Starving the Future - NYTimes.com

Comparison of the current state of U.S. children's education and future with that of China and India. Wake up!

How To Use Siri to Create Reminders For Any Location

Okay, all you lucky ones who have Siri on your team . . . use the technology to keep track of your daily homework and upcoming quizzes, tests, and projects.

Where Do Sentences Come From? - NYTimes.com

"Experiment a little. Make a sentence of your own in your head. Don’t write it down. Any kind of sentence will do, but keep it short. Rearrange it. Reword it. Then throw it out. Make another. Rearrange. Reword. Discard. You can do this anywhere, at any time. Do it again and again, without inscribing anything. Experiment with rhythm. Let the sentences come and go. Evaluate them, play with them, but don’t cling to them. If you find a sentence you really like, let it go and look for the next one. The more you do this, the easier it will be to remember the sentences you want to keep. Better yet, you’ll know that you can replace any sentence you lose with one that’s just as good.

. . . [You'll] learn to write well, to trust yourself as a writer, you will have to learn to be patient in the presence of your own thoughts. You’ll learn that making sentences in your head will elicit thoughts you didn’t know you could have. Thinking patiently will yield far better sentences than you thought you could make.

You’ll discover the most important thing your education left out: how to trust and value your own thinking. And you’ll also discover one of things writing is for: pleasure."  - VERLYN KLINKENBORG

Dropbox - Simplify your life

Would you like to send your documents and photos to others? Consider using DROP BOX as another external hard drive accessible to those you choose.

How to Get the Most Out of Studying | Samford University | Birmingham, Alabama

View these short videos and think about how you will begin to practice deep processing while you study.  Save this link to favorites.

Dr. Stephen L. Chew on Effective Studying

Dr. Chew's notes for the five videos.

How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 5 of 5, "I Blew the Exam, Now What?" - YouTube

Dr. Stephen Chew examines what to do when you've done poorly on an exam.

How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 4 of 5, "Putting Principles for Learning into Practice" - YouTube

The fourth video applies the principles of deep processing to common study situations, including note taking and highlighting while reading. Also, Professor Chew identifies how an effective study group functions. Thank you to Professor Stephen L. Chew of Samford University,
Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama.

How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 3 of 5, "Cognitive Principles for Optimizing Learning" - YouTube

Basic principles of how people learn best. Take a look. Thank you to Stephen L. Chew, Ph.D., Samford University. What is the role of automaticity and over learning?

Deep Processing Skills
 - Elaboration with meaningful information
-  Distinctiveness (noting key differences
-  Relate to personal experience
-  Practice appropriate recalling and using the information in the way you'll be expected to show mastery

How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 1 of 5, "Beliefs That Make You Fail... Or Succeed" - YouTube

How do people learn? Even though this information is for college students, I know you'll benefit from the information in this video. Thank you to Stephen L. Chew, Samford University.

How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 2 of 5, "What Students Should Know About How People Learn" - YouTube

Start the semester informed. Thank you to Stephen L. Chew, Ph.D.,
Samford University.