Top 10 Web Applications for College Students Comments
Cross-posting from GradeGuruBlog.com
After scouring the web to find the web applications most used by students, we created a list recognizing the Top 10 Web Applications for College Students. Check out which ones made it below. (some of which will help you study for your upcoming finals)
Top 10 web applications for college students:
- Facebook although no longer just for college students, this site is still a very big part of university life and some web savvy professors are using it for course management and student interaction
- Unigo the leading university review site and an editorial resource for college news and advice
- GradeGuru Citation Manager a bookmarklet that helps you collect and manage citations in APA and MLA style straight from your browser (a bit self-loving we know but this will make bibliographies and citations for your final papers a breeze!)
- Chegg the #1 textbook rental site
- Pear Note records audio and/or video while you take your notes, so later you can find what was being said when you typed something
- Thinkfold real-time group collaboration for project planning and assignments
- GradeFix time management tool that helps students organize their study time and plan their assignments more efficiently
- Google Apps Google applications such as Google Documents, Calendar and GMail have become a standard suite of tools for college students
- Pidgin (software based IM) and Meebo (web based IM) are the most popular multi-network IM clients used by college students (note: some consider IM to be as much of a distraction as they are a tool for collaboration)
- Mindmeister online mind mapping and collaboration tool with iPhone apps and offline client solutions
What other applications do you use for learning, collaborating, course management, etc?