If I ask you when did you study hard last time your answer is bound to be none other than “Exam Season”. Similarly if I want to know when you studied smart last time, obviously you would say last 7 days prior examinations. Let us take general trend in practice. So what bothers you to do serious study only during exam hours? What about rest of seasons? All of us know the answers well.
Fine, we can do some needful exercise on student’s learning patterns. The problem lies with late preparation and lack of seriousness and regularity during no exam seasons. Well accepted the lame excuses behind all short falls we can make out certain plans to do the best during eleventh hour. Students should take these initiatives as early as recommended. Few tips that would prove really helpful are as follows:
a) Plan your total course curriculum chapter and subject wise also map out available days for your complete preparation.
b) Be quick and particular on your decision and framing. Don’t get bogged down by volume of study or thinning of time span.
c) Spend few days to understand important chapters for exam purpose. Take help from suggestions given by school teachers or private tutor or coaching centre.
d) If required so self analysis on previous year exam paper, focus on trendy and repeat questions. Be convinced and acknowledged by question patterns. Get used to new questions also and if time permits just do practice on some tougher numerical. It will boost your confidence level.
e) Don’t waste your time only attempting harder problems in such urgency. Rather keep your morale up by trying easier problems.
f) Fix deadline for every chapters and try your level best to retain your mileage. Don’t get panicked and be close to your scheduled plans.
g) Once you are starting a new chapter always do marking and highlighting key points to address. This is to ensure you don’t miss important points while revising, provided the retention capacities of new chapters are not very good in general.
h) Always make sure you are very much positive on what you are doing. Don’t get confused with over burden. Make out simple strategy to achieve the momentum. Remember you only know your strength and capability. Do believe on your potential and every time set a new and high target for your preparation frequency.
i) Once you are through a subject don’t forget to write down the subject matter point wise in your rough copy which you can consult later during final take. Try to sum up your memory collections and put it in words. This must give you immense confidence and last time touch on the eve of your exam day.
j) Keep your brain and ideas open so as to ensure, during exam hall you can attempt all questions and write with open knowledge resource for uncommon questions.
k) Try to relate your answers with relevant examples. This will enhance answers quality as well as give you free flowing ideas to voice your views.
l) Put your efforts in right direction and expect better output against small inputs. That the way a student should act smart and perform the best during exam hours.
Students should write their own experiences before exams and also how they have coped with last time preparation sessions. If you need any suggestions, help or guidance regarding exam preparation strategies then send your queries to your school or college teachers, personal tutors, and exam experts. They would surely be glad to be at your services. It is also a fruitful idea to share your preparation level with parents. Keep yourself active, busy in practising the papers and make it a habit at least 1-2 months prior to the examination.
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This Article was written by Andy Gomes, an education specialist who shares valuable information on teaching resources .He also writes blogs, provides reviews on student- teacher relationships. He appreciates feedback from viewers.
If you suspect that your young child may be struggling in school, you sometimes have to become a private investigator to determine whether your feelings are accurate. Some children don’t talk and some teachers aren’t the best at relaying information, which leaves it up to you to do the investigative work.
A struggling child could benefit well from a tutor if you think one is needed. To make this determination, it’s good watch your child for behaviors that may indicate struggle, such as:
1. Your Child Says There’s No Homework: If you ask about your child’s homework and the repeated answers are “I didn’t have any homework” or “I forgot my homework,” the literal translation may actually be “I’m struggling with my assignments and don’t want to bring them home.”
2. Your Child is Finding Excuses to Miss School: If your child is getting sick in the mornings, or simply expresses a desire to stay home, there’s a chance that your child is feeling too academically inferior to want to attend school.
3. You Notice Changes in Behavior: Your child may attend school every day, but you may notice some other behavioral issues, such as a bad attitude that didn’t exist before. If your child is feeling resentment or embarrassment because other students seem to pick on subjects faster, it may result in a negative attitude – and may be a sign that it’s time to bring in help.
What to Do if Your Child Displays Signs of Struggle
If your child has shown one of the signs above, you may want to:
1. Try Talking to the Teacher - Or a School Administrator: The teacher should have a great deal of insight into signs of struggle in students and may be able to help determine whether your child needs more of a challenge or simply doesn’t understand the material. However, some teachers are extremely busy and hard to catch up with. It’s your job to persist in attempting communication with the teacher. However, if this doesn’t work, you could try stepping above the teacher’s head to a school administrator who could offer advice.
