The 2019 Fall Semester has begun so here at the ESU IT
department we thought it might be a good time to share some handy tips on
better ways to stay focused and tackle your assignments this semester!
We all know how easy it can be to get distracted while
studying or working on assignments, especially with websites like YouTube,
Facebook and Twitter being only a couple clicks away. Good news is that there
are plenty of website blockers out there that allow you to block certain
distracting websites while you work, meaning no more ‘quick breaks’ until your
work is done.
SelfControl is a great free website blocker that allows you
to choose the websites that you find the most distracting and set them to a
blacklist that will block them for a select period of time. Unfortunately
SelfControl is only available on Mac, luckily there are many great Windows
alternatives out there. Focus 45 is a free Chrome extension that can be used on
both Mac and Windows.
From me and the rest of the team at ESU IT, we hope you all
have a great semester. Stingers up!
Taylor Nelson
Student Web Developer
Web and Digital Strategies
