Learning and Concentration Tips

Maintaining concentration levels is one of the hardest aspects of studying, especially if you don’t feel very passionate about the subject you’re learning. Concentration is one of the key factors behind exam success, however, and your concentration levels while studying will impact your performance in your exams. Here are some tips to help you improve your concentration, so you can make the most of your study time.

Create a quiet space

Make sure you choose somewhere quiet and free of distractions to study, where you won’t be interrupted. A polite suggestion is to put your phone on silent so you won’t be disturbed by other people. Set a rule for yourself to not answer any calls or text for a certain period of time.

Work out your most productive study time

Some people work better in the morning, while others work better in the afternoon or evening. Try to identify your ideal study time early on, and tailor your day around that. Often, it’s more psychologically rewarding to try and get as much done as possible early in the day; however different people will have different study habits.

Make sure you’ve met your basic needs

Sitting down to study when you’re tired, hungry, thirsty, or distracted by events in your personal life will hinder your concentration, no matter how good your study tools are. Make sure you’re well rested and have had something to eat and drink before you start studying. If you find you are thinking about people or events outside your study session or you are daydreaming, try not to get caught up in your thoughts and put them aside until later.

Break down large subject areas into smaller topics

Breaking down large subject areas into smaller topics helps make them less daunting. The iFlipTips app is perfect for this task, as it allows you to create digital flashcards containing text, audio, video, and images. Learning information in bite-sized pieces helps improve your concentration, and speeds up your learning process.

Do one thing at a time

Don’t try to study multiple subjects or topics at the same time, as you will just confuse yourself. If you’re feeling overwhelmed with the amount you have to learn, try creating a study plan, with hourly slots for each subject. iFlipTips is useful for ensuring you only study one thing at a time, as you can separate your flashcards into different folders, and keep relevant cards together. You can also use iFlipCards, a tool within iFlipTips, to test your knowledge of a single topic before moving on to the next.

Start the Hardest Subject area or Topic First

It’s tempting to leave the subjects we find difficult until we’ve learned all the easier topics first. Working on the hardest subjects before anything else, however, will give you more time to go back and make sure you’ve learned the information thoroughly. Taking a break between topics allows you to process the information you’ve learned, and test your recall. When organizing study notes in iFlipTips, especially if you’re using the folders to create a study calendar, arrange sub-folders and files with the hardest subjects first, so you’re not tempted to skip to the easier subjects and leave the hard work for later.

iFlipTips  newest additions is called iFlipTipsPro and has a iFlipTips
Calendar
and multicolor notepads/iDoodleGrams called iFlipPads are perfect ways to adhere to a schedule and manipulate pictures and images for a variety of note
uses.  The ideas tool is useful for organizing and tracking notes, and other academic related activities. Use it to organize contacts of people you meet during your study or research, reminders or just creative drawings which can be shared via Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter or email.

iFlipTips

iFlipTips

 

Cloud Solution for Mobile Multi-media Learning, Training and Delivery for iPhone and iPad Now Available

Mobile Learning Development and Delivery Platform – iFlipTips Version 2.0

Cloud Solution for Mobile Multi-media Learning, Training and Delivery for iPhone and iPad Now Available

New iFlipSlides Create Corporate Presentations, Multimedia Training and Personal Notecard-Study “Flipcard” System

BOULDER – iFlipTips announced today approval from iTunes for distribution for Apple® iPhone® and iPad®.  New in Version 2.0 is iFlipSlides. Using iFlipSlides users can create ‘slide shows’ for the iPhone or iPad. Perfect for mobile training on any area such as sales, channel partner presentations and field tech tips, the app enables you to reorganize your cards, slides or tips once you’ve created them, so you can rearrange your slides and add new information at a later date.

iFlipTips is an exciting way for professionals to create multimedia presentations and personal corporate libraries.   iFlipCards is an exciting way for professional trainers and users alike to create multimedia study ‘flipcards’ for fast access Q&A learning,” noted Tom Cross creator.

iFlipTips consists of three key programs: iFlipCards, iFlip-Slides and iFlipTips-Ideas.

iFlipTips can be created with simple, single button notecards with text, audio, video and pics.  The app is designed to help clients seeking easy and rapid ways to build mobile “self-help” and “just enough and just-in-time” tools for their sales, support channel partners and others.  iFlip-Slides is a quick and easy way to create slide shows on the go for customer presentations, personal training or technical techtips.  With iFlip-Slides you can audio, video, text as well as pics.

