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Evernote

Applicationsoftwareforcomputersormobiledevicescandoalotofthingsforstudentsofallages.

Appscanhelpstudentsgetbetterorganized,studyfortestsandprepareresearchpapers.Inotherwords,theycanhelptheuserdohisorherverybestwork.

Appscanhelpanyusers,eventhosewhoarenotstudents,getmoreorganizedandimprovetheirwork.

Whetherornotyouareastudent,herearesomeappsworthconsidering.

Quizlet

Quizletisastudyaidapp.Itisfilledwithflashcardsonmanysubjectstostudy.Usethecardsthatcomewiththeapporcreateyourown.

Quizlethaslinkstosubjectslike:

Arts&Literature

Languages&Vocabulary

Math&Science

History&Geography

StandardizedTests

Professional&Careers

Theapphasamixoftext,imagesandaudiorecordings,includingpronunciationofwordsindifferentlanguages.

Quizlethasgamestoplayandteststotake.CardsareavailableontheappevenwhenyouarenotconnectedtotheInternet.

QuizletisavailableasafreeappfromApple’siTunesstore.

QuizletforiPhoneandiPad

QuizletforAndroiddevices

YoucanlearnmoreattheQuizletwebsite.

EasyBib

Sometimesthemostdifficultpartofwritingaresearchpaperiscreatingthebibliography.

Abibliographylistsallofthepublicationsandothersourcesusedinyourresearch.Gettingjusttherightcitationstoappearinthecorrectformatcanbedifficultandtakealotoftime.

TheEasyBibappcanmakecreatingabibliographyeasier.Theappcanhelporganizetheinformationandfindcitationsforbooks,websitesandmore.

EasyBibuserscansimplyscanthebarcodeonabookwithamobilephonecameratogettheinformationtheyneed.Youcanalsosearchfordocumentationintheappifthebookisunavailableatthetime.

Theappoffersover7,000differentcitationformats,includingthecommonlyusedModernLanguageAssociation,orMLA,style.Userscanchangethewayinwhichtheinformationisorganizedandstoredwithintheapp.

UserscanemailinformationfromEasyBibtoothersortosendittoahomecomputer.

YoucansignupforanaccountattheEasyBibwebsite.

EasyBibisfree,butusershavetopayforitspremiumfeatures.

EasyBibforiPhoneandiPad

EasyBibforAndroiddevices

FreeGraphingCalculator

AnappcalledtheFreeGraphingCalculatorisusefulforstudentsofmathematicsorothersubjectsthatrequireseriousgraphing.Thisfreeappgivesthestudentmorepowertocreatelinesanddesignimagesthanmanyothercalculatorapps.

TheFreeGraphingCalculatorletstheusercreateuptofourgraphsatonce,andletsusersresizethegraphsforthebestviews.Youcanchangemeasurementswithintheimageeasilyusingtheapp.

Themathematicsandscienceguidewithintheappcanexplainsomeimportantmathorscienceideas.

TheFreeGraphingCalculatorisfree.Userscanpaytoremovetheadvertising.

FreeGraphingCalculatorforiPhoneandiPad

FreeGraphingCalculatorforAndroid

Todoist

TheTodoistappcanhelpeventhemostorganizedpersonwithday-to-dayactivities.Withthisapp,individualscancreatealistofeverythingtheyneedtodo,andsetatargetdateortimeforwheneachactivityistobecompleted.

Userscanusedifferentcolorstocreategroupingsforschool,homeandwork.Theappcanprovidereminders,evenwhenyouarenotconnectedtotheInternet.Theappcanalsosendreminderstoasmartwatch.

TheappandmostprogramsonTodoistarefree.Butsomefeaturesareavailableatacost.

YoucanfindoutmorefromtheTodoistwebsite.

Todoistisavailablefor:

TodoistforiPhone,iPadandAppleWatch

TodoistforAndroiddevices

Evernote

Evernoteisanappdesignedtohelporganizenotes.Userscanaddimages,linksandmorewithinthenotes.Notescanbecreatedfromwebsitesandtagscanbeaddedtohelpsearchyournoteslater.

NotescanbeavailableusingEvernoteonbothcomputersandmobiledevices.

TheEvernoteappisfree.Usershavetopayforadditionfeatures.

YoucanlearnmoreattheEvernotewebsite.

EvernoteforiPhoneandiPad

EvernoteforAndroiddevices

PomoDone

Everyonewantstobemoreproductive.ThePomodorotechniqueisonewaytomakethemostoutofyourtime.Pomodorosuggeststhatanindividualworksintimeblocks,andplansforshortbreaksduringtheworkday.

ThePomoDoneappcanhelpdividetimeintoblocksforworkandforbreaks.Theapponthecomputerhelpskeeptrackoftimeblocksforeachactivity.

Theappwillsaywhenitistimetotakeabreakandwhenitistimetogetbacktowork.PomoDonecanworkwithotherapps,suchasEvernoteandTodoist,andhelptheuserkeeptrackofone’sactivitiesoverlongperiodsoftime.

TheappisavailableforcomputersfromthePomoDonewebsite.Theappisfree.Paidpremiumfeaturesareavailable.

GoogleDrive

GoogleDriveisacloudstorageservicewhereuserscanstoreandbackuptheirfiles,includingdocumentsandphotographs.WithGoogleDrive,userscanopentheirfilesfromahomecomputerormobiledevice.

Eachusergets15GBoffreespacetostoreandbackupfiles.WitharecentupdatetoGoogleDrive,userscanchoosewhichfilestobackupsotheydonotfilluptheircomputerswithalloftheirfilesonGoogleDrive.

Theserviceletstheusersharefiles,bothasanemailattachmentandasalink.TheusercanalsoaccessthosefileswhennotconnectedtotheInternet.

SunriseCalendar

SunriseCalendarfromMicrosoftcanworkasastand-alonecalendarandconnectwithotheronlinecalendarstoorganizeday-to-dayevents.TheSunrisecalendarcanconnectwithEvernote,Facebook,Todoist,andotherservices.

WordsinThisStory

app-n.acomputerprogramthatperformsaparticulartask(suchaswordprocessing)

flashcard-n.acardthathaswords,numbers,orpicturesonitandthatisusedtohelpstudentslearnaboutasubject

pronunciation-n.thewayinwhichawordornameispronounced

bibliography-n.alistofthebooks,magazines,articles,etc.,thatarementionedinatext

citation-n.alineorshortsectiontakenfromapieceofwritingoraspeech

format-n.theform,design,orarrangementofsomething(suchasabook,magazine,ortelevisionorradioprogram)

reminder-n.somethingthatcausesyoutorememberortothinkaboutsomething

feature-n.aninterestingorimportantpart,quality,ability,etc.

technique-n.awayofdoingsomethingbyusingspecialknowledgeorskill

calendar-n.adocument,chart,etc.,thatshowsthedays,weeks,andmonthsofayear