Sunday, December 12, 2010

Videojug: Get Good at Life


What is Videojug?

Videojug is an instructional video website, a digital media company that helps people to ‘get good at life', wherever they are. They offer thousands of videos, articles, answers & people to help you. You can do anything & Videojug will show you how - it's all free, so get involved and get good!

Their aim is to be a world-leading factual and learning resource for the 100s of millions of global internet users hungry for knowledge on how to perform a million large and little life tasks, as well as practical and valuable information on any subject under the sun: they have created over 50,000 films for videojug.com. Their library covers a wide range of topics appealing to a huge variety of audiences - from beauty tips to financial advice. All of their videos can be embedded on your blog or website and many of them include a transcription.

As the original UK pioneer of ‘How-To' online video, Videojug has been producing professional, instructional, short-form online video content since 2006. Today their library of video content enables many millions of people everywhere to access straightforward, valuable knowledge and advice across thousands of subjects in a straightforward easy-to-follow tutorial format, through their website at Videojug.com, on their mobile device with their apps for the iPhone and iPad as well as through their syndication network.

Videojug Corporation Limited can be found at 4th Floor, St John's House, 54 St John's Square, Clerkenwell, London.

Here is an example of what Videojug can offer: An excellent video on mind-mapping which many of you find useful when trying to learn something and/or studying for an exam. After the video we include the (partial) transcription provided by Videojug.


How To Mind Map With Tony Buzan

Tony Buzan is a leading expert on the brain and learning, and inventor of the revolutionary Mind-Mapping technique, which he believes is more efficient than conventional methods of writing notes and ideas. In this film Tony talks about how he developed Mind Mapping and how it can be applied in everyday life.

Step 1: Problems With Note-taking

Most people make linear notes that fill a page from left to right, and top to bottom. For most purposes, this not actually the most efficient way for writing notes. 

Step 2: Developing Mind Maps

Mind Maps start with a main idea in the centre of the page. This then has branches coming off it for the most important headings. Each of these headings then has further branches coming off it, so that the information in the Mind Map radiates from the centre outwards. This more closely matches the brain's way of arranging information, and is more effective than linear notes from top to bottom. 

Step 3: Using Mind Maps

The most effective Mind Maps also contain lots of images and different colours, as these help the brain to remember.
Mind Maps have many uses. They can be used to write notes in order to revise for exams, brainstorm for ideas, organise large amounts of information etc

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