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“I feel successful when I provide for my family doing what I love to do, when a student tells me that my work inspires them, when an observer enjoys my paintings and when what I wanted to express agrees with what I did express.” - F.Pérez

- Fabian and Monica II

#newyear #fabianperezart #neoemotionalism #artofexpressions #artofsuccess

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“Y aquí estoy, arropándote por las noches cuando en tus desvelos das vueltas por tu cama y te cubro con el edredón que son mis brazos sobre ti. Me escondo entre la sombra bajo tus pies, voy a dónde vas y estoy en donde estés, en el humo del café que bebes cada vez que puedes, estoy cifrado en las letras de tus libros para que solo tú me descubras, y de las palabras que escribes hago mi camuflaje, soy la gota que se desliza en tu ventana mientras ves la lluvia caer, la brisa que acaricia tu rostro en el camino cuando llevas de la mano a ese ángel que se quedó a tu lado para darle sentido a nuestros pasos. Estoy en ese rincón donde te escondes cuando quieres estar sola, en la boca de aquellos que preguntan por mí y me hacen presente, y es que soy el que te mece suave cuando estás en tu hamaca escuchando la música que en su magia hace que me recuerdes, soy la nube en el cielo donde dibujas mi sonrisa, la llave de sol poniéndole brillo a tus ojos melódicos. Estoy en el primer rayo de luz que te despierta por las mañanas, en el aire que respiras y me impulsa hacia tu corazón, soy ese cosquilleo en tu estómago, soy el que te eriza la piel, el aroma impregnado en el regalo que te envié y que hueles para saber que lo que sueñas también es realidad. Estoy en tu queja y en tu rebeldía, en tu Fe, en tu lucha y en tus sueños, en el azul de tu cielo y en la tierra que pisas, en las estrellas de tu noche y en árbol al que te arrimas, estoy en todo lo que te rodea, en lo que siembras y cosechas, en lo que anhelas y construyes, en la hoja donde a mano te escribí, estoy en el reloj mientras esperas, para hacer que los minutos no pasen sin nosotros. Soy el que le da masajes a tu corazón cansado de ver lo injusto, soy los latidos que te animan a seguir, soy tu presente y soy tu futuro, soy el que embiste a los gigantes de tu pasado, el secreto que abre todos tus candados. Estoy en lo que tocas y me sientes, en lo que miras y ves mi reflejo, estoy aguardando siempre detrás de esa puerta que solo tú sabes, en las sonrisas de la gente que agradece tu presencia, estoy en el diario donde guardas tus memorias, en los ideales que te inspiran, en los valores que te mueven, estoy en el silencio donde siempre me escuchas, y en el ruido donde solo oyes mi voz. Soy el que deja sueños bajo tu almohada y como migas de pan entre tus cosas los besos que se lanzan sobre ti si los encuentras, soy los versos disonantes que solo encajan en la historia que juntos construimos. Soy el niño que juega con aquella niña en tu interior a las escondidas y el hombre que elegiste para estar con la mujer que hoy se muestra valiente ante la vida. Soy el que se asoma en tu mente en este preciso momento desbaratando angustias, diluyendo penas, fortificando esperanzas y multiplicando certezas, soy lo que llevas en tus manos porque ahí solo puede estar y ser mejor, soy el que te escribe enamorado, y mientras aquí estoy… nunca jamás estarás sola.”

— Tú // Mis Dedos Tienen Vida Propia. // Alejandro.

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A million movies to get you in the school spirit

Obviously the school life portrayed in movies is nothing like the reality. Try more disorganisation, mounting stress and constantly messy hair. Nevertheless, we can attempt to forget the reality! I’ve put together this list of high school and college related movies to get you maybe just a little more motivated for school. I’ve put an asterisk (*) next to some of my favourites. Happy watching!

High school related movies:

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)*

17 Again (2009)

21 Jump Street (2012)*

A Cinderella Story (2004)

A Girl Like Her (2015)*

Accepted (2006)

American Beauty (1999)*

An Education (2009)*

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)*

Bad Hair Day (2015)

Beastly (2011)

Blame (2017)*

Bratz: The Movie (2007)

Bring It On (2000)

Bring It On Again (2004)

Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)

Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009)

Bring It On: In It to Win It (2007)

Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)

Carrie (2013)

Chronicle (2012)

Clueless (1995)*

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

Cyberbully (2011)

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Dirty Deeds (2005)

Easy A (2010)*

Election (1999)

Endless Love (2014)*

Expelled (2014)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Flipped (2010)*

Freaky Friday (2003)

F*ck the Prom (2017)

G.B.F. (2013)

Geek Charming (2011)

Geography Club (2013)

Get a Clue (2002)

Girl in Progress (2012)

Grease (1978)*

Hairspray (2007)

Heathers (1988)

High School Musical (2006)

High School Musical 2 (2007)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

Ice Princess (2005)

Into the Storm (2014)

It’s a Boy Girl Thing (2006)*

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

John Tucker Must Die (2006)*

Juno (2007)

Just One of the Guys (1985)

Keith (2008)

Lady Bird (2017)

LOL (2012)

Love, Simon (2018)

Mean Girls (2004)*

Mean Girls 2 (2011)

