2024-12-22T03:00:35-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150209793/3-tips-for-architecture-students-preparing-for-a-virtual-fall-2020 Sean Joyner 2020-08-03T13:31:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/78/78d61a4ffaa98587b4e8a30207c798bd.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The start of the Fall semester is just around the corner and many students are gearing up for an entirely virtual schooling experience, something most have never embarked on before. How can students best prepare for an online-based semester? What are some ways to leverage optimal mental performance and lasting productivity throughout the entire Fall term? Here are 3 tips to consider as you commence the new school year.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/96/96251a54925d13cc2aa0a328ca797a47.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/96/96251a54925d13cc2aa0a328ca797a47.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Previously on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150177753/in-school-sometimes-more-research-is-just-more-procrastination" target="_blank">In school, sometimes more research is just more procrastination</a></figcaption></figure></figure> Be intentionally mobile <p>When on campus, you can walk around studio to talk with colleagues, go to the fabrication facilities, walk to get food, travel to your various classes throughout the day, and overall, almost every item on your daily to-do list requires you to change locations. But when all of those activities can be done in one location, namely, your computer, all of that mobility is arrested and you find yourself inactively stagnant.</p> <p>I decided to audit my physical activity...</p>