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Student Notes - Technique

When trying to learn or revise anything, one of the most important tools in your arsenal is the material you’re using.

Unfortunately, for myself and a lot of other students, we’re never really taught how to take effective notes. Sure, we can write across the lines from left to right and move down the page – but are they the best notes possible?

In this ADD.Tech review, I go low-tech and look at one of the most effective ways of taking notes possible… and it can be done with just a pen and paper.

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One of the hardest part about having a learning disability, and something I’ve found first hand with ADHD, is being able to stay focused.

Getting the work done, getting the result, making a difference – it all comes down to how much time you can spend focusing, and how little you spend being distracted.

And it’s possible to change all this with a Tomato.

Imagine being able to maintain your momentum, interest and ability in a task over a long period of time without losing focus. Imagine being able to look back at the end of a task and feel so surprised that you’d achieved so much.
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Evernote: A Love Story

September 5, 2011

When it comes to Assistive Technology, one of the most important things to note is the success stories. And this one has to do with Evernote which I reviewed earlier this year. Last week the Evernote blog put up a a story of one of their users, Kevin Buran. Kevin is a 6th – 8th Grade [...]

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Members Only Download: Google Is Your Frontal Lobe

July 28, 2011

Can you replace a key part of your brain’s function by outsourcing? I think so. In 2009, I spoke at the NDCO Organised Assistive Technology Forum about how I’d used a variety of technologies to improve my life… by lessening the impact ADHD had on it. I’d managed to outsource all my memory and planning [...]

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Multiply Your Memory With Mnemosyne

July 5, 2011

The most challenging thing about learning isn’t absorbing the information. It’s recalling it when you need it most. Whether it’s real-world applications, preparing for tests or even writing papers without using reference material, ability in recalling the information we’ve learned is what makes a difference. Luckily, the ability to recall information can be improved through [...]

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The Kindle: Assistive Technology For Reading

April 26, 2011

Reading is one of the most fundamental skills in a person’s life - it helps us to teach ourselves, to learn about new things and understand just about any information put in front of us. So what if you couldn’t read? What if the words moved around, you couldn’t actually see the words or you simply [...]

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Tracking Your Time With RescueTime

March 26, 2011

It can be really hard to know where your time goes on the computer. With ADHD, one of the things that can be difficult to stay on track of is time. How you use it, where it goes and what you plan to do with it. Following my diagnosis, I tried a range of techniques [...]

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Online Backup with Dropbox

March 22, 2011

Dropbox once saved my life. Well, not literally speaking but figuratively. When I replaced my computer I was able to be up and running in a few short hours with all of my files on my new hard drive without a single hurdle. Simple, easy and no effort from me. And it’s good for more [...]

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Remember Everything with Evernote

March 9, 2011

In this Assistive Technology Review, I refer to Brett Kelly’s Evernote Essentials. This guide has been update since the time of publishing, and has grown to 95 pages. Find out more about Evernote Essentials by clicking here.   If you’ve ever found yourself forgetting important ‘To-Do’s’, then Evernote is for you. Evernote has helped me [...]

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