Mono (2016)

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Never Been Kissed (1999)

New York Minute (2004)

Not Another Teen Movie (2001)

On My Block (2018)

Paper Towns (2015)

Picture This (2009)

Pink in Pink (1986)

Project X (2012)*

Prom (2011)

Raise Your Voice (2004)

Read It and Weep (2006)

Remember the Titans (2000)

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Save the Last Dance (2001)

School of Rock (2003)

She’s All That (1999)

She’s The Man (2006)

Sixteen Candles (1984)

Sleepover (2004)

St. Trinian’s (2007)

Step Up (2006)

Spiderman: Homecoming (2017)

Stranger Things (2016 - present)

Struck by Lightning (2012)

Submarine (2010)

Superbad (2007)*

The Bling Ring (2013)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

The Clique (2008)

The DUFF (2015)*

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

The First Time (2012)*

The Girl Next Door (2004)*

The History Boys (2006)

The Hot Chick (2002)

The Jerk Theory (2009)

The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)

The Perfect Score (2004)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)*

The Spectacular Now (2013)

The To Do List (2013)*

The Virgin Suicides (1999)*

Trojan War (1997)

Twilight (2008)

Wild Child (2008)*

College/university related movies:

21 (2008)

21 and Over (2013)*

22 Jump Street (2014)*

After the Dark (2013)*

Accepted (2006)

Bad Neighbours (2014)*

College (2008)

Fired Up! (2009)

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Legally Blonde (2001)*

Liberal Arts (2012)

Like Crazy (2011)

Monsters University (2013)

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)

Pitch Perfect (2012)*

Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

So Undercover (2012)

Sorority Wars (2009)

Sydney White (2007)

The House Bunny (2008)

The Social Network (2010)

High school and college/university related TV shows:

Awkward (2011 - 2016)

Bad Education (2012 - 2014)

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990 - 2000)

Community (2009 - 2015)

Daria (1997 - 2001)

Educating Essex (2011)

Educating Yorkshire (2013)

Faking It (2014 - 2016)

Freaks and Geeks (1999 - 2000)

Fresh Meat (2011 - 2016)

Friday Night Lights (2006 - 2011)

Gilmore Girls (2000 - 2007)

Glee (2009 - 2015)

Gossip Girl (2007 - 2012)

How to Get Away with Murder (2014 - present)

Ja’mie Private School Girl (2013)

Pretty Little Liars (2010 - present)

Puberty Blues (2012 - 2014)*

Riverdale (2017 - present)*

Saved by the Bell (1989 - 1992)

Scream Queens (2015 - present)

Skins (2007 - 2013)

Summer Heights High (2008)

Teen Wolf (2011 - present)

The Carrie Diaries (2013 - 2014)

The Inbetweeners (2008 - 2010)

The O.C. (2003 - 2007)

The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2011 - 2013)

The Vampire Diaries (2010 - 2017)

Waterloo Road (2006 - 2015)

I’ve not seen every single one of this list, so if it doesn’t really have much to do with education, that is why! Please feel free to add you own or message me so I can add more. 

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# 1 - Google Docs

technically an app and a chrome resource, Google Docs and other Google resources are extremely helpful for projects. You can use these to do projects with other people by simply sharing it with them. The reason i say Google Docs, in particular, is because it is my personal favorite. You can make graphs and tables. There are templates to take notes. It is perfect for basically any projects you might do

# 2 - Tydlig

just a really rad calculator with a cool format

# 3 - Lumosity

daily brain puzzles to use as a brain warm up before doing your homework or study sessions. the games are fun and you can challenge your high score over and over again (my personal favorite is the train of thought)

# 4 - Memrise

you know it you love it its a really cute and rad language learning app! you go up in space! you learn words! you did it!

# 5 - Etsy

not technically a studying/learning app, but it is a perfect source of rewarding yourself after a long study session. you can purchase things at super low prices at high quality! you can also buy gifts for others or just treat yourself

i hope this post was helpful and i hope you all try out these apps!

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good movies for rainy days or anytime you’d like:

- Before Sunrise (1995)

- Before Sunset (2004)

- Before Midnight (2013)

- Scream (1996)

- Closer (2004)

- The Notebook (2004)

- Donnie Darko (2001)

- The Goonies (1985)

- The Breakfast Club (1985)

- Point Break (1991)

- Top Gun (1986)

- Stand by Me (1986)

- Fight Club (1999)

- The Departed (2006)

- Cruel Intentions (1999)

- Pulp Fiction (1994)

- American Psycho (2000)

- Inception (2010)

- Sixteen Candles (1984)

- Submarine (2010)

- Clueless (1995)

- The Blue Lagoon (1980)

- American Beauty (1999)

- The Usual Suspects (1995)

- Romeo + Juliet (1996)

- Harry Potter series (2001-2011)

- Labyrinth (1986)

- The Parent Trap (1998)

- Seven (1995)

- The Craft (1996)

- Titanic (1997)

- Love Rosie (2014)

- Grease (1978)

- The Lost Boys (1987)

- Xanadu (1980)

- Mamma Mia! (2008)

- Heathers (1988)

- Dead Calm (1989)

- The Princess Bride (1987)

