{"id":25,"date":"2007-12-29T02:47:45","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T06:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yoursash.com\/blog\/college\/use-your-ipod-to-learn-study-get-more-done-in-college\/"},"modified":"2007-12-29T02:47:45","modified_gmt":"2007-12-29T06:47:45","slug":"use-your-ipod-to-learn-study-get-more-done-in-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yoursash.com\/blog\/college\/use-your-ipod-to-learn-study-get-more-done-in-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Your IPod to Learn, Study &amp; Get More Done In College!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tIf you&#8217;re not planning on reading this post because it looks long, then watch this video!<\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p>How does that relate to our post? You&#8217;ll see.<br \/>\nSo we&#8217;re pretty sure by now that if you&#8217;re a college student you have an iPod.  Chances are you&#8217;ve gone through a few, either upgraded, opted for the smaller cuter pinker one, lost one, or even had one stolen.I remember my first mp3 player, it was a Rio brand, it was good, it got stolen in 2 weeks&#8230; back on topic. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re in college, unless you&#8217;re triple majoring in something, odds are you have more free time than you even know.<\/p>\n<p>We could provide you with links to really good <a href=\"http:\/\/education-portal.com\/articles\/Universities_with_the_Best_Free_Online_Courses.html\" title=\"Free Online Education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free online education courses<\/a> where you could learn more  but odds are only about 1 in 10 of you will actually click on the link.  Maybe 3 in 10 now that we&#8217;ve mentioned to click on the link (but don&#8217;t!).  But these online courses don&#8217;t serve to express the point of this post, which is to make the most of free time you already have that you are not aware of.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/storage1.morguefile.com\/images\/storage\/m\/missyredboots\/lowrez\/missyredboots083.jpg\" alt=\"college student holding ipod\" height=\"257\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"344\" \/><br \/>\nSo grab out your iPod or any mp3 player (Rio anyone?).<br \/>\n<strong>Start listening to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=podcast\" title=\"podcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PodCasts<\/a> <\/strong><strong>during 2 specific times<\/strong>.  It&#8217;s that simple. If you haven&#8217;t already, start and get into a routine to listen to podcasts during these 2 specific times:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. When you are walking to, from &amp; between classes<\/li>\n<li>2. When you&#8217;re at the gym<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The time you have walking to, from and between classes is impressive.  Lowballing an estimate we got:<br \/>\n+ 5 minutes from your dorm or apartment to your class.<br \/>\n+ 5 minutes to get to your next class.<br \/>\n+ 5 minutes to get from that class back to your dorm or apartment.<br \/>\n= 15 minutes a day.<br \/>\n5 days a week&#8230; wait, yes we know some of you are very proud of your 4 day class weeks.<br \/>\n4 days x 15 minutes per day = 1 hour per week.<\/p>\n<p>That might not sound like too much, but start adding it up &amp; factor in more classes, walking to the library, walking to study sessions, other times you have to spare, the gym, when stuck in traffic, etc. and you have a lot of time that you can spend:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Less bored and passing faster.<\/li>\n<li>Making yourself smarter!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Our advice would be to start with fun or informative podcasts.  There are podcasts for just about any topic.  If you&#8217;re worried about your English class and not graduating check out <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=173429229\" title=\"Grammar Girl Podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Grammar Girl&#8217;s Quick &amp; Dirty Tips to Better Writing podcast<\/a>.  It&#8217;s a weekly podcast, 5 minutes long and filled with great grammar tips!  Or are you struggling in your Business-Economics course?  Business Week has a <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=268285677\" title=\"Young Entrepreneurs Podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Young Entrepreneurs podcast<\/a>, check it out.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe you&#8217;re not much into learning while walking to your 8am class, there&#8217;s a bunch of fun and informative podcasts, everything from bartending (The Tiki Bar TV podcast) to Comedy hours (NPR: Wait Wait&#8230; Don&#8217;t Tell Me &amp; Comedy Central: Stand Up).<\/p>\n<p>And lastly, if you&#8217;re studying for Law School there&#8217;s even an LSAT Podcast to help you out.  Here&#8217;s the link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=165999105\" title=\"LSAT podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LSAT Logic In Everyday Life podcast.<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nHow do you browse for more podcasts? Load up iTunes and click on the left under iTunes Store &gt; Podcasts.  Once you find one you like, hit subscribe!<\/p>\n<p>Here are our staff favorite podcasts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This American Life<\/li>\n<li>Onion News Network<\/li>\n<li>Grammar Girl Quick &amp; Dirty Tips for Better Writing<\/li>\n<li>IndieFeed: Indie Pop Music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Comment back! Let us know what are your top 2 favorite podcasts!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re not planning on reading this post because it looks long, then watch this video! How does that relate to our post? 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