2. Try Talking to Your Child Again: Another way to forward after determining that a struggle is present is to speak with your child again. Explain that you’re not judging the situation but truly want to help. You could ask questions like “Do you understand what your teacher is teaching in class?” Also, you could express that a getting a tutor is simply offers a way to clarify what was already learned in school and there there’s no reason to feel embarrassed. Hopefully, by explaining that getting a tutor doesn’t equal inferiority, the door will open for communication.
If you’re looking for tutoring resources, it’s good to check with learning centers in your area. Also you could look for resources online that will allow your child to receive tutoring assistance from the comfort of your home.
This article was written by Melissa Tamura, who writes on the topic of online education degrees for the Zen College Life Blog. She would love to hear from you at melissatamura@gmail.com
The following guest post was contributed by Christine Howell who frequently writes about Online Degrees and college related topics for Online College Guru, an online college directory and comparison website.
A great deal of coverage is given to the issue of online safety and protecting children from the less desirable elements of the internet. Just as important, but less talked about, is the value of teaching your children how to use the internet as a learning and research environment, providing them with the tools needed to take advantage of this new technology and to succeed in the academic and economic environment of the future.
For younger children, a number of public and privately-funded groups have examined the best practices and opportunities for early childhood education in classroom settings and at home. Perhaps the best-known organization of its type, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) sponsors conferences and workshops devoted to the use of internet technology in teaching young children research and learning skills. In 1996, the NAEYC released a position paper entitled “Technology and Young Children” in which they outlined various best practices for deciding on the appropriate boundaries and uses of online technology in educating children between the ages of three and eight years. While these standards continue to evolve, the NAEYC in cooperation with PBS have created some suggestions for parents to use at home as their child explores the internet.
By encouraging children to discuss the activities they are pursuing online, parents can keep open lines of communication and ensure that their child is getting the most out of these educational experiences. The internet offers many creative outlets for preschool and elementary-school-aged children, from writing stories to creating unique works of art online; steer your child toward these sorts of opportunities. Encouraging your child to try new things (properly researched and chosen in advance, of course) can help open up new vistas and build self-confidence and adaptability in younger children. For families with more than one child, allowing friendly competition between siblings can promote more active engagement and avoids the passive, solitary stereotype of internet use that can isolate children from social interaction. Perhaps most importantly, limit the amount of time children spend online during these early, formative years. Internet time should never be a substitute for active play and exercise. Children who are physically fit often do better in school and extracurricular activities, so ensure that a healthy balance is maintained for your children.
For older children and teenagers, the internet offers unique opportunities for research and learning. Google provides quick, easy access to more information and data than a typical library, and does so anywhere there is an available network connection. For parents, the key to teaching teens how to better use the online resources available to them is to foster critical thinking skills. While there is an incredible wealth of information available, not all of that information is of equal quality or accuracy. Teens who are taught the difference between reliable sources and possible misinformation are more likely to do well with the unique advantages of this technology. Additionally, parents can provide access to free or paid sites that offer tutoring and homework help; while these vary widely in quality, such sites can be especially helpful to teens struggling with certain classes or concepts.
The internet can be a valuable teaching tool for children, but parents must be their guides and teachers in discovering the many learning opportunities available. The best advice for parents is to remain involved in your child’s online life, assisting them with research and educational websites while ensuring that the available entertainment options are wholesome and worthwhile as well.
I lost my DSL connection for a couple of days, and to tell you the truth, it was all I could do be patient and wait for it to be restored. But in those two days, I felt like I had lost my connection to the entire world. That’s how important the Internet is to us. It has pervaded every aspect of our lives and it’s definitely going to be around for eons to come, in progressively advanced avatars, of course.
So when schools prevent their students from using the World Wide Web for educational purposes, they are in fact limiting the children’s abilities to grow according to the world we live in today. But sadly, that is the case with most institutions today. Students are not allowed to access the Internet, even if it is for research or to gain knowledge. Of course, we know the reason for this ban; the net is one place that is not safe for kids – we have predators and pedophiles lurking in its dark corners; there’s porn that kids get caught up in, online video games and social networking sites that are as addictive as alcohol and drugs, and of course, the harmless pastime of chatting with friends which is a waste of school and learning time.
