First a small update from Part I. I tried Mental Case and found it not to my liking. it is an incredibly smooth piece of software, but a little complex for my needs. Inputting flash card data would take far too long. I also tried ProVoc which I absolutely loved. It’s [...]
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Flash Cards, Part I
For those of us who take classes with a great deal of rote memorization, flashcards are the medium of choice for this terrible activity. I’d like to suggest to you that there is a better way to memorize such information, but really, when it comes down to it - nothing really beats a pack [...]
Can you Fathom it?
A friend of mine directed me to this site today. It’s interesting, evidently setup by Columbia university to help out its distance learning program but the enormous amount of information here isn’t just for them. A quick perusal gave me more than one interesting topic, from Jewish Studies to Locating the Victorians: Technology, [...]
A Big Pile of Useful!!!
You know where Universities absolutely and totally fail? Almost all of them?
Teaching people how to actually learn. And, well, high schools generally fail completely. Students don’t know how to read a book well, how to take notes, how to study properly. If they did, a website like this wouldn’t be needed [...]
