Showing posts with label prepare for college. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prepare for college. Show all posts

nextSTEP magazine and site - for life after high school

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nextSTEP magazine is a great resource for high school students. The magazine itself is not free, although many schools get bulk subscriptions. Their website, http://www.nextstepmagazine.com, does have a lot of free resources for students.

Their tagline is "your life, after high school" and the magazine and web site have advice and information on careers, college planning and more. College search, college planning steps, career descriptions, articles on college life, careers, how to be successful in college, and much more are all on the site.

Our school has a bulk subscription, so the students can pick up a copy in the counselors' offices. Many of the students prefer to just go to the web site. The site has more detailed information than the magazine, along with videos and links to other resources. The site does has all of the articles from the print magazine.

This is a must have resource for high school students.




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Free booklets with high school and college success tips for students

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Barcharts is a company that prints up those colorful laminated quick study booklets you see at the bookstore and even supermarket. I've purchased a few over the years (Physics, Computer, Accounting) and found them to be very useful. They have quick study booklets on almost any topic from Biology to Physics to History, Economics, Cooking, Computers and much more. Different titles come different sizes, including full size (8 1/2" x 11"), pocket size, poster and more. They average about $6 each.

They also offer some free quick study booklets on some topics that are very useful for educators and students. The ones that I always share with my students are: Keys to High School Success, Keys to College Success, and Surviving the College Ride. They all include very useful tips on studying, time management, how to get help, and much more. They are all available as FREE PDF file downloads.





There are also some fun free ones including Stupid Jokes, Umpire and Referee Signals, and Ramen Noodle Recipes.

Share this with your students.


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Transitioning to College - Helping students Succeed - college library help

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Transitioning to College Helping You Succeed is a site that has some great resources and tips to help students go from high school to college successfully. Specifically, it deals with the differences between libraries at the college level.

There are educator resources and activities to due with students to help prepare them and there are student learning modules that follow two college freshmen as they learn tips for success.


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College Tips from Google - great resource for students

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College Tips by Google

Google has added another great education resource to it's portfolio, College Tips.

College Tips has tips, products, and services to make life easier for college students, and college bound students. This is a great site for high school students applying to college, current college students, and college seniors starting their job hunt.

There are lots of tips and students can share their own tips with each other.

Some of the tips: getting organized, staying on schedule, having a professional email address (vs. Imawesome etc.), campus guides, search tips and much more. The tips are organized by category: "Prospective College Students", "Current College Students", and "College Seniors".

There are some great tips and ideas here. The tips from other students are excellent. I wish I had some when I was going through all of this college stuff.

Share the site with high school and college students you know!



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