Posted in Advice, GTD on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
lifehack.org has a very good posting about how to talk to your professors. I agree with a lot of what is said in this article and highly suggest you take a look at it. The article makes suggestions like:
Call them by the right title
Tell the truth
Be prepared to do the work
Be clear and concise
Pay [...]
Posted in Study Aids on September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As this lifehack posting states:
“Note-taking is one of those skills that rarely gets taught. Teachers and professors assume either that taking good notes comes naturally or that someone else must have already taught students how to take notes.”
The posting goes on to describe various ways to take lecture notes. Though not knowing it, I tended [...]
Posted in Unit 1 on September 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This week we are being introduced to the discipline of physical geography, earth systems, and the atmosphere. Next week some of the most important topics of the semester are presented, energy and radiation. I say this because the geography of energy and radiation determines a variety of earth surfaces processes and controls the spatial variation [...]
Posted in Study Aids on September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A recent posting on the “Zen Habits” blog details ways to be a more effective learner. Many of the suggestions are applicable to Geography 101. Here’s a few examples that caught my eye:
Ten Year Old Rule – Explain ideas to yourself as you would to a ten year old. Sure, this isn’t always possible in [...]
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