With schools and colleges across the city
reopening, we have identified some of the best apps to help students prepare
for the upcoming academic year
Today, thanks to technology , a student's
life is much easier with the numerous apps that help in making even the most
mundane tasks simple. The reality of our times is that every student, after a
certain age, owns a smartphone or a tablet. Apart from just for the purpose of
entertainment, there are several apps out there which are informative,
educational and assist in the studying process.Now, with assignments being
allotted online, and smartphones helping us get `smart' in the literal sense,
downloading some of these apps can be a godsend for students.
Sanchit
Dang, a BBA student, says, “I've learnt it the hard way that pendrives and hard
discs are not exactly my best friends. I've lost notes two nights before an
exam because my hard drive crashed. Dropbox is a really helpful app as it is a
virtual drive, which saves all my data and syncs it to my phone and laptop,
which makes it accessible any where, without the fear of losing it or the
content get ting erased.“
MORE RESULTS IN LESS TIME
We all know
how frustrating it can be when a search engine doesn't give us the exact answer
we're looking for and we have to go through multiple links of ir relevant
information. Apps are designed to not only be user-friendly , but also show
faster and more specific results. Sankalp Anand, a second year engineering
student told us, “If I have to look for an answer for a complex quantum physics
problem, a simple maths calculation or want to know which medicine I should be
taking for a particular disease, WolfRam Alpha is an app, which does it all. It
also helps me with research projects as it gives specific answers to questions
like the unemployment rate in a particular state, or with visual representation
of the data. Even video tutorials are available for some questions on the app.
The best part about it is that it's different from any search engine I've ever
used -instead of giving multiple vague results for something, it gives you the
specifics. For example, if I look for HTML blue, it gives me the hex code,
which makes it easier for me to work on any design software.“
APPS TO RESCUE YOU FROM OTHER
APPS You can
spend endless hours on your smartphone, especially during study time doing
literally anything else besides studying organic chemistry or the anatomy of a
frog. For this purpose, there are many apps that help students concentrate
better on their school or college work.
Anu Arora,
the mother of a 15-year-old, said, “My daughter is always on her phone and
phones can be so distracting. One notification and she forgets what she was
reading, so for students nowadays, SelfControl is a saviour.“
From
sticking to deadlines to waking up on time to having the meaning of the most
complex of words on your fingertips, we h
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Source
| Times of India | 29 June 2015
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