Hey guys, how's everyone doing? I'm planning on creating a website/blog for Japanese Learning/sharing my experience. Plus making a facebook/twitter/youtube account along side it. But I thought to myself "There is already a lot of those out there" so I'm interested in hearing what do you guys suggest. What can I do to make it different and interesting. One idea I had was include a lot of visual learning(real life learning). Signs/mail/books,etc but all in jp of course.

I'm also planning on making an online business(although I'll see how that turns out). It may or maybe not related to Japanese. Now that I'm heading towards the last year of post-secondary education, I'm thinking ahead. I know school only won't make you "successful", so I'm thinking and planning ahead. Yes this is still in the brainstorming phases, so I'm still planning it all out.

Can you give me any advice on the site (not the business). Thanks in advance guys and gals, your helping me a lot.

1: write what you know

when we learn something, we've learned it despite the technique we've used.

for example, i went through Genki 1, Genki 2, and sporadically reviewed Tae Kim and DJG series. if i were to pick another textbook, like say, minna no nihongo, i can't form a good opinion on how it would be because i'm no longer a beginner.

i feel like the only thing you can write about is what you did, not what seems better in retrospect.

2: data

not enough learning blogs have hard statistics that really analyze what they did. most of them are anecdotal and based on feeling. "i put pictures in my decks and now it seems like i'm learning even better!" i'd rather see something like "retention rates increased by 20%-30% after I decided to make stories for RTK. you can see this graph and notice the steady curve going upward."

"i got a few friends and tested it out, some learned words with pictures and some without pictures. check out their results!"

3: research

as far as i know, no one ever quotes research on their blogs. like #2, aside from a lack of data we also have people developing new techniques that are founded on rumors or other blogs. it helps to take existing research and use it to push your own idea. of course, for this, you need an astute mind for finding such research...

Thanks for the advice. Data,statistics and personal experience are key(so people can see stats and also get a subjective opinion on the topic as well).

My gut is telling me to make this visual (aside from my learning experience) a lot of people favor a visual aspect but there are also people who learn best just from audio or text. So I'm thinking of dividing into different aspects and casual learner vs intensive learner.

according to the book brain rules, an assault on all your senses works best in solidifying a memory. (author cites several studies with the introduction of a scent during a lecture, then introducing that scent during the test. those fared better than those with no scent.)

now, i doubt you'll ask your readers to install a smelling machine next to their computers, but you'd do best to introduce all 3: visual/audio/text.

kainzero Wrote:according to the book brain rules, an assault on all your senses works best in solidifying a memory. (author cites several studies with the introduction of a scent during a lecture, then introducing that scent during the test. those fared better than those with no scent.)

now, i doubt you'll ask your readers to install a smelling machine next to their computers, but you'd do best to introduce all 3: visual/audio/text.

haha, that would be cool if it was possible (it's like breaking the 4th dimension) but definitely yes I want to break it down to audio/text and visual-based learning.
I originally planned on making projects but something tells me there are already a lot of people doing this, so I'm thinking of doing something differently.

ta12121 Wrote:

kainzero Wrote:according to the book brain rules, an assault on all your senses works best in solidifying a memory. (author cites several studies with the introduction of a scent during a lecture, then introducing that scent during the test. those fared better than those with no scent.)

now, i doubt you'll ask your readers to install a smelling machine next to their computers, but you'd do best to introduce all 3: visual/audio/text.

haha, that would be cool if it was possible (it's like breaking the 4th dimension) but definitely yes I want to break it down to audio/text and visual-based learning.
I originally planned on making projects but something tells me there are already a lot of people doing this, so I'm thinking of doing something differently.

Does it really matter? It is the way you create things that makes them stand out. Its the little things that can make all the difference. So don't start looking at what others might have done already, but do your own thing and add your own style, personality, heart and mind into the project.

Nagareboshi Wrote:

ta12121 Wrote:

kainzero Wrote:according to the book brain rules, an assault on all your senses works best in solidifying a memory. (author cites several studies with the introduction of a scent during a lecture, then introducing that scent during the test. those fared better than those with no scent.)

now, i doubt you'll ask your readers to install a smelling machine next to their computers, but you'd do best to introduce all 3: visual/audio/text.

haha, that would be cool if it was possible (it's like breaking the 4th dimension) but definitely yes I want to break it down to audio/text and visual-based learning.
I originally planned on making projects but something tells me there are already a lot of people doing this, so I'm thinking of doing something differently.

Does it really matter? It is the way you create things that makes them stand out. Its the little things that can make all the difference. So don't start looking at what others might have done already, but do your own thing and add your own style, personality, heart and mind into the project.

I know, I'm just collecting ideas from everyones advice. Eventually it all comes down to my decision but for now I'm just seeing what others have done before me and try to improve on it. We learn best from the past and are past(mistakes), so I'm just asking what everyone thinks(opinions) on this.