Thing Sixteen: Student 2.0 Tools

Boy, why didn't I have these tools when I was in school? I could've used them in grad school, too. The U of Minnesota Assignment Calculator is such a clean, simple way of kicking off an assignment in a thoughtful and organized manner. I love it that there are as many or few recommendations for helpful links as you wish to use. Somehow the "official" timeline would enable me to work more efficiently, I think, as though I had some responsibility to someone. This, as well as the Research Project Calculator, would help in so many situations-especially with written assignments. I've always had a nasty habit of doing everything at once; not entirely at the last minute, but not with enough time either. I believe that a lot of my thesis papers would have been so much better if I had given myself time to really ruminate on the research that I had done instead of instantly synthesizing it (the research) into a paper. I suppose many people do it, and the Assignment Calculator enables you to be more methodical in your process. Slick.
I've already recommended it to a friend. Hopefully she'll tell me what she thinks. I think the library should absolutely link this to an education link or a student link on the resources page.