iFlipCards lets users make Q&A flipcards, capture audio, video, text and take/use pics and answer with pics, video, text and audio, not just text.  College students need a simple app to replace their 3×5 paper notecards writing Questions on one side and “flipping” them over to see the Answer(s).   iFlipTips can be shared/posted to Twitter, Facebook or email.  All features iFlipTips, iFlip-Slides and iFlipCards can capture information and file it fast with unlimited Library Folders and Subfolders.  In addition iFlipTips blog, tutorials, blog, newsletter and more information are available at http://ifliptips.com

Here are some user comments:

- “By having access to iFlipTips, I can get the latest sales and support tips, feature updates, bug fixes and other corporate info improving coordination and communications between with the our customers. Simply put, I am more successful and effective.”

- “This really overcomes the problem when team members say, “email, what email, I never got the email providing a tool to help them see all the steps involved in the training, event and social activity and stay organized, not just endless emails.”

- “This app is so helpful as strategically, the faster you can communicate, the faster you can change, and those corporations that change the fastest will be the most successful.”

Corporate training, slide show presentations and studying for college exams is an increasingly demanding and complex. iFlipTips was developed and will continue to be an innovative solution for trainers, customers, students and users.

On the website www.iFliptips.com also provides tutorials, webseminars, and a newsletterto help improve your use of iFlipTips, iFlip-Slides and iFlipCards – FlipQuiz’s and other ideas on sports management, social media practices and technology.

The non-cloud version is available via this link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/ifliptips/id503560086?mt=8

Please email mailto:cross@gocross.com?subject=iFlipTips Cloud Version for details on the cloud version.

iFlipTips is part of a suite of communications and collaboration tools designed to improved personal time management and customer communications.  iFlipTips Version 3.0 will have an integrated calendar and be available in August. 

Presentation Development and Improving Presentation Skills Using iFlipTips

By Hannah B. TechEditor – London-England

Good business presentation skills are crucial. We use them in our careers and our personal lives, and utilize these skills even when we might not realize it. Developing your presentation skills can have a positive impact on many different areas of your life and, for that reason; it’s beneficial to improve your presentation skills, even if public speaking isn’t a key part of your job role right now.

iFlipTips is a study and training app for iPad and iPhone that revolutionizes the way we deliver and absorb information. As well as being an invaluable tool for students of all subjects, iFlipTips can also help you when you’re teaching yourself new skills. The app avoids the traditional text-based learning style, and instead focuses on providing you with a variety of tools to help you create flashcards that increase your learning speed and help you retain and recall more information in less time.

The iFlipTips app is divided into three sections: iFlip-Slides iTips-Ideas cards and iFlipCards. Each card contains four different formats: text, image, audio, and video, so you can record and store information using different mediums. When studying and improving your presentation skills, you can use these different formats to learn new skills more efficiently.

If you’re working to improve your presentation skills, the best place to start is to evaluate where you are at the moment. iFlipTips helps you do this, as you can record yourself giving a staged or real presentation using the audio and video functions. Doing this can help you identify and improve aspects of your presentation, such as your body language and tone of voice.

The ability to record videos and audio clips means you can also capture snippets of public speakers and presenters you admire, and use the recordings to compare their style to your own practice sessions. Watching other successful public speakers, you can identify what you enjoy about their delivery, and attempt to reproduce that in your own presentations.

As you develop your skills, recording yourself can also help you prepare for live public speaking engagements. Thorough preparation helps you gain confidence in your ability to give an engaging and interesting presentation. Practice is the key to success, and using the iFlipTips video function, you can simulate what it feels like to have a live audience.

The text function can help you make key notes about presenting skills, for example that you should never start with an apology unless you’ve made an error, and that you should always credit the source of quotes you use. By saving these “notes” in ordered folders, you can easily refer back to them later to remind yourself of key messages and tips.

As well as helping you improve your presentation skills, you can also use iFlipTips to keep you on track during presentations. Use iTips-Ideas cards to outline the structure of your presentation, and record key quotes and facts you want to remember in the text box. If you want to, you can also share your notes with others via email, Facebook or Twitter directly through the app.

