May 31, 2010
It’s time once again for our featured Movers and Shakers post. Each week, we take one software category and list the top ten most downloaded free apps. This week we are looking at a CNet category entitled Student Tools. These are applications that students can take advantage of like note-taking applications and software that help [...]
May 24, 2010
Through the years, I have tutored many kids for the SATs. Many were students whose parents couldn’t afford to pay for tutoring lessons; others were just looking for resources to be able to study on their own. Every year, thousands of students with dreams of going to a good college, try to prepare themselves for [...]
May 16, 2010
There are many aspects of studying, all requiring their own habitat and instruments. Most importantly, there’s note-taking, studying, and exercising. All of these come with specialised tool-sets. Each rendering additional costs and practical difficulties. Most people don’t realize how powerful their smart phone really is – and how diverse the applications are. It’s often hard to [...]
April 28, 2010
I am sure there are a lot of students out there in MakeUseOf land. So when I came across pElement, I knew I had to share it with the group. pElement is an interactive periodic table of the elements. It provides you with all the data you need for your chemistry or other science class. Maybe [...]
April 12, 2010
Have you ever finished a course and later wondered what was the name of that book you wanted to get around to reading? Can’t recall the brilliant tips you were given? Wish you could still find your readings? Can’t remember the tutor’s name anymore? Wish you knew what books other people had referenced in their [...]
April 7, 2010
This article covers several useful and powerful Wikipedia search engines. Put in a search with a keyword into a regular search engine and there’s a high chance a reference from Wikipedia will pop up at the head of the results. Wikipedia has become a virtual “˜Encyclopedia Britannica’ for a lot of us. I would rate [...]
February 26, 2010
Memory is the water that’s in the bucket of our brain. It doesn’t matter if the bucket is half full or it’s up to the brim, some of the water evaporates. So does memory because our brain can take only so much. When it comes to memory, the “˜R’ for “recollection” is always aided by [...]
February 24, 2010
Students become stakeholders in the learning process WITHOUT having to dress up like Benjamin Franklin.
February 24, 2010
In my college days, using flash cards to prepare for foreign language and other related exams were essential to my memorization process. In my day, you bought a pack of 3×5 cards and performed the labor of writing a question on one side of the card and the answer on the other side. Today, this [...]
February 16, 2010
Currently I’m involved in a small project of creating a website for distance learning. Having tinkered with WordPress for a while, I don’t have any second thoughts in deciding what the platform of the site should be. WordPress is already famous for its flexibility. With the right theme and plugins, you can turn a WordPress [...]
