Using the Internet for LC Study

Using the internet for LC study

© Disability Service Trinity College Dublin There are some fantastic web sites available to help with Leaving Certificate study. They won’t replace using your notes, text books or other study guides. But they will allow you to take a break from ‘reading and writing’. You can also use them to jog your memory in an exam.

Listen and read

Before you start, download MyStudyBar or NaturalReaders. You can then copy and paste text from any of these websites into Microsoft Word, and then use these software programmes to turn them into an mp3.

Posters Eden Skills http://edenskills.co.uk/for-students/print-outs/ has a superb selection of posters that you can download, print out and put on your wall:

Keyboard shortcuts Key words in essay titles Reading for revision

Effective paragraphs Essay structure

Maths http://www.mathcentre.co.uk/students/courses

iPod videos, lessons, test yourself

Revise, practice, test yourself English http://www.skoool.ie/examcentre_senior.asp?id=5273

Poetry, comparative text, film studies

http://nfs.sparknotes.com/

Choose your play. On the left of the page is the original text, on the right is a modern English ‘translation’. © Disability Service Trinity College Dublin Science

Interactive periodic table with videos from the University of Nottingham http://www.periodicvideos.com/

http://www.frogblog.ie/search/label/Exam%20Preparation%20Podcasts

Exam preparation in all science subjects Business http://www.skoool.ie/senior.asp?id=1174

Interactive lessons and tests

Video tutorial: guide to financial statements

Languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/tv/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/tv/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/tv/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/tv/

Listen to and watch programmes, read the transcript, do the worksheets

Geography © Disability Service Trinity College Dublin Simply type your topic into YouTube, settle back and watch / listen. Tip: re- calling these videos is very useful in the exam as they will give you a structure to write to.

For example: ‘dynamics of population’ brings up :

History

You can also use YouTube for history topics. Another useful site is History In Service. Type in the period in history, topic and primary or secondary source.