I had an interesting chat today with San Kim from ShowMe.com. They’ve created an iPad app which lets people record their own lessons (think KhanAcademy but with thousands of Khans). They’ve started to build up a library of content from teachers around the world. Education seems to be moving more and more online, and tools [...]

Hat tip to Amber over at OnlineCourses.org for putting this resource together. Who knew you could get a daily dose of education from Twitter.  This looks like a great way to integrate a little bit of learning into your day, and passively learn a subject over time. http://www.onlinecourses.org/2009/08/19/100-best-websites-for-free-homework-help/ With all the buzz about Twitter being [...]

Thought you might enjoy this video today on how school fits into our life, and how to not lose site of the real goal :) Here is a link to the video if you if can’t view it below.

The essay below is from an actual student who applied and was accepted to NYU. Even if you decide to do something a bit more tame, I think there are a few very important points we can glean from this essay: You need to envision the person reading these essays.  They have a huge stack [...]

If you have some interesting insights into school, productivity, getting better grades, or a particular subject where you excel – then we’d like to hear from you!  You may be a tutor, parents, student, etc. We’re accepting applicants right now for contributing authors who would be able to post to this blog about once a [...]

There are 3 primary types of learners.  Do you know which one you are? It’s worth identifying your own type and also the type of anyone you are trying to teach.  For example, you may make little progress with an auditory learner by forcing them to write words over and over again, while quizzing them [...]

One of the absolute best resources on the internet that not very many people know about is the MIT OpenCourseWare project. The OCW is an online repository of all courses offered at MIT in both their graduate and undergraduate departments. It doesn’t allow you to get an MIT degree, but you can work through material [...]

Ever wonder how “smart” people seem to memorize everything the night before an exam? Sure there are a few rare people who are born with a natural gift for memory (for example, the 2004 World Memory Champion Ben Pridmore memorized the order of cards in a randomly shuffled 52-card deck in 31 seconds). But for [...]