AlexK on PhotoReading & Learning

Working on a course for PhotoReading on the Computer

Administrator — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:43:22 +0000

I’ve been working on developing a course for using PhotoReading on the computer. Actually drawing up the plan and developing course material. It will be a 3 hour stand alone class suitable for students and researchers and anyone else who wants to make better use of their time at the computer. Unfortunately there [...]

Slowing down to focus

Administrator — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:24:18 +0000

I have a few experiment with some techniques going. Bit hard to explain at this point because I’m not sure what the outcomes will be and while I am hoping that they hit the target of my intention I am conducting these experiment as a see what I get. I am also aiming to pin [...]

Reading off a computer screen

Administrator — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:13:18 +0000

Someone asked me a terrific question today. There is a theory that we do not absorb as well when we read from a screen as we do when reading from a book. Thought you would have some input re this. And here is my reply. Absolutely true we don’t absorb as well when we read from a computer [...]

PhotoReading is easy. Now Activate

Administrator — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:34:35 +0000

I learned how to PhotoRead but I suck at activation Lets check your activation technique and discuss some of the experiences you might have had. Begin your activation by revisiting step one of the system. This is probably more important than most people realise and often overlooked. Check in with your purpose regularly make sure you are [...]

No Sweat, Right?

Administrator — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:45:59 +0000

This is one of my favourite comics. I love Bill Watterson’s take on reading. If you love to read you probably enjoy comics too.

Notice Small Changes and Gain Success

Administrator — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:05:39 +0000

After their initial success with learning PhotoReading many students fall back into their old reading habits. There are a number of reasons for this. One the reason I’m going to cover right now is learning to accept the results you get. New PhotoReaders often excited to apply what they learned and then it doesn’t happen. [...]

Summer Reading, Some are not

Administrator — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:10:49 +0000

The interesting news right now is the usual news for the end of the US school year. Summer reading. The general consensus is that if you want to be a good reader you have to read more. So the talk is of summer reading list. Reading? Is that really what students want to do during [...]

Is information you learned through PhotoReading elusive?

Administrator — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:03:08 +0000

When people first learn about PhotoReading they fear that satisfactory conscious understanding is elusive.That’s an interesting fear because information that eludes you is everything that your non-conscious mind is processing bar 2000 bits per second which your conscious mind has access to. What the mind is capable of It is known that the 300 million nerve impulses [...]

Bed Socks Aid Learning

Administrator — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:32:54 +0000

Science has repeatedly shown that sleep aids learning and memory. And sleep or rather the lack of it is stressful in our day to day pace of life. I often get asked if I know a cure for insomnia. The inability to fall asleep or after waking way too early to get back to sleep. Well [...]

How do you know when you have a purpose?

Administrator — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:37:57 +0000

Did you know that to succeed at anything you need to have a purpose? One thing when people come to PhotoReading they often have the goal of reading even more. Great as that is it doesn’t provide a purpose for learning PhotoReading. When one sets out to learn PhotoReading they often have the magical image of themselves [...]