Learning Skills Tips
Learning Skills Tips
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How to Beat Procrastination
How to Beat Procrastination
Postponing tasks we don't like is normal and most often harmless. Problems arise when we let tasks become so overwhelming that we do nothing at all.
Postponing tasks we don't like is normal and most often harmless. Problems arise when we let tasks become so overwhelming that we do nothing at all.
Problem Solving
Problem Solving
Research
Research
The following are two strategies to help you get started with completing research for your courses.
The following are two strategies to help you get started with completing research for your courses.
Self-Advocacy
Self-Advocacy
Self-advocacy is the ability to speak up for what you need. The beginning of new courses is a great time to start advocating for your learning needs.
Self-advocacy is the ability to speak up for what you need. The beginning of new courses is a great time to start advocating for your learning needs.
Staying Organized
Staying Organized
Start using a checklist/to-do list to ensure that you stay on top of all your responsibilities this quadmester. Google Tasks is a cross platform tool that will allow you to stay organized by accessing your lists anywhere.
Start using a checklist/to-do list to ensure that you stay on top of all your responsibilities this quadmester. Google Tasks is a cross platform tool that will allow you to stay organized by accessing your lists anywhere.
HDSB Library Services
HDSB Library Services
The HDSB library service has a number of great resources to help you on your lifelong learning journey. Do you need access to a book, ebook, audio book or another resource?
The HDSB library service has a number of great resources to help you on your lifelong learning journey. Do you need access to a book, ebook, audio book or another resource?
Note Taking
Note Taking
Note taking helps us remember important information.
Note taking helps us remember important information.
Motivation
Motivation
Here is a resource to help you get or stay motivated as we approach the last few weeks of the quadmester.
Assistive Technology Tools
Assistive Technology Tools
Read & Write helps students to read, and write and express themselves independently.
PDF Reader allows for using Read & Write tools on PDF documents.
EquatI0 has many accessibility features and tools to be used with mathematics.
Planning & Organization
Planning & Organization
This resource provides helpful tips in planning and organization. It also provides a template for a weekly planner!
Creating Task Lists & Prioritizing
Creating Task Lists & Prioritizing
This resource provides helpful tips in creating task lists and prioritizing.
Digital Detox
Digital Detox
A Digital Detox can be useful in order to provide balance in your day to day life. Some of the different strategies include: listening to music, talking to a friend, reading a book, playing a game, and colouring.
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Mental Health & Wellbeing
As we navigate and push through these challenging times, it is important we understand and value how important our Mental Health is. Here is a resource for you around Mental Health and Overall Wellbeing.
As we navigate and push through these challenging times, it is important we understand and value how important our Mental Health is. Here is a resource for you around Mental Health and Overall Wellbeing.
Read & Write Tool Tips
Read & Write Tool Tips
As homework, tests and assignments start to increase. Incorporating some assistive technology tools might be useful for students. Here are some links to help you learn more about Read & Write and how you could implement this tool in your studies.
As homework, tests and assignments start to increase. Incorporating some assistive technology tools might be useful for students. Here are some links to help you learn more about Read & Write and how you could implement this tool in your studies.
Self Advocacy
Self Advocacy
Building skills around Self-Advocacy helps students advocate for their learning and understand their learning needs. Click here to view a video on Self-Advocacy.
Building skills around Self-Advocacy helps students advocate for their learning and understand their learning needs. Click here to view a video on Self-Advocacy.
Useful Resources
Useful Resources
Here is a link for our Learning Resources “Useful Resources” page where you will find useful tips on problem solving, researching, organization, self-advocacy, etc.
Here is a link for our Learning Resources “Useful Resources” page where you will find useful tips on problem solving, researching, organization, self-advocacy, etc.
If you require additional support with learning skills,
If you require additional support with learning skills,
please email your Special Education Resource Teacher.
please email your Special Education Resource Teacher.
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