- Dirty Dancing (1987)

- Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986)

- Bring It On (2000)

- Leon: The Professional (1994)

- Shutter Island (2010)

- Tuck Everlasting (2002)

- Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003)

- Pride and Prejudice (2005)

- Pretty Woman (1990)

- The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

- Keith (2008)

- Nocturnal Animals (2016)

- Oblivion (2013)

- Me, and Earl, and the dying girl (2015)

- Silence of the Lambs (1991)

- Red Dragon (2002)

- 10 things I Hate about you (1999)

- The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

- 500 Days of Summer (2009)

- My Neighbour Totoro (1988)

- The Sixth Sense (1999)

- The Villiage (2004)

- Indiana Jones series (1981-2008)

- Pocahontas (1995)

- Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

- Blade Runner (1982)

- Footloose (1984)

- The Basketball Diaries (1995)

- Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

- Vanilla Sky (2001)

- the Virgin Suicides (1999)

- Prisoners (2013)

- Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

- Brokeback Mountain (2005)

- Minority Report (2002)

- Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

- Spirited Away (2001)

- Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

- Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

- Alien (1979)

- Jaws (1975)

- Aquamarine (2006)

- Allied (2016)

- Palo Alto (2013)

- My Girl (1991)

- Interstellar (2014)

- Malibus Most Wanted (2003)

- Jamón Jamón (1992)

- Flatliners (1990)

- Pretty in Pink (1986)

- Dazed and Confused (1993)

- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

- The Secret of Moonacre (2008)

- Star Wars trilogy (1977-1983)

- When Harry met Sally (1989)

- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

- Black Swan (2010)

- Call Me by Your Name (2017)

- The Dreamers (2003)

- Good Will Hunting (1997)

- Dead Poets Society (1989)

- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

- The Shining (1980)

- Trainspotting (1996)

- The Notebook (2004)

- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)

- Mulan (1998)

- Narnia (2005)

- Dunkirk (2017)

- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

- Breath (2017)

- Lady Bird (2017)

- Jane Eyre (2011)

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SOURCES + LINKS

Dr. Bradberry, Travis. (January 15, 2018). “How to make yourself work when you don’t want to.” Retrieved from: https://medium.com/the-mission/how-to-make-yourself-work-when-you-dont-want-to-f4f251a85514

MacLellan, Lila. (January 15, 2018). “How to stop procrastinating.” Retrieved from: https://work.qz.com/1159212/how-to-stop-procrastinating/

Sun, Michael. (February 17, 2014). “Psychological Skills: Changing your Emotions - An Intro to Cognitive Reappraisal.” Retrieved from: https://www.psychologyinaction.org/psychology-in-action-1/2014/02/17/psychological-skills-changing-your-emotions-an-intro-to-cognitive-reappraisal

My masterposts, infographics, printables, + more!

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Barbara Palvin

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Hello! So watching studytubers has always been my favorite pastime, but I always want to find more new ones out there. So, I thought that I would make a masterpost of all of the studytubers out there, big and small. If you would like to add yours to the list, please comment it below and I will edit it for you! Lol, I had to explore the depths of tumblr/youtube to find this many people, and I’m probably missing a lot.

Even though StudyTubers can be fun to watch, please remember that the content that they create is to help you in your studies, not to keep you from your studies. ^^

(Alphabetical Order)

aacademia

abby0h (@medstudie )

acadreamic (@acadreamic )

Aly Mcalister (@alymichelestudies ) 

Ally Studies (@allystudies101)

basicallykatherine

biologyqueen (@biologyqueen )

Caitlin’s Corner

chloestudiessometimes (@chloestudiessometimes)

Danni Sams (@thestudydog)

del the nerd (@delthenerd )

Emma Studies (@emmastudies )

Everything Janis

Faria Zahra (@studylikeaslytherin)

focusign (@focusign)

getsh*tdonetbh (@getshitdonetbh)

GhostVoid (@ghostvoidstudies)

Hai Victoria (@studynotepad)

Hayley’s Bookshelf (@hayleystudy)

h2ostudies (@h2ostudies)

itsmeamyge (@blr-studies)

itstationery

Izzystudies (@izzystudies)

JaneandJady

Jem (@burgundycafe)

Jhon Daniel (@jhonstudies)

journalsanctuary (@journalsanctuary)

Julia’s Acads  (@juliasacads)

Kat Chai (@katsdesk)

lentilstudies (@lentilstudies)

Leo Studies (@leostudies)

LilysDesk (@glamstudying)

Lindsey M (@linstudies)

Lisa’s Study Guides

Lydia Violeta

Mariana’s Study Corner (@studywithmariana)

maryplethora (@maryplethora)

melanie (@alostmoon-studies)

MedBros

milkteastudies (@milkteastudies)

Mina (@mimistudying)

mistyprose

myriad inklings (@myriadinklings)

natastudies (@natastudies)

Nina Studies (@etudiant-en-rose)

ohnotes (@analyctics)

popsiclestudy (@popsiclestudy)

Productivity Plant (@productivityplant)

Purplester (@purplesters)

Reese Regan

revisign

revisingg

Ruby Granger (@mygrangerlifestyle)

Scorpio Studies (@scorpio–studies)

