By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Remote learning and hybrid learning have their challenges, particularly for students who have never taken online classes. Remote and hybrid learning also require that students more independently manage their work, systems, and discipline. For many students, this is not easy. Below …
How to do hard things: 6 tips for completing difficult tasks
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post about how to do hard things is one of many resources in my anti-procrastination series. I’ve included links to the other resources throughout this post and at the end. Every post in this anti-procrastination series begins with a list …
I don’t want to do my work because I don’t care about it: 5 procrastination tips
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post is one of many resources in my anti-procrastination series. I’ve included links to the other resources throughout this post and at the end. Each post in this series begins with a list of 6 common reasons most people procrastinate. …
How to give a task structure: Tips to stop procrastinating
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post is one of many resources in my anti-procrastination series. I’ve included links to the other resources throughout this post and at the end. I start each post in this series with a list of the 6 common reasons most …
How to make a task less frustrating: 4 anti-procrastination tips
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post is part of my anti-procrastination series. For other posts and resources in the series, check out the links I include throughout this post. I begin every post in the series with a list of the 6 common reasons why …
5 summer reading tips for parents and students
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I’ve covered summer reading tips nearly every summer since I launched my business. Here’s where you can find all my other summer reading tips and resources. In this post (and video!) I outline some of the tips I’ve covered before – …
How to make a task less boring so you stop procrastinating
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post is part of an anti-procrastination series, where I dive into each of the 6 reasons why we procrastinate. You will find links to the other posts in the series as I create them. Tim Pychyl, a Carelton University professor, …
How to stay smart over the summer: 5 strategies for maintaining cognitive skills
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I first wrote 5 ways to stay smart over the summer a few years ago. Feel free to start with that original post. This post is an extension of that one. I expand on a few of those tips and add …
Summer reading tip: Make a summer reading schedule
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I’ve written about summer reading before, and have shared multiple summer reading tips here and here. In this post, I’m elaborating on one of the summer reading strategies I’ve discussed before, because it is worth sharing again: how to make a …
A strategy for how to understand what you read: Remote learning edition
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Reading is one thing. Understanding it is another. No joke though. We’ve all read a whole page before without understanding one word on it. Am I right? I’m right. If you’re taking an online course or doing remote learning, understanding what …