Breaking Your Creative Block
No matter what it is you are trying to do — write, draw, paint, engineer — at one time or another you’ve encountered a little mind block. Don’t worry though, they are very easy to overcome (even if it doesn’t happen as fast as we would like sometimes). The folks at Creative Market have come up with a wonderful infographic to give you 40 ideas to try and help you overcome whatever mental block you are having and get back to creating all your wonderful things. [VIA]
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Tags: creation, creativity, drawing, education, general, infographic, painting, reference, study habits, study skills, teacher tools, writing
The Ultimate Guide to Note Taking in Class
It’s been a while, but I came across this infographic in my travels around the Internet and thought it was fantastic. One of the toughest things we need to help our students with are study skills and habits. One of those things that is the bane of many students is the ability to take notes during classes to help them remember important details and concepts from your lessons. The tips presented here focus solely on handwritten notes. [VIA]
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Guide to Note-taking
Taking notes in an academic class is often critical to your success in that class. Being able to remind yourself of the important information delivered as well as having an easy way to return to and review this information can make or break a student. Today’s infographic gives you three different note-taking styles: the Outline Method with a main topic and subtopics, the Cornell Method where you divide the paper into three sections to organize your information, and the Mapping Method where you free-form take noted then connect the ideas later. [VIA]
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Tags: education, general, infographic, notes, organization, reference, study habits, study skills
Music and Learning
We’ve all had students who would prefer to read, study, or to work with their music on. Is there a benefit to this, other than avoiding a battle of wills over the use of headphones? Studies have proven that some light music can help with memory and focus, but just how does that work and what kind of music is best? Today’s infographic explores those questions. [VIA]
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