Alan Parkinson, CGeog (Teacher)Head of Geography

King Edward VII SchoolKing’s Lynn

Blogs, Casting and Nings – the new Study Skills…

http://www.geographypages.co.uk

AIMS

To suggest some ways of helping you study for your

AS / A2 exams that you may not have considered

before……so that you do better in

your final exams !

STUDY SKILLSHow to make the most

of the time between lessons, and prepare yourself for exams, to get the best possible

grade…

What do you use ?

“Condensing work, then learning it in quiet surroundings..”

“Wikipedia is great.. and search engines, usually Google”

“Teachers should make study notes and activities available over the internet for

use at home..”

“Writing things out several times help me remember it for revision.”

The Internet

“the Internet.....is a vast research library full of facts and information,

some of which is correct. but the idea that grazing it in your

spare time could be 'fun' is laughable...

Jeremy Clarkson

BLOGGINGBeen around for about

10 yearsAn online ‘diary’ where

the newest entry is shown at the top of the

‘page’

Use them to store:• website details• results of Google book searches• page references• links to homeworks• images that have been used• BBC news stories• deadlines

What do you use ?

“repeating key phrases over and over”

“I would go to revision sessions, but find it distracting to study with other

people around”

“it would be helpful if teachers supplied guidelines of key things we

must know for the exam”

Where can I find them ?

• Open University

• BBC Radio

• i-Tunes

• Teacher websites: Stephen Quayle

What do you use ?

“I study best when I study with someone and we go through problems together…”

“I find it useful drawing mind maps or spider diagrams so that I can see ideas visually…”

“I work well if I have a partner, or am in a small group…”

“I like sharing ideas with other people before starting to write an answer…”

http://www.woophy.com

1. They can be set up as private networks so that you can choose who joins your network and control what they can do.

2. You can use them at school whereas other social networking sites are filtered out….

3. They’re ‘my favourite price’…

3 big differences with Nings:

So, the exam is getting closer

Hungry for more information ?

http://www.geographypages.co.uk

2 creations by Rob Chambers you need to see

http://tinyurl.com/35ztq3

http://www.slideshare.net

http://www.flickr.com

• Need a photo of virtually anywhere or anything ?

• Almost all my slide images today were from Flickr users

• A great place to store images online and ‘tag’ them to find them later…

http://ruletheweb.net

Best wishes for your exams !