Using Your Fitbit to Keep on Schedule!

In the beginning of August I started a new job as a Title 1 Aid. For those of you who may not know, the life of a Title aid is very busy and fast paced. I have a total of 6 classroom I go to daily and I have 5 min. to get from one classroom to the other. So how can a fitbit help you and me stay on schedule? Good Question?! 

During my first week of school I kept having to get into my bag, get out my schedule, look at the clock 5-6 times a day until my schedule was memorized and even then sometimes I would be ontask and just forget it was time to move on. Then, I had a brilliant idea! I looked down at my wrist and remembered that silent alarms can be set on a fitbit.

2 Reasons I don't Set Alarms on my Phone

1. Appearances- I don't want my Principal/Parents/Teachers seeing me looking at my phone constantly.

2. Distraction- No matter what sound you set as your alert tone it always causes a distraction for the kids in the classroom. My fitbit just vibrates 3 pulses to alert me to move classrooms. Quiet and Effective!!!

Setting up Alarms on Fitbit

I jumped on the fitbit bandwagon when they first came out so I have the original fitbit flex.

1. Go to Fitbit.com and login, then click the gear icon in the upper righthand corner and select "settings".

2. Then click Silent alarms. You can add up to 8-9 silent alarms. Make sure you add your correct time zone, days of the week you want alarm to go off ect...

3. Select On for the alarms you would like to use, if you are going to be out of school for Christmas Break or Summer Break just login to fitbit.com and turn off alarms until you want them to begin again.

Enjoy,

Mrs. Laborde