There are many formulas for success, do you have one? Making your own this year may take a load off your shoulders. Think of it as your “back-up” or insurance on yourself for class.
Here are some great tools and sites to add to your kit:
- Time Tracker
A to-do-list with a clock. This tool lets you know when you’re spending all of your time on one item, and alerts you to re-allocate time wasted to other efforts. - Co-mapping
Online mind mapping software to manage and share information. You can use it to take notes, plan and organize. It’s a way to have one set of notes, and one set of files.
- Spreeder
An innovative online speed reading tool. It teaches you to silence your inner voice while reading. You can gradually increase the WPM counter to speed up your reading abilities. - Notely
For students looking to improve their grades with better organization, this is a great tool to utilize. Perfect for arranging your schedule, calendar, note-taking (if you need it), and homework planning. - Dropbox
This is a virtual file storage unit. Just like google docs, it’s free to use, but this tool is great because you can access it from anywhere; your mobile phone, smartphone, laptop, desk top, any computer away from your home. It makes your documents mobile because they’re stored in a private area on the internet. - iCyte
An amazing research tool. You can mark, make notes and organize your thoughts on a topic on a webpage, or a few keywords in an article online. This tool stores the information for you so when you visit the site again, it pulls up the information you keyed in. - Spellchecker
For those times when you’re not sure how a word is spelled, this is the tool for you. - Zotero
An add-on that helps a student keep track of all sources while writing a research paper. It will help prepare a bibliographyfor Open Office or MS Word. It’s a Firefox extension - Wordweb
One of the better tools you can use for writing papers. It’s an online, or offline, thesaurus and dictionary. After downloading it you simply press and hold down Ctrl+Alt+W and it puts the word you’re looking to replace in context and gives you helpful suggestions. Available for download for Windows and Mac users. - Notemesh
A great tool for collaborating with classmates. You can share notes with other students around the country and world.
Happy New Year, and cheers to the start of a great year for learning.
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– J. Mason
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