Whether you are just starting to take classes in your field or you are a lifelong learner like myself, there are many resources available on the web to help you succeed. It can be difficult, as we get older, to go back to school and excel. On one hand, being more mature gives us the advantage of understanding how important education is for our lives and allows us to make the commitment to the work. On the other hand, after having a long break from formal education, sometimes we have forgotten study and time management skills. The good news is that those skills are easy to brush up on, and even with all of our conflicting schedules with work and family, adults continuing their education tend to out perform the more traditional college students.
Here are some great websites to help you succeed-
The Pomodoro Technique Having trouble concentrating? Try this technique to increase your productivity.
Perfect Lecture Notes Step by Step – How to get the most out of a lecture, and have the notes to show for it.
8 Concentration Tips for Studying Effectively Eight drug-free techniques for increasing your concentration.
Test Your Sense of Pitch Do you want to know if you have great pitch? Test yourself here.
The Cerebrals Society Test your intelligence, using three different tests: Verbal Analogies, Mathematical Problems and General Knowledge.
Infoplease Biography Biographies of 30,000 different individuals are all available at this site.
Martindale’s Online Reference Desk Reference site with daily world reports on weather, museums, and even traffic cams. Language corner available, with examples of 1800+ languages. Science too.
Research and Citation Research and citation instructions for APA, MLA, and the Chicago Manual of Style.
Free Flashcards Maker Make your own flashcards online.
CIA World Factbook A great source of facts and figures for country research.
iTunes U Learn anything, anytime, anywhere. Free podcasts from colleges around the world.
Proofreading Tips from Purdue Help from Purdue University’s online writing lab.
Flashcard Exchange World’s largest online library of free flashcards.
Quizlet Easily create flashcards of your own. Create a study group online, or import questions from other sites to make into your custom-designed flashcard sets.
Learn to Type Free online typing tests and typing tutor.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Find the great philosophers here, including Plato, Aristotle and their peers throughout the centuries.
Digital Librarian Reference Librarian’s choice of the best research sites across the web.
Talks by Remarkable People Riveting talks by remarkable people. This is a very entertaining and educational site.
Bastiat Free University Self-directed learning for entrepreneurs.
Human-Anatomy Fascinating illustrations of the human body.
Open CourseWare Free, open source access to course material from MIT.
Livemocha Learn a foreign language online.
Sign Language Teach yourself sign language.
Citizenship Course Study to become a U.S. citizen, using the multicultural help provided here, or just test your knowledge of U.S history.
Take a look at these sites, and let me know if you find something useful!
By Melissa Kennedy- Melissa is a 9 year blog veteran and a freelance writer, along with helping others find the job of their dreams, she enjoys computer geekery, raising a teenager, supporting her local library, writing about herself in the third person and working on her next novel.
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