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Posted in Just For Educators, Just For Learners on Apr 20th, 2008
Lee and Sacha leFever have created a set of excellent “low tech” videos explaining technical concepts like blogs, rss, twitter and more at http://www.youtube.com/leelefever. This would be a great way to explain concepts to students – simply link to the page or embed the video.
Posted in Just For Learners on Apr 20th, 2008
It has a funny name. But bear with me … it’s awesome. What it is: del.icio.us is a “social bookmarking” site. When you’re surfing the internet, and want to go back to a page, you probably save it to your Favorites or Bookmarks, right? Instead you can save it to del.icio.us, which is online, not [...]
Posted in Tests and Exams on Apr 12th, 2008
My aim is to help you study smarter, not harder. Here’s some simple things you can do that will improve your test and exam performance without studying more. Honest The day before the test: Go over all of your notes, skim through the text book and thoroughly review everything. Pack your bag with everything you’ll [...]
Posted in Just For Learners, Tests and Exams on Apr 11th, 2008
Previous posts in this series: 1. Know thyself 2. Use it or lose it Why write study notes: 1. Less to revise: Textbooks have a lot of information that helps you understand; once you understand, you only need reminders Your notes will have information that is now second nature to you Some of your notes [...]
Posted in Just For Learners, Tests and Exams on Apr 8th, 2008
Previous post in this series: 1. Know Thyself. Now that you know your learning style, the next step is to use it. If you didn’t take the learning style test in part one, here it is again. Auditory and read/write learners have it easiest in western education settings, which often involve listening, talking, writing and [...]
Posted in Just For Learners, Tests and Exams on Apr 4th, 2008
Test season is upon us again! This is the first in a series of posts to help you study easier, not harder. The single best thing you can do to study easier is to learn using your own preferred learning style. Are you visual? Do you learn best from pictures, color and shape? Maybe you’re auditory – [...]
Posted in For Everyone, Just For Learners on Mar 13th, 2008
I warn you – this is going to sound silly. But so many people have very reluctantly admitted how well this works that I’m pretty sure I’m on the right track. Here goes: If you’re procrastinating over something, start the very first, small thing. And only the first thing. If it’s a report, write the [...]
Posted in For Everyone, Just For Learners on Mar 4th, 2008
I have a looming deadline for a conference paper. When you’re working to a deadline, there are 3 options: start early, start as late as possible, or panic. Two of those are approved Project Management practices. Here’s a simple technique from Project Management for planning out your work to avoid panic. 1. Break the work [...]
Posted in For Everyone, Just For Learners on Feb 29th, 2008
I have a clutter monster living under my desk. While I’m away he collects books, mail, coffee cups, notes, pens … I come home to find my lovely desk full of clutter. I understand they can live under almost any flat surface. Do you have a clutter monster too? After getting inspired by Unclutterer’s “Workspace of the Week” I [...]
Posted in For Everyone, Just For Learners on Feb 26th, 2008
If you study, write or spend time on the computer, it’s worth setting up your desk to make that time a joy. That means at home, too. It can be cheap - check out the 2nd hand furniture stores – just make sure it’s write (sorry – right) for you. 1. Get a good chair that [...]
