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School is boring much of the time! So how do you stay awake and engaged when your whole system wants to tune out?

Gretchen walks students through more than 10 simple ways to keep yourself going so you can learn what you need to learn. Specifically she discusses:

• Silly and serious tips for moving your body enough to keep you awake
• Smart ways to engage with the subject matter at hand, to keep you alert
• Anti-boring ways to listen deeply to your teacher, to keep yourself curious
• And more!

Try some of these tips out yourself, and let Gretchen know if any of them help.

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Many students experience a rude awakening when they get to college, and realize they aren’t ready to do the kinds of learning and thinking tasks college professors expect.

Guest Expert Leonard Geddes breaks down the key differences between high school and college.

Listen in to this excerpt from a 2 hour training Leonard provided for Gretchen’s Anti-Boring Educators’ Club, as they discuss:

• The definition of metacognition
• What metacognition has to do with levels of learning
• Key differences between the thinking required in both high school and college
• How students’ awareness of these differences can help them show up differently in their classes

Leonard Geddes is the founder of The Learn Well Projects, which engages in a diverse collection of partnerships, collaborating with institutions to develop comprehensive plans to enhance student learning and invigorate the teaching culture to improving the academic performance of specific groups such as student-athletes or first-generation students. Whether working with administrators, teachers, learning support professionals or directly with students, The LearnWell Projects employs an empathic design approach that consistently exceeds clients’ expectations.

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Visiting colleges is an important factor in deciding what school to go to!

Megan breaks down the who, what, when, where, why and how of planning and going on your college visits. Specifically she discusses:

• why college visits are important and should be prioritized
• when during your high school career to do college visits
• who should go on those trips with the student
• where to go (in other words, which colleges you should visit),
• how to schedule your visits,
• and more!

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There are two huge reasons why students don’t ask for help, but this can change with a little prodding.

Gretchen breaks down how to help students get over their discomfort with looking “stupid” and asking the right questions to get the help they need.

Specifically, she discusses:

• the two main reasons students don’t ask for help
• how knowing the Study Cycle can help students understand what kind of questions to ask when they need help
• how parents and teachers can support students with building their “ask-for-help” competencies

To take the free course on the Study Cycle that Gretchen recommends, go here: http://gretchenwegner.com/study-cycle-overview/

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