Siena Mirabella

simplyrevising

Simply Studying

Sincerely Gisselle (@sincerely-gisselle)

smoinerd (@smoinerd)

smolstudy

snowystudies (@snowystudiess)

sonnystudies (@sonnystudies)

Statics and Stationery (@staticsandstationery)

study files

Studyhosh

studyign (@studyign)

studyngmia

studyquill (@studyquill)

Study To Success

Study Vibes

studywithinspo (@studywithinspo)

Study With Jess

studywithmaggie (@studywithmaggie)

Study With Me

tatiana (@study-tati)

tbhstudying (@tbhstudying)

The Girly Geek (@the-girlygeek)

TheStrive Studies/TheStriveToFit

TheStudy

Thomas Frank/College Info Geek (Podcast)

tofustudy

twinklgn

twinklinglena

UnJaded Jade

unknownnotes (@unknown-notes)

WaysToStudy

Yumi (@myusshi)

yunistudies

Zoë Kezia (@nehrdist)

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Hey! I am really late with this, but I though that some of you might like to see how I make my monthly spreads. I did this sort of “infographics” (??? am I even allowed to call this thing infographics??) and even though it looks like this, I had so much fun making it :D. I really don’t know whether this is helpful or not, I tried. In case you’d like to see more tutorials (and hopefully better ones) in the future, let me know please? And thanks if you read it till the end, it’s so long :D

(I totally ran out of space for pictures at the end lol)

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hi everyone! today, i thought i would do a study music / ambient noise masterpost, because it really helps me focus while studying! i change up what i listen to often, so try lots of different options to see what works for you.

music

i love lofi hip hop! it’s so soothing to listen to, and provides a great alternative to classical music. the repetitive, mellow beats help me focus.

here are some 24/7 streams

hours of lofi hip-hop

of course, if you prefer more traditional classical music to study to, that’s great as well!

lots of k-pop violin covers

lindsey stirling: original violin songs and covers

disney piano collections

hours of classical music

listening to k-pop really motivates me!

everyone has their own preferences, but here are some mixes as a jumping-off point! personally, i keep my own playlist with my fave songs.

misc. music

dodie ; artist with really good songs! i haven’t listened to her that much but i’ve heard great things.

21, 38, and 44 songs for studying/finals

11 study songs

this song is said to scientifically decrease anxiety! here are the 30 minute and 10 hour versions.

ambient noise

rainy mood ; classic storm and rain sounds

i like playing this with a nice, soothing song. it actually shows you a suggested “song of the day”.

coffitivity ; coffee shop chatter is great to study to!

a soft murmur ; mix your own ambient nature sounds

noiz.io ; highly rated mac and ios app for subtle nature ambience

harry potter ambient noise mixes!!! these are customizable!

gryffindor common room

slytherin common room ( my personal fave )

ravenclaw common room

hufflepuff common room

hogwarts library

the great hall

storm on the hogwarts express ( another personal fave )

white noise mixer ; lets you customize your white noise!

celestial white noise

deep sea soundscape

tips

change it up every now and then! find out what you like and don’t like

don’t limit yourself to just instrumental music! music with lyrics and even pop songs can really motivate you and help you focus when studying

have fun with it!! i like to experiment with pairing ambient noise and music

and that’s it! let me know if this helped you out aah! and also—thank you so much for the amazing response to my last resource post! it was my first ever, i can’t believe people liked it so much.

- amulya ♡

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bullet journal page ideas

trackers

mood tracker

cleaning schedule

gratitude journal

follower milestones

expenses tracker

list of achievements

health

workout plan

weight loss tracker

workout/gym tracker

healthy eating tracker

weight loss tracker

period tracker

sleep log

skincare routine

self-care reminders

hobbies

books to read

movies to watch

tv series to watch

playlist

favourite lyrics

languages

list of movies/tv shows to watch in your target language

grammar practice

vocab lists

verb lists

favourite new words

studying

grade tracker

time spent studying tracker

list of teachers’ emails/contact details

timetable/class schedule

food

recipes

shopping list

restaurants to visit

cocktails to make

other

list of friends’ birthdays

gift ideas

doodles

bucket list

wish list

inspirational quotes

things that make you happy

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50 Top Online Learning Sites

Rejoice fellow uni students looking for some studyspo, we urge you to take a few free lessons, as well as academic lessons provided from actual universities on several topics. Have a look at the 50 top learning sites you can find online to help you save some time.

Art and Music

Dave Conservatoire — Dave Conservatoire is an entirely free online music school offering a self-proclaimed “world-class music education for everyone,” and providing video lessons and practice tests.

Drawspace — If you want to learn to draw or improve your technique, Drawspace has free and paid self-study as well as interactive, instructor-led lessons.

Justin Guitar — The Justin Guitar site boasts over 800 free guitar lessons which cover transcribing, scales, arpeggios, ear training, chords, recording tech and guitar gear, and also offers a variety of premium paid mobile apps and content (books/ ebooks, DVDs, downloads).

Math, Data Science and Engineering

Codecademy — Codecademy offers data science and software programming (mostly Web-related) courses for various ages groups, with an in-browser coding console for some offerings.

