How to Write Education Articles from Personal Experience as a College Student

**Note: this article comes from the writer's personal experience as both a regular content contributor to Associated Content and a senior college student at the University of South Alabama. This article and all content contained here within is not necessarily reflective of either Associated Content or the University of South Alabama.

If you're a college student, writing education articles from personal experience should be a breeze. As an avid test-taker, project-completer and paper writer, you hold the key to a treasure chest filled with a wealth of personal education knowledge and experience. After all, your wisdom about life in the world of academia could easily serve to help with or preview issues that future students may face. Here are a few tips, ideas and suggestions to consider before penning your educational how-to articles.

1. Write about Issues or Material Covered in Class

The next time you find yourself daydreaming in class, take a moment to wake up and actually do some productive note-taking. Not only will you be acquiring important study material, but you just may wind up gaining some information for a possible education article. Research papers and essays can always be transformed into educational articles, or even submitted "as is" for upfront payments at Associated Content.

2. Write about your Study Methods

Say you're taking a high level math course, like college Algebra or Calculus. As you study for your upcoming exam, you begin to create personal and helpful study methods for yourself. And you think to yourself, "What if these study habits, tips and methods could work for someone else?" Why not write about? Detail your study and learning process by writing a carefully-worded guide to studying for a specific subject, particularly difficult subjects such as math, sciences, etc.

3. Avoid General and Overly Vague References and Terminology

Terms and concepts within college level subjects are specific, detailed and exact. The writers of your textbook likely spent months or even years making certain that each and every sentence was clear and understandable for a beginner or advanced student, depending on the subject and class level. Follow their example when writing your educational how-to articles and study guide pieces. Express your thoughts clearly and concisely by using explicit terms (gleaned from your textbook) and careful wording in the explanation of certain concepts and ideas.

For example, do not say "landscape" or "terrain" if you actually mean "grassland," "valley," "desert," "forest" or "mountainous region" Then go the extra mile and define the specific type of the specific landscape. For example, "a deciduous forest" or "a trade wind desert" or "a hanging valley." For a geography student, these distinctions are very important. The use of the word "landscape" is simply too vague and too general. Avoid this type of mistake at all costs, lest your article fall to the wayside of the education and information highway.

4. Avoid Subtle or Inadvertent Comments about your Professor or the Class

The last thing you want to do in your education articles, particularly if you are writing a piece gleaned from personal experience, is bash a professor or specific class at a specific university. For some student writers, this is very easy to do without even realizing it. Remember that you are writing about your experience and the things that you have learned. Be professional and leave your personal thoughts about a professor or class out of the piece.

You should additionally remember that your name will forever be attached to your article. If you choose to publish your piece online, it will be discoverable my multiple search engine options. Bear this in mind before mentioning a teacher, specific class or specific university or college.

So as you embark on your journey of writing educational how-to articles, take the aforementioned tips, suggestions and cautions into consideration. After all, there's nothing worse than writing a useless or pointless education article. It defeats the whole purpose of attempting to pass along knowledge.