School Hacks
Part 1: Lazy Student School Hacks
1. Instant and easy bibliography, referencing and in text citations for all referencing types - Citethisforme
2. Quick, easy yet detailed lesson summaries for World History, Biology, Literature, Ecology, Chemistry, Psychology, and US History - CrashCourse
3. Art exploration, explanation and evaluation - The Art Assignment
4. Watch videos from Khan Academy for walk through explanations, notes and practice tests
5. Use Quizlet to create easy flash cards, play memory games and test your knowledge through generated practice tests
6. Use Microsoft Word Notebook Layout - this allows you to write notes easily and place them in tabs, and allows you to record audio - Record entire lessons using this method so you can play them back later or take notes later
7. Use OneNote for notes - a basic way to organize topics is to split subjects up into different tabs - and have sections for school work, assignments, research, study and homework. I personally use OneNote to organize my 7 Cups work too
8. Canva to make quick, easy, professional posters - I use this to make visually appealing posters, cards and notes.
9. Turnitin allows users to submit their papers and automatically creates similarity reports - this is a great program to use to avoid plagiarism.
10. Use this summary of great educational websites
This is great! Thank you for this much-needed post!
Thanks a lot to these great tips
- Slader: Slader is perfect to check answers to questions you have to answer in your textbook. Just scan the barcode with your smartphone and the app will find the textbook in its inventory. However, use this ONLY to check your answers. Don't cheat.
- Use EasyBib to help you with your citations. EasyBib also provides guides on how to cite manually in MLA, Chicago, and APA styles.
- Use Khan Academy for math help. You gotta luv Sal Khan. If you are preparing for the SAT, Khan Academy also provides 8 free SAT practice tests.
- Quizlet has a TON of resources to help prepare you for your tests. I usually use Quizlet for English classes or Spanish Class to study for vocab.
- Personally, Google Docs is much easier to use than Microsoft Word. Sometimes, simple is better.
- Procrastination is not for everyone!
- Use Grammarly to help you proofread your essays and the best part is that it helps you check for plagiarism! Completely free!
- Use an agenda. Just use it. You don't want to forget a 20 page paper and realize that you haven't done it until the night before.
If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to shoot me a message! Thanks.
Thanks.
Great Guides.
I always used Turnitin, SmartWriter, and Citethisforme in college.
They make writing and referencing easy. You may follow them.