Stanford Engineering Everywhere — SEE/ Stanford Engineering Everywhere houses engineering (software and otherwise) classes that are free to students and educators, with materials that include course syllabi, lecture videos, homework, exams and more.

Big Data University — Big Data University covers Big Data analysis and data science via free and paid courses developed by teachers and professionals.

Better Explained — BetterExplained offers a big-picture-first approach to learning mathematics — often with visual explanations — whether for high school algebra or college-level calculus, statistics and other related topics.

Design, Web Design/ Development

HOW Design University — How Design University (How U) offers free and paid online lessons on graphic and interactive design, and has opportunities for those who would like to teach.

HTML Dog — HTML Dog is specifically focused on Web development tutorials for HTML, CSS and JavaScript coding skills.

Skillcrush — Skillcrush offers professional web design and development courses aimed at one who is interested in the field, regardless of their background — with short, easy-to-consume modules and a 3-month Career Blueprints to help students focus on their career priorities.

Hack Design — Hack Design, with the help of several dozen designers around the world, has put together a lesson plan of 50 units (each with one or more articles and/or videos) on design for Web, mobile apps and more by curating multiple valuable sources (blogs, books, games, videos, and tutorials) — all free of charge.

General – Children and Adults

Scratch – Imagine, Program, Share — Scratch from MIT is a causal creative learning site for children, which has projects that range from the solar system to paper planes to music synths and more.

Udemy — Udemy hosts mostly paid video tutorials in a wide range of general topics including personal development, design, marketing, lifestyle, photography, software, health, music, language, and more.

E-learning for kids — E-learning for Kids offers elementary school courses for children ages 5-12 that cover curriculum topic including math, science, computer, environment, health, language, life skills and others.

Ed2go — Ed2go aims their “affordable” online learning courses at adults, and partners with over 2,100 colleges and universities to offer this virtual but instructor-led training in multiple categories — with options for instructors who would like to participate.

GCF Learn Free — GCFLearnFree.org is a project of Goodwill Community Foundation and Goodwill Industries, targeting anyone look for modern skills, offering over 1,000 lessons and 125 tutorials available online at anytime, covering technology, computer software, reading, math, work and career and more.

Stack Exchange — StackExchange is one of several dozen Q+A sites covering multiple topics, including Stack Overflow, which is related to computer technology. Ask a targeted question, get answers from professional and enthusiast peers to improve what you already know about a topic.

HippoCampus — HippoCampus combines free video collections on 13 middle school through college subjects from NROC Project, STEMbite, Khan Academy, NM State Learning Games Lab and more, with free accounts for teachers.

Howcast — Howcast hosts casual video tutorials covering general topics on lifestyle, crafts, cooking, entertainment and more.

Memrise — Lessons on the Memrise (sounds like “memorize”) site include languages and other topics, and are presented on the principle that knowledge can be learned with gamification techniques, which reinforce concepts.

SchoolTube — SchoolTube is a video sharing platform for K-12 students and their educators, with registered users representing over 50,000 schools and a site offering of over half a million videos.

Instructables — Instructables is a hybrid learning site, offering free online text and video how-to instructions for mostly physical DIY (do-it-yourself) projects that cover various hands-on crafts, technology, recipes, game play accessories and more. (Costs lie in project materials only.)

creativeLIVE — CreativeLive has an interesting approach to workshops on creative and lifestyle topics (photography, art, music, design, people skills, entreprenurship, etc.), with live access typically offered free and on-demand access requiring purchase.

Do It Yourself — Do It Yourself (DIY) focuses on how-tos primarily for home improvement, with the occasional tips on lifestyle and crafts topics.

Adafruit Learning System — If you’re hooked by the Maker movement and want to learn how to make Arduino-based electronic gadgets, check out the free tutorials at Adafruit Learn site — and buy the necessary electronics kits and supplies from the main site.

Grovo — If you need to learn how to efficiently use a variety of Web applications for work, Grovo has paid (subscription, with free intros) video tutorials on best practices for hundreds of Web sites.

General College and University

edX — The edX site offers free subject matter from top universities, colleges and schools from around the world, including MIT and Harvard, and many courses are “verified,” offering a certificate of completion for a nominal minimum fee.

Cousera — Coursera is a learning site offering courses (free for audit) from over 100 partners — top universities from over 20 countries, as well as non-university partners — with verified certificates as a paid option, plus specializations, which group related courses together in a recommended sequence.

MIT Open Courseware — MIT OpenCourseWare is the project that started the OCW / Open Education Consortium [http://www.oeconsortium.org], launching in 2002 with the full content of 50 real MIT courses available online, and later including most of the MIT course curriculum — all for free — with hundreds of higher ed institutions joining in with their own OCW course materials later.

Open Yale Courses — Open Yale Courses (OYC) are free, open access, non-credit introductory courses recorded in Yale College’s classroom and available online in a number of digital formats.

Open Learning Initiative — Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU’s) Open Learning Initiative (OLI) is course content (many open and free) intended for both students who want to learn and teachers/ institutions requiring teaching materials.

Khan Academy — Khan Academy is one of the early online learning sites, offering free learning resources for all ages on many subjects, and free tools for teachers and parents to monitor progress and coach students.

