Wellbeing is an essential part of your academic success, This covers many things including diet, exercise and sleep. Sometimes it is hard to keep all of these things in check, especially around exam time. If you find it hard to balance all of these things then pick one aspect of each that you think you can make a positive change to. For example:
Sleep - Make sure you turn off your phone before you go to bed so you don't get any interruptions. Diet - Make sure you don't skip breakfast. Check the Diet Resources for some great breakfast ideas. Water - Increase your water intake by 1-2 glasses a day. Exercise - For every 50 mins of study you do leave your desk and do 10 minutes of exercise. (Stretching, yoga, kick a footy in the backyard). There are plenty of great resources in the iAm being in Balance section if you want to get some more ideas to help you stay in balance.
Making History
Through Museum Victoria's Making History, students can research, create and share family and community stories. Once created they can upload a short digital history of up to 3 minutes about a person or event from the past, based on one of our four themes:
This a great way to learn about your past and also contribute to the creation of a 'living history' of everyday people. Mix up your notemaking format
The quality of your notes will greatly influence the success of your revision processes when you are studying for exams - they are very closely linked. Effective "mindful' notes provide a strong revision foundation. If you want to find out more about this topic check out the resources in the following Studyvibe and Research Safari modules. Notemaking (you will need to be a member of the Research Safari to access these resources) Thinking Templates and Graphic Organisers Mindmapping Blendspace
I love to curate content on the web. It helps me to organise the information I need for any research I am doing and also to create dynamic lessons for students. It is one of my favourite curation tools because of its simplicity and visual appeal. Blendspace have also just announced that you can now seamlessly share your Blendspace lessons within Google Classroom: just click "share" and then select the Google Classroom logo. If you are new to content curation or haven't looked at Blendspace as an option then why not try it? Each week there will be a study tip posted to help you improve your study techniques. Here is the first in the Study Tip of the Week. Planning your homework strategically When planning your homework schedule it is advisable to break down your study times into four parts. The amount of time spent on each section will vary dependent on set homework and preparations for tests and exam. PART ONE: REVIEW At the beginning of each homework session spend 5-10 minutes writing down at least five things you learned in each of the subjects you had that day. This is the first step of processing what was learned to put it into long term memory. It will also give you an idea of just how much you remembered from your classes. Consider this your 'warm-up' for homework to get your brain ready for some intensive work. PART TWO: HOMEWORK Complete any necessary homework that is required the next day. PART THREE: ASSIGNMENTS Even if your assignments are not due for a few weeks it is a good idea to get them started ahead of schedule - even if you are only spending a short amount of time after your homework is finished. PART FOUR: REVISION Your homework schedule should have revision time for each subject allocated to different days of the week. For example Monday - Maths; Tuesday - Science etc. When the first three parts of your homework programme are complete you should spend some time on revision - even if it is only 5 -10 minutes. If you do not have any homework you should still spend time working on assignments and doing revision. Even 5-10 minute sessions can have a great impact on what you learn and remember. What motivates us? What keeps us motivated. This diagram provides some 'food for thought' around the topic. Where do you sit on the continuum? Are you aware on a daily basis about what motivates you to act on some things and procrastinate on others? Analyse this model as part of your mindfulness practice this week and see if you can identify when things 'just flow' and when you struggle to get things done. Continuum of Motivation TM by Barbara Bray and Kathleen McClaskey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Based on work at bit.ly/continuum-motivation* Graphic design by Sylvia Duckworth
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