Alla Volodina, an expert in education, with years of experience in teaching subjects like finance and accounts at some of the premiere universities of the country has decide to put to good use her experience in teaching and thus has started a website where she discusses the challenges faced by teachers as well as students and also gives out simple and effective tips to overcome these challenges. her website has several blogs which discuss her thoughts and experiences under three topics namely motivation, study skills and teaching and have discussions on a variety of topics for the benefit of teachers and students such as how to transition study habits when entering university so as to score well; how to keep teachers motivated so that they can better facilitate the learning procedure of students; importance of incorporating finance in schools and others too.

In one of her blogs Alla Volodina discusses the benefits of handwriting and emphasizes it as a building block to learning. With reference to an example of an article written by another author, she makes the readers aware of researches which state that writing practice not only helps with learning letters and shapes but can also improve idea composition and expression and even may help in fine motor-skill development too. She writes that the importance of handwriting in overall learning has been time and again been pointed out by various other researches too. Alla also quotes Karin Harman James, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Indiana University “It seems there is something really important about manually manipulating and drawing out two-dimensional things we see all the time,” in order to emphasize her point.

Another of Alla Volodina’s posts discusses methods which can be implemented by institutes in order to keep its teachers motivated. She does not expect them to go all out in order to have this but rather suggests some simple methods such as encouraging teachers to keep up with the latest trends in education as well as being aware of the latest business news which will go a long way in keeping them motivated. All the required material and resources which would aid their teaching should be made handy by institutes and colleges so that teachers do not lose their motivation. Also simple methods like encouraging their teachers to go for a short vacation during students leave or welcoming back an ill teacher with a greeting card or even encouraging students to say a few good words about their teachers will go a long way in making the teachers satisfied and motivated.

For all those high school students who are about to enter university, Alla Volodina has dedicated one complete post to discuss some important tips on study habits which if followed will help them not maintain and even better their grades at the university. She emphasises that since life at the university is filled with hectic and erratic schedule, students will be left with little time to study which would obviously affect their grades. So to overcome this problem, Alla advises students to make as much of the time they have between two classes for studying and thus manage their time well.

Alla’s websites prove to be immense help to the teachers and students who want to make their teaching and studying more productive.