MIT Video — MITVideo offers over 12,000 talks/ lecture videos in over 100 channels that include math, architecture and planning, arts, chemistry, biological engineering, robotics, humanities and social sciences, physics and more.

Stanford Online — Stanford Online is a collection of free courses billed as “for anyone, anywhere, anytime” and which includes a wide array of topics that include human rights, language, writing, economics, statistics, physics, engineering, software, chemistry, and more.

Harvard Extension School: Open Learning Initiative — Harvard’s OLI (Open Learning Initiative) offers a selection of free video courses (taken from the edX selection) for the general public that covers a range of typical college topics, includings, Arts, History, Math, Statistics, Computer Science, and more.

Canvas Network — Canvas Network offers mostly free online courses source from numerous colleges and universities, with instructor-led video and text content and certificate options for select programs.

Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple — Quantum Physics Made Relatively Simple” is, as the name implies, a set of just three lectures (plus intro) very specifically about Quantum Physics, form three presentations given by theoretical physicist Hans Bethe.

Open UW — Open UW is the umbrella initiative of several free online learning projects from the University of Washington, offered by their UW Online division, and including Coursera, edX and other channels.

UC San Diego Podcast Lectures — Podcast USCD, from UC San Diego, is a collection of audio and/or video podcasts of multi-subject university course lectures — some freely available, other only accessible by registered students.

University of the People — University of the People offers tuition-free online courses, with relatively small fees required only for certified degree programs (exam and processing fees).

NovoEd — NovoEd claims a range of mostly free “courses from thought leaders and distinguished professors from top universities,” and makes it possible for today’s participants to be tomorrow’s mentors in future courses.

IT and Software Development

Udacity — Udacity offers courses with paid certification and nanodegrees — with emphasis on skills desired by tech companies in Silicon Valley — mostly based on a monthly subscription, with access to course materials (print, videos) available for free.

Apple Developer Site — Apple Developer Center may be very specific in topics for lessons, but it’s a free source of documentation and tutorials for software developers who want to develop apps for iOS Mobile, Mac OS X desktop, and Safari Web apps.

Google Code — As with Apple Developer Center, Google Code is topic-narrow but a good source of documentation and tutorials for Android app development.

Code.org — Code.org is the home of the “Hour of Code” campaign, which is aimed at teachers and educators as well as students of all ages (4-104) who want to teach or learn, respectively, computer programming and do not know where to start.

Mozilla Developer Network — MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) offers learning resources — including links to offsite guides — and tutorials for Web development in HTML, CSS and JavaScript — whether you’re a beginner or an expert, and even if you’re not using Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser.

Learnable — Learnable by Sitepoint offers paid subscription access to an ebook library of content for computers and tablets, and nearly 5,000 videos lessons (and associated code samples) covering software-related topics – with quizzes and certification available.

Pluralsight — Pluralsight (previously PeepCode) offers paid tech and creative training content (over 3,700 courses and 130K video clips) for individuals, businesses and institutions that covers IT admin, programming, Web development, data visualization — as well as game design, 3D animation, and video editing through a partnership with Digital-Tutors.com, and additional software coding lessons through Codeschool.com.

CodeHS — CodeSchool offers software coding lessons (by subscription) for individuals who want to learn at home, or for students learning in a high school teacher-led class.

Aquent Gymnasium — Gymnasium offers a small but thorough set of free Web-related lesson plans for coding, design and user experience, but filters access by assessing the current knowledge of an enrollee and allows those with scores of at least 70% to continue.

[andreakayo01]

Hey guys, so I’m nearing the end of my senior year, and it’s been great so far! I accomplished my academic tasks efficiently and didn’t burn myself out, and I think the main contributor to my success as a student is my organization system. This system has been refined throughout my high school years, but I think now I’ve finally found the most effective methods.

Please remember that this isn’t the only organization system you can adopt; this is just the one that works the best for me, and I hope that by sharing it with you, you’ll gain a new perspective on how to stay organized as a high school student.

The first thing I wanna talk about is my notebook system, which I briefly mentioned in my Guide to Note-Taking.

My notebook system comprises three types of notebooks: the Everything Notebook, the subject notebook, and the revision notebook.

The Everything Notebook

The first stage is in-class notes. I only bring one notebook to school every day. I call it my Everything Notebook, and this is where I write down all of the notes I take in class. This way, I don’t have to lug around six notebooks where I’m only going to use a few pages in each of them that day.

Subject Notebooks

At the end of the day, I would revise my notes and compare them to the syllabus so I know where we are in the learning process. I would then transfer my class notes from my Everything Notebook to my different subject notebooks. This is stage two. I also start to jazz up my notes because I use the notes in my subject notebooks to study for tests.

In addition to my class notes, I include material from my teachers’ notes that they might not have elaborated on, as well as points in the syllabus (I’m currently taking A2) that were only glazed over briefly, or not at all, in some cases. (Note: this does not mean they completely skip a chapter or topic; it’s more like they missed a few bullet points that should be in my notes but aren’t. An example would be if we’re learning about phenol reactions and the teacher forgot to mention the use of FeCl3 as a test for phenol.)

