Handy Apps and Websites

Handy Apps 

Here are some apps for improving your time management, organizational skills, studying techniques, and task focus. 

• Anki powerful, intelligent flashcards 
• Evernote lets you clip web articles, capture handwritten notes, and snap photos to keep the physical and digital details of your projects with you at all times which you can then present as slides. 
• FocusTime helps you manage your efforts to concentrate and lets you track your progress. 
• iStudiez is a time management tool that combines tracking schedule, homework, and grades 
• iAnnotate lets you sync PDF, word, images, and PowerPoint slides and lets you use the pencil, highlighter, underline, note, and stamp tools to annotate your documents. 
• Quizlet lets you create flashcards and tests, and you can track your study progress and compete with your friends. 
• Dropbox is a free service that lets you store your photos, docs, and videos in the cloud and share them easily. Synchronizes from computer to smartphone, tablet and the web. iOS and Android compatible. 
• SelfControl is a free and open-source application for Mac OS X (10.5 or above) that lets you block your own access to distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Includes self-set timer feature that block access those sites--even if you restart your computer or delete the application! 
• The Pomodoro Technique is a time management technique was developed in the 1980s by Francesco Cirillo. It’s super easy to implement and can increase productivity when doing tasks.