If you plan to include a question and answer session at the end of a presentation, the iFlipCards can help you prepare. Create a separate “question” card for each question you anticipate being asked, and then create an ideal response on the “answer” card. Avoid memory blanks and feelings of panic, and instead enjoy confidence in knowing that you’ve prepared as thoroughly as you can.

Company  

iFlipTips along with CrossPinPoints http://crosspinpoints.com and other cloud online solutions from TECHtionary (http://techtionary.com).  Other iPhone/iPad apps include iMakeupMirror, iCompactMirror and Pictagrams all available on iTunes.  More details can be found at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/techtionary.com/id379186267

Coming soon is iPartygram (http://ipartygram.com) party invitation, pic/snap posting and calendar app for iPhone and iPad

CrossPinPoints, iSportsCal, iComcal and iREcal are all integrated MARCOM-marketing communications solutions designed for small to large business manage small to large marketing efforts.    Thomas B. Cross is the creator of unique marketing communications and an avid social media expert focusing primarily on Twitter with @techtionary https://twitter.com/#!/techtionary and @beautyapps account https://twitter.com/#!/BeautyApps, CrossTalk blog, Linkedin and CrossPinPoints (online marketing communications solution).  He posts daily to Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and CrossTalk blog. He assists businesses maximize their social media marketing and teaches professional development courses in social media which are approved by the Colorado Supreme Court for attorneys and Colorado DORA for real estate professionals via Social Business College http://socialbusinesscollege.com/.

Contact & Social Media

Contact: Tom Cross

Email: cross@gocross.com

Twitter: @techtionary & @beautyapps

Phone: 303-594-1694

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ifliptips

ifliptips

iFlipTips Version 2.0 – Flipcards-Flashcards and Personal Multi-media Notecards & Slides for iPhone and iPad Now Available

iFlipTips Version 2.0 – Flipcards-Flashcards and personal multi-media notecards for iPhone and iPad Now Available

The app is available via this link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/ifliptips/id503560086?mt=8

New iFlipSlides Create Corporate Presentations, Multimedia Training and Personal Notecard-Study “Flipcard” System

BOULDER – iFlipTips announced today approval from iTunes for distribution for Apple® iPhone® and iPad®.  New in Version 2.0 is iFlipSlides are a new addition to iFlipTips. Using iFlipSlides you can create card ‘slide shows’. Perfect for studying and giving presentations, the app enables you to reorganize your cards once you’ve created them, so you can rearrange your slides and add new information at a later date.

iFlipTips consists of three key programs: iFlipCards, iFlip-Slides and iFlipTips-Ideas.   iFlipTips can be created with simple, single button notecards with text, audio, video and pics.  The app is designed to help clients seeking easy and rapid ways to build mobile “self-help” and “just enough and just-in-time” tools for their sales, support channel partners and others.  iFlipTips is an exciting way for professionals to create multimedia presentations and personal corporate libraries.   iFlipCards is also an exciting way for professional trainers and students alike to create multimedia study ‘flipcards’ for fast access Q&A learning,” noted Tom Cross creator. 

iFlip-Slides is a quick and easy way to create slide shows on the go for customer presentations, personal training or technical techtips.  With iFlip-Slides you can audio, video, text as well as pics.

iFlipCards lets users make Q&A flipcards, capture audio, video, text and take/use pics and answer with pics, video, text and audio, not just text.  College students need a simple app to replace their 3×5 paper notecards writing Questions on one side and “flipping” them over to see the Answer(s).   iFlipTips can be shared/posted to Twitter, Facebook or email.  Both iFlipTips and iFlipCards can capture information and file it fast with unlimited Library Folders and Subfolders.  In addition iFlipTips blog, tutorials, blog, newsletter and more information are available at http://ifliptips.com

Here are some user comments:

- “By having access to iFlipTips, I can get the latest sales and support tips, feature updates, bug fixes and other corporate info improving coordination and communications between with the our customers. Simply put, I am more successful and effective.”

- “As a college student, I can create iFlipCard Quiz and answer card easy and fast and I can have them with me anytime where I can use them right up to the exam.”

- “This really overcomes the problem when team members say, “email, what email, I never got the email providing a tool to help them see all the steps involved in the training, event and social activity and stay organized, not just endless emails.”

- “This app is so helpful as strategically, the faster you can communicate, the faster you can change, and those corporations that change the fastest will be the most successful.”