Revision Notebooks

Stage three comes a little later, when exam week is just around the corner. Essentially, I rewrite and improve my notes from my five different subject notebooks into a single revision notebook or binder. (Recently, I’ve opted for a revision notebook because they’re lighter and easier to carry around.)

Because my teachers don’t always teach in the order of the syllabus, the first thing I do is organize my notes according to the syllabus. I would then fill in any other missing gaps in the material that hadn’t been filled in stage two.

When compiling material for my revision notebook, I use as many sources as possible: my own notes, my teachers’ notes, youtube videos, online sites, and my favorite, the mark scheme! I add in some answers from past papers (explanations only, so no calculations) mainly to secure marks. It’s safer to memorize definitions straight from the mark scheme than from the textbook or from handouts. I also do this to ease my memorization, especially for topics that require lengthy explanations. It’s a lot easier to remember the 6 points I need to explain the principles of NMRI than to remember everything in the four-page handout my teacher gave me.

Folders and binders are essential to organizing your papers. Some people keep a single accordion folder for all their papers, but for me it’s just too heavy to carry around all the time. The same goes for subject folders that are brought to school every day.

Instead, my binder/folder system comprises my Everything Folder and my subject binders.

The Everything Folder

The folder I carry with me to school every day is this A4 folder I got from Tokyu Hands. It has 5 pockets, one for each day of the week, so all the papers I receive on Monday will go behind the first divider, and so on.

Some people also keep blank papers in their folders; I don’t because my school has its own lined paper and graphing pads that I keep under my desk that I use if a teacher asks us to do an assignment on those papers. If I do work at home, I prefer to just use a plain A4 paper or a legal pad.

Subject Binders

At the end of the week, I’ll sort my papers into my subject binders. Sometimes I’ll keep some papers in the folder if I think I’ll be needing it the next week. This usually only applies to worksheets because all my teachers’ notes are available on Google Classroom, so I can access them even if I don’t physically have them.

Each of these binders have sections inside them:

Physics: 1 for handouts, notes, and tests, 1 for Paper 4 (Theory), 1 for Paper 5 (Practical Planning). I included extra tabs to mark the different topics in the handouts section.

Chemistry: same as Physics.

Economics: 1 for Paper 3 (MCQ), 1 for Paper 4 (Case Study and Essay). A lot of my Economics material is online, though.

English: 1 for Paper 3 (Text and Discourse analysis), and 2 for Paper 4 (Language Topics, which includes 1 for Child Language Acquisition, 1 for World Englishes). Past papers, handouts, and notes all go under their respective topics.

Mathematics: I just keep everything together because I never revise math and just constantly do past papers.

This makes it easier for me to revise each subject because I can just take one binder with me instead of a messy folder with everything just shoved in there.

I keep a magazine file for each of my A-Level subjects (English and Mathematics are combined). All my textbooks, revision guides, and subject notebooks are kept here, so if I need to revise one subject, that’s the magazine file I’ll take out.

These magazine files prevent any small things (like my book of flashcards) from being shoved to the back of my bookshelf, or materials from different subjects from getting mixed up.

In my senior year, I mostly plan using this app called Edo Agenda. It syncs across all my devices for free and has all the features I need: a to do list to organize tasks, monthly and weekly calendars to organize events, a journal to organize notes and memos.

I used to bullet journal regularly, but it takes too much time during weekdays, so now I just bullet journal for the therapeutic effects it gives me, and I use an app for organizing tasks and events. Sometimes at the end of each week, I’ll transfer my tasks to my bullet journal and then decorate the page, but again, this is just for its therapy.

Organizing your school supplies is just as important as organizing your papers and notes. With a more organized backpack and pencil case, you won’t waste time looking for your things at the bottom of an abyss.

Pencil Case

I don’t find it necessary to bring so much stationery to school unless I plan on making notes at school (usually during revision week).

Backpack

Because we’re already in the revision term, I don’t really carry a lot of things in my everyday backpack, just the following:

Pencil case

Everything Notebook

Everything Folder

Revision notebook

Kindle

Phone

Wallet

Earphones

Calculator

Speaker

Drinking bottle

A pouch with things like a hairbrush, pads, and lip balm

And that’s all for now! I hope this post will help you organize your school life (if you haven’t already) or at least provide some useful insights on some ways to stay organized as a high school student.

[andreakayo01]

101 Study Tips

Take advantage of that lower workload in between exam periods to make good notes, clean your house, get work experience and do the things then rather than when you’re busier

Use Highlighters instead of pens to save time. Or vice versa depending on you

Change the timing in the pomodoro technique to suit you rather than the other way round

Use a planner to organise your day

Work out what time of day you study best. You could get up and study in the morning if you’re that sort of person

Attend your tutor or form sessions. Even if you don’t do much in them, you can

Keep your planner small and carry it everywhere

Even better, put your planner on your phone

 Don’t sulk if you fail, look back at why you failed and try to improve

If you get distracted by wanting to do something when you should be focusing, write it down. It gives you a checklist of things to do later

Do these things on the checklist in your study breaks

Answer questions without your teaching asking you to

Read about your subjects outside of your classes, especially in high school

Sit at the front of the class room

Don’t sit by yourself in class

Get an early nights sleep

Or at least use sleepytime to get a good time frame

On school days when you wake up, get up straight away, it stops you lazing about

Work hard from the start of the year. There isn’t a time to slack off

Try spaced repititon for learning key facts or a revision schedule

Have snacks and a drink during study sessions. Preferably water.

