September 27, 2011 IT-Tools

On your marks, get set, go!

Coming into the first year of the Operations Management program at BCIT I was prepared for what I had been told will be the hardest and busiest two years of my life. With my first two weeks full of anticipation and anxiety, I waited for “it” to come and in week three,  “it” finally arrived!

 Here it was, individual assignments, case studies, and oral presentations. Team projects, team meetings, boot camp and volleyball, not to mention all of the reading and homework exercises. It became clear very quickly that in order for me to keep organized and on track I needed help.

I signed up and attended the E-Tools seminar lead by Alex Opisov from the 2^nd year of the Operations Management program. Alex introduced a group of us to some of the tools he and his 2^nd year team members found helpful to manage their busy schedules and work efficiently and virtually.

In the 1-hour seminar Alek walked us through an introduction of Google Calendar, Google Documents, Gmail and Dropbox where he explained to us how and when to use these tools.  By using a Google calendar I now have my class schedule, assignments, projects, tests and extra curricular activities all organized. I receive emails to remind me of important dates to keep me on track and never miss a deadline. My team and I now use Dropbox to share files instead of bogging down our email accounts and Google docs to brainstorm our ideas for assignments and projects, allowing us to be anywhere working on one document together at the same time.

A big thanks to you, Alex, for taking the time away from your schedule to show us the tools to make it easier!

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