Top 7 apps to help you study
Tahiya Ramisa Haque
Even the most brilliant of students sometimes seek help for their studies and it doesn’t hurt to have some study tools to help you out. We know how hard it can get to cope with studies, relying on caffeine, heavy textbooks and sleepless nights. Thankfully, we have the best solution to help you get through this school season: a handy list of the best 7 study apps.
1) Evernote
This app is the perfect answer to your prayers. Evernote is great when you want to write notes during an important lecture and note down any bits and words of the key points of the lecture. Another plus point of this app is that you can sync it to your computer and get easy access to your personal notes. What’s more is that, you can also save webpages and desired articles for later so that you can study on the go.
2) SimpleMind
This nifty little creation helps you note down your thoughts but in a rather different way. You can organise your key thoughts into a spider diagram and even highlight certain boxes in the diagram to help them stand out. Psychology has it that highlighting and colouring specific words help you remember them more easily and that is exactly what this app aims to do.
3) Maths Alarm Clock:
Maths Alarm Clock is an app for the students who hold sleep dearer than early morning classes! If you have the habit of continuously hitting the snooze button when your alarm goes off, I suggest you try this app. Every time you have the urge to snooze your alarm, this app bars you by presenting a simple math problem instead. Another psychological benefit is solving a math problem in the morning gets your brain working much faster.
4) The Oxford Dictionary:
How often are you at a loss when your lecturer smugly says a word that you have no clue about? The simple answer is The Oxford Dictionary. This basic app is a must-have for students, irrespective of what subject you are studying. The obvious secondary benefit is it helps imprive your vocabulary and if you can’t find a word in this dictionary, then you know for sure that your teacher is making them up!
5) Babylon:
We know studying a secondary language can be quite the challenge. Luckily enough, Babylon is a useful online translator app for more than 75 languages. So, the next time you face difficulties understanding a foreign language, look up the key words in this neat app.
6) Blackboard
This is a popular app used by universities and colleges which works rather like a forum, where class schedules, semester grades, coursework assignments and even course details can be posted. From the app, the students can access all the necessary information and stay updated. But a significant drawback is this app can only prove useful if your teacher or school uses it too.
7) Skype
Most of us recognize Skype as the communication app. But it also can be used as a useful study tool. When there is a political riot taking the streets of Dhaka by storm or when you’re studying last minute, you can use skype to connect with your friend or a helpful tutor to assist you in studying for the upcoming Chemistry exam, perhaps. Sure, they can just email you the notes or send them via a drop box, but with skype you can chat with your tutor while the notes are being downloaded. They can even help you decipher their handwriting or key notes, which you may find hard to make sense of.
So here you go, students! Now you are sure to ace those difficult exams with the help of these top 7 apps.