to your social media, you go to the website http://ift.tt/1M5iecl (below is a screenshot of what it will look like)
You choose 1, 5, 10 minutes or a custom time, then hit enter. A new tab opens that looks like this:
When I first found this, I thought it was a cute trick to show people and I had fun playing with it. Now, though, I've found it's actually a great productivity tool to keep me on track. Everyone needs breaks from the tasks we dread doing, so it's easy to get side-tracked for long periods of time.
Take A Five is one productivity tool that will help you use your time wisely and I highly recommend it!
via Jim Leishman - Technology Integration Specialist Port Huron Schools - Tomorrow\'s Innovators http://ift.tt/1NEWPWD