But surprisingly, a few schools in the USA are breaking free from these shackles and allowing their kids to use the net in really cool ways – YouTube videos that are educational, chats with peers in other countries and award-winning authors, research using Google, their own blogs, and other tools are being harnessed by schools in the district of Trussville, Alabama. The 4,000 odd students are allowed access to the Internet, without the kind of restrictions that are normally imposed at other schools.
The educational authorities have the right idea in mind – with the Internet being an all-pervasive tool, rather than keeping children away from it, it is better to teach them how to use it in the right ways. It’s just like sex education – if children are not aware of the consequences, they could get into a whole lot of trouble. So education and awareness is the key to preventing unwanted pregnancies and STDs. Similarly, with the Internet, school is the best place to teach kids how to use this tool in an ethical, productive and safe manner.
Let’s face it – most adults spend their time on the Net in frivolous pursuits. So is it any wonder that the kids tend to follow suit? When schools break free from rigid rules that don’t allow progress, they’re helping their students go forward in the right way. In short, they are teaching their kids lessons for life rather than lessons for exams.
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It has not just revolutionized the way we search on the Internet, but also made education more fun and relevant in today’s technology-dependent world. With Google Apps, teachers and students can set up their own account and use Gmail, Google’s instant messenger GTalk to chat with teachers and fellow students in real time, synchronize their calendars so that they’re able to keep up with educational events, lectures, tests and discussions, and use videos for real-time lessons or conference study sessions when they’re not able to get together in one room.
If teachers are apprehensive about providing students with their own email and chat ids, the administrator has the option of turning these off, as well as any other applications that they feel are not suitable. One particularly useful aspect of Google Apps is the document sharer Google Docs which lets you share documents. This is great for working on shared projects where each student has edit and/or read options depending on their status in the group.
Another good tool is Google Sites that allows you to create your own class site where you can upload all the latest information and news that can be read and accessed by students from within the application. Google Sites is also a great tool for developing your own wikis, mini knowledge databases that are filled with information and data relevant to your learning and education.
Google Apps is a great way to stay in touch even if your students are scattered over the country or across the world, as in a distance education class. They help keep track of assignments, lectures and discussions and encourage collaboration between students and teachers.
The best part of schools and other educational institutions using Google Apps is that there are new and innovative uses being thought of for this technology. Students are getting more and more creative and utilizing this tool to enhance the way they and their friends learn and develop on a personal level and as a group. And so we see how technology becomes a great asset in the hands of the right people who know how to harness its power and derive the maximum benefits from it.
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This article is written by Kat Sanders, who regularly blogs on the topic of top online engineering degree at her blog The Engineering A Better World Blog. She welcomes your comments and questions at her email address: katsanders25@gmail.com.
Using technology in the classroom is one of the best and easiest ways to engage students who have grown up in the information age. Most students in public schools these days have grown up with the internet and are far more technologically savvy than most of their teachers; it’s no wonder that infusing lessons with technology ultimately resonate more strongly than lessons using only textbooks and written assignments. What follows is a brief list of ways to enhance teaching and learning by using technology in the classroom.
Video Resources
With the popularity of YouTube, there are thousands upon thousands of video resources available for free that can enhance the educational experiences of students in classrooms. Take the time to locate the proper resources ahead of time and look for other sites that stream educational programming for students’ use. Allowing them to stream video in the context of a computer lab may resonate more deeply than simply watching in the classroom.
Get Students Connected
Another tool that can be used in collaboration with other teachers in your district is to use email or school websites to help connect students with one another. Perhaps you have a lesson that another teacher uses; have their students contact your students and they can create collaborative projects using the web or simply exchange ideas related to the unit of study. There are many way and applications for using internet communication in lessons.
Create Presentations
Students love the ability to show off their skills, whether it’s making a short film, slideshow, or Power Point. Allow them to find images, information, and let them create presentations to give in front of the class. Be sure to have them cite where they located images and information, then screen the presentations before they are given in front of a group.
Evaluate Sources
The internet is certainly full of information, and some sources are superior to others. Make a list of sites for students to evaluate and have them use their critical thinking skills to evaluate the credibility of the information. They can be taught how to do this with a simple checklist of things to look for. This can be a great activity for them to learn that they can’t always take everything on the web at face value.
Multimedia Group Projects
Students love being able to work together when they can showcase their work in front of a group. Similar to presentations, multimedia projects will use students’ knowledge of a variety of technological applications and contain several components. There should be a written element, a visual element, and an audio element to the final product at the very least. These projects can involve a wide variety of skills and will truly engage students in the task at hand.
