A blog about learning, living, and sometimes trying to do both.
Posted in Just For Learners on May 24th, 2009
A great post from Colin over at Mac Samurai, about how he went from failing all his courses to straight A’s. I’ve always believed that anyone can get straight As – they just need to learn the study skills so they know what they need to do, then put enough time aside to do it. [...]
Posted in Just For Learners, Organisation on Mar 19th, 2009
Click to view original. Source: http://xkcd.com/557/ I don’t know about you, but when I have this dream, it’s usually a sign I’m procrastinating on something I know I need to get doing
Posted in Just For Learners on Jul 29th, 2008
Visual Learners might find this article on mind-mapping interesting. Check out the other articles on the site too, for some graphical representations of different thinking concepts.
Posted in Just For Learners, Organisation on Jul 6th, 2008
Are your poor, unloved possessions lying around the place, with no home to go to? Look around: if you have piles of “stuff” and you don’t know where to put it … watch out – the SPCC (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Clutter) might be on your tail! Find homes for all that [...]
Posted in Just For Learners, Organisation on Jun 22nd, 2008
Disclaimer: this is an obvious suggestion. Feel free to stop reading now. Of course, if you’re not organised, you may want to keep reading … The best way to get more organised is to spend time organising. It doesn’t have to be lots of time – just more than you do now. And it’s most [...]
Posted in Tests and Exams on May 13th, 2008
Preparing for an open book test is a bit different to a closed book test. The emphasis isn’t on memorising as much – although it’s still worth doing that – but your main focus is on understanding and preparing notes to take into the test. 1. Understand the materials Your aim is to have a [...]
Posted in Tests and Exams on May 8th, 2008
Hint: they’re not as easy as you might think. My Helpdesk students have an open book test coming up (evil laughter … more evil laughter … maniacal laughter). I hate to tell you, but open book tests aren’t easy. I thought might help you to know how I think about open book tests, and why [...]
Posted in Just For Learners on May 6th, 2008
A great post on keeping focus from Leo of Zen Habits: 16 ways to keep a razor-sharp focus at work – good for students, too.
Posted in Just For Learners, Tests and Exams on May 6th, 2008
What?! OMG!! Oh well, I’ll worry about that when I’ve done all my assignments. Right? Wrong. Sorry. Most of your assignments are due almost at the end of term, which only gives you one week to study before exams. It’s certainly possible to study only for that week, and pass – if you’re very (very) [...]
Posted in Just For Learners on Apr 20th, 2008
What they are: You’re reading a blog! “Blog” is short for “weblog”. Blogs are a series of articles, kind of like a newspaper or magazine, which are called “posts”, and are shown in date order (most recent first). The idea is that the blogger regularly publishes new content to keep their readers informed or to [...]