Summarise and make all your notes onto smaller bits of paper for revision, it helps you recognise what the important facts are

To avoid study stress, take breaks and avoid studying for more than two hours a day

It’s also good to have a day where you don’t study at all once a week

Don’t schedule too far in advance, you’ll just get busy in the meantime or change your methods

When you’re feeling too stressed to work properly but not studying stresses you out, do easier tasks like reviewing flashcards or watching videos on your course

Do as much of your work in school as possible

Prioritise your classes. Especially if you have loads

Make any big habit changes you’ve been thinking of at the start of a term or new year

Study a little before bed, you’ve probably seen that study that says you remember more just before bed

Only make flashcards of the things that you don’t get or are important, not everything

Use online sites like Brainscape, Memrise, Anki or Quizlet for flashcards between devices

Print off your powerpoint slides before a lesson

If you can’t do that, read ahead in the textbook

The syllabus is your guide, so use that as a framework for your revision notes

Your stress and nerves are normal, don’t worry

Aim to finish your revision a week before your exams, it makes you start earlier and finish earlier, you also can rest before your exam

When you pick your subjects, choose the subjects you love

Don’t drink alcohol when you’re studying or any type of drug while studying

Don’t listen to how much everyone is studying. A lot of people big it up or say they do none, usually both aren’t being truthful

Take messy notes in class and neaten them up later

Or take your notes online or on a computer

Have a folder to put your loose sheets and handouts in

Keep your to do list and schedule all in one place, whether that’s a book, app or phone

If you fall behind or are ill a lot, your classmates are your friends for a realistic description of what you’ve missed

When at school, know all the places you’d like to study in case one of them is busy

Don’t work in your bed if it makes you tired

Or work in your bed if all your seats are uncomfortable and it’s distracting

Don’t have too much coffee! And energy drinks are just terrible for you so maybe not have those either

You don’t have to be truthful to your actual opinion in essays, just go for what option has the most points

Listen to your teacher

Have your window open, the fresh air helps

Use practice papers and questions, they really help

Try to teach others as well or if you can’t, explain it in your own words to yourself

Combine more than one technique, so that the weaknesses of each method gets covered by another

Seriously just listen to your teachers

Check your emails every day

Set realistic goals and try not to be too harsh and unrealistic about the time you’ll spend achieving these as well

Use loud and annoying alarms to get you to do things

If you have to read, read out loud rather than in your head

Use a hair tie if you have long hair to keep it out of your face

Keep clean and get dressed for studying

Don’t waste your term making your notes pretty, if it helps, make sure the benefits outweigh the time it takes

Study when you can. Don’t study if you’re too exhausted to do so.

Keep your desk as clean as you can

Know your sources of motivation. Possibly find a way to put that in your study space.

Attend as many classes as possible and don’t skip

Keep yourself busy with stuff that isn’t studying

Reward yourself for your hard work

Before you go back to school, start to wake up earlier so you’re ready

Wear comfortable clothes to school

Or wear whatever makes you feel good, feeling bad can be pretty distracting

Always think about the next step early, whether thats getting work experience, choosing subjects, finding a job or picking a thesis

Always eat breakfast

And always eat lunch too! Especially at school

Do whatever is best for you. Don’t follow a studyblr trend, do what’s best for you.

Make your studying a habit. Do it nearly every day for a long time and it’ll begin to feel more like second nature

Get to know your teachers if you can

And don’t be afraid to ask them for help outside of a lesson, either by email or afterwards, it helps a lot 

Look at the types of questions you often get wrong as well as the topics you keep missing out on 

Keep a spare bit of food in your bag, I usually have some sesame snaps in my bag as a small snack so I don’t have to get up to get food

Make productive friends and people with similar goals to you

When revising, revise everything and then focus on your weak points

Don’t spend too long on tumblr, and if you are right now, then this is your reminder to log off!

Don’t panic when you don’t know all the answers in a test, do you really need 100%?

Break your studying into smaller bits and spread it out over time to avoid headaches, burnout and all the problems that come with it

Eat better. Get enough fruit and vegetables

Don’t forget about Protein, from meats, nuts, etc. it helps a lot

If you’re falling asleep in class, I usually drink water, pinch myself, take lots of notes and fidget to keep myself up

Regularly clear out your bag, because a lot of stuff builds up

If you’re a more artistic person, use drawings like visual notes, mindmaps, timelines and literal drawings to help you study

If you study with a friend, quiz each other

Study on public transport if you can, notes and flashcards on phones are good for this

Don’t neglect any of your subjects, make sure they all get some time spent on them

Also focus beyond your first exam, it’s easy to overprepare for the first test and then not be ready for the rest

When taking a test look through it quickly before hand

Remember you don’t have to take the test in order

Review your notes all the time, review helps the memory

If you want to pull an all-nighter see if you can do it in the morning or day instead, and don’t do it the night before anything important

Always look at the details, especially if you get a mark-scheme or guide for your assignments

Constantly be taking on new improvements and trying to improve your methods