Top 5 apps for students
There
are lots of apps that lets you access educational content or help with
research. Here is a pick of five great apps.
Since most college going students now have a smart device it is only natural that they use apps to make learning easy and effective. There are lots of apps that lets you access educational content or help with research. Here is a pick of five great apps.
My Class Schedule: Timetable
By Sebastian Mayer
Free: Android
Student life revolves around timetables. But now you don't have to pen it down in a notebook as apps like this let you store all information such as schedules, homework, time-table, exam dates, etc. Easy to use, the apps need you to feed in all the relevant information to keep reminding you about upcoming classes and exams. The time table is colour coded and easy to read. It also has the feature to automatically mute the phone during a class.
Dictionary.com
Free: iOS, Android, Windows Phone
When you get stuck at a word, all you need to do now is open this app and search. The app features English Dictionary and Thesaurus with over 2,000,000 definitions, synonyms & antonyms, daily content including Word of the Day, the hot word & slideshows, audio pronunciations, idioms & phrases, voice search and search history.
Wolfram Alpha
(by WOLFRAM ALPHA, LLC)
Android, iOS: ( Rs 164.24)
A must-have application for students; this app uses its vast collection of algorithms and data to compute answers and generate reports. The app covers a number of domains categorised in mathematics, statistics and data analysis, physics, chemistry, materials, engineering, astronomy, earth science, life science, transportation, etc. This is a complete computational knowledge engine that comes really handy with instant answers to the queries.
Dunno
(by SPACESTATION6 INC.)
iOS, Free
The power of the Internet has made it much easy to research away from the college library. Dunno takes research to a different level by looking up and compiling all possible resources available about a topic online. So there aere sections for web pages, blogs, Wikipedia, images, news, even tweets.
Trello
(by FOG CREEK SOFTWARE.)
Free: Android, iOS
This collaborative tool allows students to do group projects with ease. Students can systematically organise projects and delegate work while others can add inputs and comments. It also lets the students interact with their classmates and keep track of what each person is doing.
My Class Schedule: Timetable
By Sebastian Mayer
Free: Android
Student life revolves around timetables. But now you don't have to pen it down in a notebook as apps like this let you store all information such as schedules, homework, time-table, exam dates, etc. Easy to use, the apps need you to feed in all the relevant information to keep reminding you about upcoming classes and exams. The time table is colour coded and easy to read. It also has the feature to automatically mute the phone during a class.
Dictionary.com
Free: iOS, Android, Windows Phone
| Top Web Resources YouTube.com YouTube is full of videos that teach you anything from astrophysics to ABCD. There are hundreds of channels that teach you specific topics and you can even get a peek into the best lectures from top institutes like MIT and Harvard. khanacademy.org The best online resources for learning a wide range of subjects for free, Khan Academy has thousands of videos on subjects as diverse as Algebra and computers. There are also special courses on how to take tests like SAT, GMAT or IIT JEE. The best thing is that everything is absolutely free. ExamFear.com This Bangalore-based website stands out with its free content aimed for Indian students. Along with a bunch of videos though its YouTube channel, the website also offers tips and tricks that make tackling studies easier. The website also has a collection of old question papers for many courses. Ocwconsortium.org The Open Courseware Consortium is different from MOOCs as you are not under any pressure to stick to a schedule and can learn when and where they want it. The consortium has digitised content from many top universities which can be searched by topic or language. |
Wolfram Alpha
(by WOLFRAM ALPHA, LLC)
Android, iOS: ( Rs 164.24)
A must-have application for students; this app uses its vast collection of algorithms and data to compute answers and generate reports. The app covers a number of domains categorised in mathematics, statistics and data analysis, physics, chemistry, materials, engineering, astronomy, earth science, life science, transportation, etc. This is a complete computational knowledge engine that comes really handy with instant answers to the queries.
Dunno
(by SPACESTATION6 INC.)
iOS, Free
The power of the Internet has made it much easy to research away from the college library. Dunno takes research to a different level by looking up and compiling all possible resources available about a topic online. So there aere sections for web pages, blogs, Wikipedia, images, news, even tweets.
Trello
(by FOG CREEK SOFTWARE.)
Free: Android, iOS
This collaborative tool allows students to do group projects with ease. Students can systematically organise projects and delegate work while others can add inputs and comments. It also lets the students interact with their classmates and keep track of what each person is doing.
