It’s the digital age we’re living in, and the amount of information the average person deals with daily is impressive. But it does not have to be difficult. Technology is here to help us climb these mountains of data! Computers and tablets, as well as other gadgets and devices, have become increasingly popular in education, researching and essay writing. It is not just students who try to make use of their androids and iPads in class – many schools and universities are trying to tap the potential that the digital assistants are offering to us. Here’s a quick review of ten useful apps that will make your school days easier and more enjoyable.
Mathway
Mathway is an irreplaceable tool when it comes to problem solving. The app helps you do your maths homework. Not only does it do your assignment for you, it teaches you how to do it right. All you have to do is put the equation in and press the Enter button.
LiveMocha
LiveMocha is a social network for those who are learning languages. You help other people get insights into your native tongue, and they teach you their language. You can even ask your LiveMocha friends to help you with your homework. Nothing wrong with that.
Delicious
Delicious is the popular online bookmarking tool, which lets you organize your project material under a single tab. Delicious can be your 21st century personal library for the webpages that you find online.
Evernote
Evernote lets you save images, video and audio files from the web. Essentially, the tool turns everything you find on the web into notes. You can share your notes and sync them with your smartphone. There are many benefits from using Evernote on a regular basis, the major one is that the stuff you save can be later used for school projects. It supports a variety of platforms, including major operating systems (excluding linux) and virtuall all mobile ones.
EasyBib
EasyBib does the bibliography for you. Not many students are aware of the fact that such an online tool exists. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to try it once and show your bibliography to your professor. Just to be on the safe side – you never know whether they are up to date with the latest formatting style requirements.
CiteMe
CiteMe is a Facebook app that will help you get formatted citations from WorldCat, the world’s largest library catalog.
GradeMate
GradeMate helps you know what final grade you are getting. The app describes itself as “a resource that helps teachers spend less time on administrative tasks and more time with their students”. You simply note all the grades you are getting throughout the class, and the tool will predict the final result. You will also need to put in the value (i.e. percent of the final grade) of each assignment.
SlideRocket
SlideRocket lets you create awesome and professional looking presentations. It has a vast library of the graphic and audio materials. It would be hard to find those on the web. SlideRocket helps you put them into your presentation.
Empressr
Empressr is a yet another tool for creating media-rich presentations. Every online presentation creator has their own set of unique media materials and themes. If you can’t find what you are looking for, it might be smart to use several ones at the same time, and then put the presentations together.
While apps can be helpful it is wise not to rely on them all the time. It is better to use them only when it’s really necessary and not every time you need them. Otherwise, you might become too dependent on them and will not be able to do even the simplest things on your own. Just ask yourself what happens if the power goes out? But the power is there for now, and it’s nice to have these time-savers at hand.
