Blog Posts tagged Learning

Tips to avoiding a homework meltdown

Homework is painful for many reasons. One, it eats into your non-school time, two, no-one wants to do it and three, it often feels pointless. That said homework has a purpose:

1. It helps to reinforce what's being taught in the classroom.

2. It enables you to actively engage in your child's educat...

3 Uses for Learning with Podcasts

Podcasts have established themselves as an entertainment resource: you can follow your favorite comedians or talk shows, or find a recording on a niche interest. What is less widespread, but quickly gaining traction, is the use of podcasts for education.

Podcasts are a great supplement to classroom...

4 Ways to Use iPads for Learning

From propping up on a kitchen counter to follow a recipe to passing it around a family reunion to share holiday photos, the uses of an iPad are many. A multitude of teachers and students nationwide now use it for learning, especially at the college level. Here are some great ways to use iPads for le...

5 Ways to Encourage Learning At Home

For most children, school and home are two separate entities. To them, one likely involves a locker, backpack, and textbooks, while the other may mean downtime, video games, and snacks. However, it can be important (and even entertaining) to bring the learning environment into the home for your chil...

Using Myers-Briggs to Explain Different Learning Styles

It is a fact that all students not only learn differently but also perceive information differently. As a student, it is important you understand how your personality traits affect how you learn as well as how you behave.

Learning styles are defined as the methods through which you acquire, perceiv...