Resources
General Study Materials
The Study Guide
Note Taking Guides
- Note Taking Worksheet (V.1)
- Note Taking Worksheet (V.2)
- Note Taking Worksheet (V.3)
- Note Taking Worksheet (V.4)
- Note Taking Worksheet (V.5)
"How To" Series
- Weekly Schedule V.1 (download & open in Notability)
- Weekly Schedule V.2 (download & open in Notability)
Weekly Schedule Fall 2020 Distance Learning (download & open in Notability)
From the Library
Pop Up Workshop/Student Success Workshop Related Handouts
- January: Note-Taking
- February: Essay Writing
- September/November:
Online Learning Supports
A few simple tips:
- Create a space dedicated to learning
- Identify the time of day you learn best
- Ask questions: use your classmates, email your teacher, work on being proactive
- Work backwards - identify your goals for the day and devise a plan on how to get that accomplished
- Research freely - want to dive deeper into a question, use the tools at your fingertips to learn more
- FINALLY - do the work - you are responsible for your learning outcomes, the time you put in to this new experience is valuable and important, knowing that sometimes makes working "easier"
- Need some tips from PBS? Check them out here
Assistive Technology
Screen Readers and Audiobooks
- Have your Mac Read to You
- Learning Ally
- Bookshare
- Read Aloud: Text to Speech Reader
- Natural Reader
- Read and Write for Google Chrome
Studying and Concentration
Steps to block websites on iphones and ipads while studying
- Launch Settings from the home screen
- Choose Screen Time
- Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions
- Toggle Content & Privacy Restrictions
- Select Content Restrictions
- Tap Web Content
Background Noise Filters
YouTube Filter - watch just the video you are supposed to watch!
Mindfulness