December 30, 2010

Keeping In Touch With Family


Keeping in touch with family can be a tricky task in college. Daily calls to mom and dad turn into every other day, then weekly, then bi-weekly. If you’ve been removed from high school for a few years now, it’s also likely that you’ve lost touch with many of your high school buddies.

Worry not though, Skype has recently released an updated version of their iphone and ipad app that makes video conferencing much easier!

Hmm… this just made it even easier for them to see you in your graduation stole and gown on commencement day!

More on the Skype app.

Photo Credit: Beverly & Pack

December 29, 2010

Eating Healthy In College

A healthy diet isn’t easy to maintain in college, we know, we’ve been there. Often meals default to what’s left in the pantry or the closest and quickest trip to a fast food joint. Stocking up on healthy foods can be a chore in itself but also pricey if you’re not sure of what exactly to get.

The post from PickTheBrain covers the basics of Raw Foods. If you’re interested in changing up your diet, check out the post!

A few of our quick tips:

1) Limit your “dining out trips” to x weekly. Instead of going cold turkey and throwing out all fast food dining, tone it down and set a weekly limit such as 2 or 3. Adjust accordingly.
2) Split groceries with roommates. When buying vegetables and produce split the tab to ensure nothing gets spoiled before it can get eaten.
3) Eat a healthy breakfast. Often your breakfast can set the tone for the rest of the day. Fill up on healthy cereal, oatmeal or fruit and watch your day start flying by.

Photo Courtesy Kimubert

December 24, 2010

Our Favorite Online Alternatives To Tutoring

There are numerous web sites online that are designed to help you learn and better comprehend subjects.  Everything from accounting to biology, to business management… it’s all there.  Here are the top 5 resources that we love.  Some may even help you with your existing courses and move you closer to graduation.

In terms of user levels, most of these web sites are designed for everyone, from high school students to college and grad students.

Without further ado…

1) The Khan Academy

http://www.khanacademy.org/

2) iTunes University

http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/

3) Open Courseware Consortium

http://www.ocwconsortium.org/

4) Academic Earth

http://www.academicearth.org/

5) WikiUniversity

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page

Photo Courtesy: shanastine