From Teens: Study Resources

Booker T. Washington Magnet School, Tulsa

Extreme applause for the Teen Advisory Board (TAB) at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for not only finding these study resources but also for sharing them. TAB even allow online requests through which BTW students can request a peer tutor in a particular subject. How is that for feeling included?

In addition, the BTW TAB in 2014-15 created Big Sib, a peer mentoring program matching upperclassmen with freshmen, who meet during advisory period, similar to homeroom, during the school day.

Back to the resources...

Studying Tips and Online Help

Study Blue 

Flashcards, review sheets, quizzes, study guides and more...

https://www.studyblue.com/ 

Open Study

Why Study Alone? Make the world your study group.

http://openstudy.com/  

Jiskha

Homework Help

http://www.jiskha.com/ 

Quizlet

Simple tools that let you study anything for free.

https://quizlet.com/  

Khan Academy

Learn anything!

https://www.khanacademy.org/  

Thinkerbinder

Start your own study group.

http://www.thinkbinder.com/  

Guides and Reference Materials

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

https://owl.english.purdue.edu 

The Purdue MLA Online Writing Lab

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11 

EASYBIB

Generate citations.

http://www.easybib.com 

Citation Machine

Generate citations.

http://www.citationmachine.net 

Ottobib

Make a bibliography or works cited with just an ISBN.                                             http://www.ottobib.com 

A Research Guide for Students

http://www.aresearchguide.com 

Info Please

Study Skills (includes various subjects)

http://www.infoplease.com/homework/studyskills1.html  

Study Skills Online, Brunel University

http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~mastmmg/ssguide/sshome.htm  

IPL  

(no longer updated but usable for the past—newspapers, collections, resources by subject, etc.)

http://www.ipl.org  

Shakespeare Online

http://www.shakespeare-online.com  

Math and Sciences

Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu

West Texas A&M Virtual Math Lab

http://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/index.htm  

Ask Dr. Math

The Math Forum at Drexel

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/drmath.high.html 

Purple Math  

http://www.purplemath.com 

The Science Page 

for those hooked on science and science education

http://sciencepage.org

The Image

Gemstones, geology, digital photography

http://www.theimage.com

Interactive  Periodic Table

http://www.ptable.com  

Aplus Math                                                                                                                 Interactive math resources for teachers, parents, and students featuring free math worksheets, math games, math flashcards, and more.                                                                     http://www.aplusmath.com

History Resources
West Point, Dept of History

http://www.westpoint.edu/history/SitePages/WWI.aspx 

Worldology   

Interactive Maps

http://www.worldology.com

A Timeline of History

http://www.searchbeat.com/society/History

PBS 

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps

Interesting Things

TED

http://www.ted.com

2014 by BOOKER T. HIGH SCHOOL TEEN ADVISORY BOARD

http://bookertboard.wix.com/btw-teen-advisory#!tutors/cjg9   

Ret. 7-24-15

Online Degree--New!

A game changer, a degree, not just classes, from a major university...

This is worth sharing with young people as well as adults.  In many jobs, a master's degree is essential.  Imagine the near future if higher-level degrees such as this can be completed online at a significant saving.  Listen to the short segment below.

Georgia Tech to offer online master's degree at bargain price

Georgia Tech announced Tuesday that it will offer an online master's degree in computer science for less than $7,000.  Robert Frank, senior vice president and publisher of the Princeton Review joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday."

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50151769n

Ret. 7-27-13

College Planning and Search Tool

Photo:  http://planet.vectorworks.net/

On the OSDE website, we found this College Board tool , Big Future, featuring planning, career choices, finding a college, financial aid, college comparisons and many other topics in one place.  Students can choose to begin the step-by-step planning process as early as eighth grade and below, and undocumented students are addressed, too.

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/

"Home / New College Planning Resource for Students

New College Planning Resource for Students

Posted by sde on Mar 23, 2012

Education Week blogger Caralee Adams wrote this week about BigFuture -- a free, new resource on College Board's website aimed at engaging students in the college planning and search process.

BigFuture has information on finding colleges, paying for education and making a college plan, and it tailors an action plan to student's individual interests. Students can search for schools by location, major, sports, diversity and cost. College profile information of nearly 4,000 institutions is collected by College Board in its Annual Survey of Colleges. Adams notes that the price includes tuition and fees but not room and board.

Information on the site is student-friendly, with interactive graphics, videos of other students reporting how they decided on their school, and short "nugget-sized tips."

The content is designed for students as young as eighth grade and can be used throughout a student's high school career, Adams writes.

Students can get much of the information on BigFuture without signing up, but to create a plan or save work, they will need to create an account, Adams reports. Those with College Board accounts can use their existing user names and passwords."

http://www.ok.gov/sde/newsblog/2012-03-23/new-college-planning-resource-students

Ret. 7-17-13

Technology & Learning

At a recent Oklahoma Afterschool Network (OKAN) meeting at techJOYnT in Oklahoma City, attendees enjoyed some of the recent and on-order additions to the robotics there.  Summer interns, Ray's children, who inspired the foundation, and others demonstrated various robots and modules.  The techJOYnT concept consists of hands-on learning of applied math and science, critical thinking and teamwork mixed with fun. 
 
Today's post is intended for information, not advertising. Postsecondary institutions and some secondary ones in Oklahoma have funding for similar technology and more, but not every Oklahoma child or teacher has access.  Ray Shaik, the founder and CEO, is developing additional curriculum for some robotics kits, which can be rented to schools.  Different robotics teach applied algebra, physics, geometry, trigonometry or more in addition to programming.

Learning, or in some cases, "recreating" with robotics could also be a shared activity for grown-ups, a parent and child, or a mentor and mentee. 

Demonstrations:

• Mini-power plant program with a module containing little houses and a photo-sensor to determine solar input and conventional energy input
• Hydrogen car module with software
• Sphero - Spherical robots of various colors, lighted when active, could be directed to defend a target or given another mission and controlled by cell phones or tablet
• AR.Drone - Quadcopter, the hovering “drone," equipped with four horizontal propellers, a camera and controlled by a cell phone or tablet
• Armbot, a bobotic arm attached to a board with angles indicated.  Students applied programming to "instruct" the components of the arm to move into angles.
• Robotic basketball launcher (on loan)
• A video of the humanoid robot on order (Aldebaran NAO Robot below)

1. Aldebaran NAO Robot and curriculum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPAIzMGYMgs

2. RobotsLAB BOX - A complete educational kit for classroom robotics  http://www.roboticstrends.com/consumer_education/article/robotslab_box_makes_a_difference_in_cedar_hill_schools

Video explaining the kit  http://www.robotslab.com/Robots/Family/BOX

More videos on the RobotsLAB BOX  http://www.youtube.com/robotslab

3. National Instruments myDAQ and Minisystems   "Engineering Concepts Come to Life with NI miniSystems(iphone)"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujcFlawQv-g

[Unrelated but interesting beginning research:  Using NAO, the humanoid robot, to work with autistic children   http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/03/robot-helps-children-with-autism/]

techJOYnT Education Foundation
foundation.techJOYnT.com
Photos from http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com/en/  Ret. 6-20-13

Your Mentee's Journey Map

This is a clever tool for talking to your mentee about his or her future.  Go to the link since it is interactive. 

Imagine creating your own mentee's journey path with areas to fill in as your mentee ages. 

Personal journeys will probably look different, but exploration, goal-setting and achievement matter. 

This could be recreated digitally, on paper or on a whiteboard with photo documentation. 

Update and review regularly! 

http://www.wiredfor2020.com/map-your-future

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