5 Free Web Apps to Help Students Learn and Collaborate

posted by admin on October 21st, 2008

With more information available than ever before, students are increasingly challenged to fight through the clutter and be productive. The following are free, simple, and effective tools for managing the wide variety of tasks required by students.

Evernote

Evernote just might be the perfect note-taking application. It allows students to take notes on a mobile phone or computer and synchronizes the notes so they’re available online or off from any device. Whether you need to take notes during a lecture, bookmark an interesting website, or tag a few images for inspiration, Evernote provides an elegant solution.

Twitter

Twitter is both an excellent tool for a collaboration and a real time community buzz tracker. Students that need to organize meetings with classmates, keep in touch during school events, or have discussions about coursework, will find Twitter.com to be a highly efficient replacement for IM or email. Students that need to research current events should monitor Twitter Search to learn what real people are talking about right now.

Google Apps

Back in the day, students that wanted a complete office productivity suite had to shell out money for Microsoft Office, and forget about online collaboration. Fortunately, those day are gone forever. Google provides a complete range of web-based software that includes word processing, spread sheets, email, and calendar. All of which can be shared with fellow students online and accessed from any internet connection. Google apps is such a good deal, some schools have switched to it for all their email needs.

Facebook Groups

Facebook started as a viral phenomenon at colleges, and nothing has disrupted it’s dominance as the premier social network for students. For organizing students around study groups, school events, or social causes, Facebook Groups is the best way to leverage the existing social connections of your fellow students to spread your message.

NowDoThis

For students tired of work groups that can’t stay focused, NowDoThis is a fantastic way to keep people on track. Simply enter the list of tasks that need to be competed into NowDoThis, then work from one to the next without distraction. This is perfect for keeping a group on track and getting work done fast.

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