Productivity: Coping with Distraction While Working from Home 4/23/2020

Although this webinar dealt with distractions while working at home, the part about productivity I found particularly useful.  '

Focus blockers
Freedom https://freedom.to
Self Control Https://selfcontrolapp.com (free for Macs)
Focus (for Mac) : https://heyfocus.com

Figure out your own circadian rhythm. When do you work the best and have the most energy?  Use that time to do your "deep work" and save the other time for "shallow work."  
Deep Work
Writing
Curriculum development 
Strategizing
Planning/Forecasting
Make a video/image/instructional materials
Flowcharts
Researching  
Lesson Planning
Reading/Studying

Shallow Work
Email
grading
Data Entry
Scheduling/Calendaring
Editing (?)
Marketing
Purchasing
Book orders
LibChat
Registering
Blogging

Our brains can only focus for so long.  Deep work will make us feel more tired.
Admit, I can only do this much today.
52 min. work, 17 min. break
80/20
Pomodoro Technique

Deep work: “Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate.”- Cal Newport

Shallow work: Noncognitively demanding, logistical-style tasks, often performed while distracted. These efforts tend not to create much new value in the world and are easy to replicate.” Cal Newport