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This post was contributed by Holly McCarthy, who writes on the subject of the best online schools. She invites your feedback at hollymccarthy12 at gmail dot com
Tony Wagner, author of Global Achievement Gap, has an informative keynote speech about the Global Achievement Gap. He discusses 7
survival skills for thriving in the workforce and thriving:
Critical thinking
Collaboration and the ability to lead by influence through networks
Teaching in the information age requires that teachers stay ahead of the curve when it comes to technology, or they risk being left out of the loop. Using the internet and staying informed via the information superhighway should by now be a part of your daily routine. Email has long since replaced the paper memo in your mailbox, and every classroom should have at least one computer, if not many more.
Students in this day and age are more than likely far more technologically advanced than their predecessors, and therefore, it is of the utmost importance that we use a medium than they are familiar with in order to convey information. Rather than utilizing social media as a means to an end, however, creating a class blog allows you to be in control of the flow of information and stay in touch with students without invading their space.
Highlight Major Points of Lessons
In the form of a daily recap, teachers can use blogs to record the day’s events so that students can revisit the lesson or topics covered in class. This is not to say that you must write out the entire lesson by any means. Write out key points and objectives so that students can refresh their memories or see what they missed if they were absent.
Extra Credit Opportunities
Get students involved outside of class by offering extra credit to those who participate in online discussions. Perhaps hidden information or a trivia question of the day is a good way to keep student traffic flowing toward your site. Opening up discussion forums on your blog and monitoring what students are saying is a great way to get feedback on your lessons and subject matter as well.
Provide Presentations and Notes
If you regularly use technology in your lessons, posting these files for download on your blog is an excellent resource for students. Allowing students to access and download notes and Power Point presentations gives them an edge when it comes to studying for your class. Additionally, doing this helps cut down on copies and class time used for arbitrarily copying down notes.
Open Up Communication
In addition to providing a forum where students can communicate with one another regarding your course, you are also opening up valuable lines of communication between them and yourself. It is a great way to keep conversations going regarding assignments, grades, and tutoring opportunities as well.
Connect Students with Resources
You can enrich your students’ experience with your subject matter by providing them with links to other sites that reinforce the information they are receiving in your class. Virtual field trips, interactive games, and informational and instructional videos are among the things you can link your blog to. Let your students take ownership of their education by finding out more about a topic on their own with a little guidance from your blog.
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This article is contributed by Kelly Kilpatrick, who regularly writes on Become a teacher in California. She invites your questions at her personal email address: kellykilpatrick24 at gmail dot com.
There is a no greater gift that we can give our children than quality education. Education knocks down the barriers erected between the rich and the poor, it’s the catalyst that’s needed for the reaction that combines hard work and determination and converts it to success, and it’s wealth that we can never lose once we’ve gained it. With over 90 percent of American children being educated at public schools, improving the quality of education a student receives translates to improving the quality of these schools. To do this, city administrative officials must focus on:
·Hiring and retaining qualified teachers who are dedicated to the profession.
·Improving the standards at preschools so that kids enter K12 schools ready to learn. The potential in each child must be developed.
·Improving safety at schools, especially those in poor neighborhoods where the crime rate is high.
·Involving parents in the education process, with teachers providing regular feedback on how their children are performing at school and opening up channels of communication between parents, teachers and the school authorities.
·Improving facilities and infrastructure at schools.
·Putting funds to good use to further the development of the school, and hence its students.
·Holding quality after-school programs to help weaker kids with homework, assignments and lessons.
·Decreasing the number of drop outs.
·Taking a career-oriented approach with seniors or providing guidance and counseling to choose the right colleges and majors.
·Performance-based incentives for teachers to motivate them. An amount of accountability must also be factored in to ensure that they don’t help students cheat by leaking test papers or helping them with answers.
·Improving not just academic test scores at schools, but providing students with an all-round educational experience that will prepare them to face the life ahead.
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A friend and I are going to make an interactive whiteboard based on Johnny Lee’s video. For about $40 in parts you can make an interactive whiteboard. When I went to the Maker Faire I got to try it out. Very cool.
Here is a video on Instructables giving a little more explanation about how to make the pen. The software for the program is free to download on Johnny Lee’s site, but it’s only for PCs. I did find a link for Mac compatible software.