Corporate training, slide show presentations and studying for college exams is an increasingly demanding and complex. iFlipTips was developed and will continue to be an innovative solution for trainers, customers, students and users.  iFliptips also provides tutorials, webseminars, and a newsletter to help improve your use of iFlipTips, iFlipCards and FlipQuiz’s and other ideas on sports management, social media practices and technology.

The app is available via this link: http://itunes.apple.com/app/ifliptips/id503560086?mt=8

iFlipTips is part of a suite of communications and collaboration tools designed to improved personal time management and customer communications.  iFlipTips Version 3.0 will have an integrated calendar and be available in late August or September.  

Independent Product Review – Learn Faster and Smarter with iFlipTips

By Hannah B. TechEditor – London-England

iFlipTips is a versatile note-taking app from TECHtionary. This free (above 25 cards is $0.99) app enables you to create digital flashcards that can help with a variety of tasks. As well as functioning as a study aid, you can customize the app for a number of personal and business uses, for example as reading records, public speaking prompts, and product catalogues. The app is simple to use and has an intuitive interface, while still being highly effective. Using the app gives you greater information retention, and speeds up the learning process, so you can study more in less time.

iFlipTips is a divided into three sections: iFlipCards, iFlipSlides and iTipsIdeas. Each section works in a slightly different way, but all three enable you to create flashcards using text, images, audio and video clips. You can use images, audio and video already stored on your iPhone/iPad Photo Gallery, or take new images and clips directly from the app.

These different formats makes the app suitable for a variety of learning types. Whether you learn better by reading, hearing, or watching, you can use iFlipTips to create study notes and records that work for you.

iFlipCards are in a question and answer format, and are perfect for testing your knowledge in before an important exam, or preparing for a question and answer session during a public speech. You can include text, audio, video and images on each side of the card.

iFlipSlides are a new addition to iFlipTips. Using this section, you can create card ‘slide shows’. Perfect for studying and giving presentations, the app enables you to reorganize your cards once you’ve created them, so you can rearrange your slides and add new information at a later date.

iTipsIdeas cards are straight flashcards, helpful for recording information and creating an inventory or record. You can organize cards from all sections into different folders and subfolders, enabling you to create your own filing system. This is particularly useful for studying, as you can organize your notes by subject or module, making it easy to retrieve information quickly and simply. Once created, you can edit and delete folders, giving you full control over how you store your cards.

All cards can be shared via email, Facebook or Twitter, so you can send you study notes to your friends and family. The social sharing feature is also helpful for business, as you can use iFlipTips to create and run a social media campaign, uploading cards directly from the app. Promote sales, discounts and items from your catalogue with your fans and followers, without having to invest in expensive software or spend hours creating and posting content. You can also use iFlipTips to send information to your business’s mailing list. Audio and video files are stored on the iPhone/iPad.

iFlipTips also contains an archive section, which stores deleted cards and folders so you can choose to restore or permanently delete them at a later date. This helps you avoid any accidental data loss, and also enables you to store cards you don’t need right now for later.

Whether you’re looking for a tool that will help you study, help you prepare for public speaking or training, or keep track of areas of your personal and professional life, iFlipTips is an exciting, easy to use and helps you create, organize and access notes, whenever you need.

Company  

iFlipTips along with CrossPinPoints and other cloud online solutions from TECHtionary.  Other iPhone/iPad apps include iMakeupMirror, iCompactMirror and Pictagrams all available on iTunes.

More details can be found at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/techtionary.com/id379186267

Coming soon is iPartygram (http://ipartygram.com) party invitation, pic/snap posting and calendar app for iPhone and iPad

CrossPinPoints, iSportsCal, iComcal and iREcal are all integrated MARCOM-marketing communications solutions designed for small to large business manage small to large marketing efforts.    Thomas B. Cross is the creator of unique marketing communications and an avid social media expert focusing primarily on Twitter with @techtionary and @beautyapps account, CrossTalk blog, Linkedin and CrossPinPoints (online marketing communications solution).  He posts daily to Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and CrossTalk blog. He assists businesses maximize their social media marketing and teaches professional development courses in social media which are approved by the Colorado Supreme Court for attorneys and Colorado DORA for real estate professionals via Social Business College.

 

Contact & Social Media

Contact: Tom Cross

Email: cross@gocross.com

Twitter: @techtionary & @beautyapps

Phone: 303-594-1694