Aaron Pabon/Columnist
We live in a time where nearly a quarter of the technology we saw in Star Trek and Back to the Future actually exist, and most of said technology exists in the form of smart-phones and tablets. With the ever-evolving technology, new apps and features are being designed to help everyone, everywhere, in any life-style. As college students, we are limited on the apps we can get due to the varying costs. But, don’t fret. There are plenty of free apps out there to help the college student on the budget. I have compiled a list of the top five educational apps for college students.
EVERNOTE PEEK FOR IOS, ANDROID, AND WINDOWS FREE
For the students that replaced their Meed Compositions and Five Stars for a tablet, this is for you. Evernote doesn’t only take notes, but also image and audio files. All of the files can be organized into folders for specific classes and has a cloud service for students to sync to other devices. Notes can also be converted to digital flash cards and generates questions based on your notes.
MERRIAM-WEBSTER-DICTIONARY FOR IOS, ANDROID, AND WINDOWS FREE
Regardless of the times, we are still going to need one at one point. Aside from working as your standard dictionary, it offers antonyms, sentence examples, synonyms, and a word of the day. What makes this a more effective app compared to others is the ability use a voice search. Simply say whichever word you are looking up into the microphone, and it will search it.
DROPBOX FOR IOS, ANDROID, AND WINDOWS FREE
Need to free up some memory, but can’t afford a thumb-drive or SD-Card? Here is free memory. Dropbox allows you to download/upload nearly any file type online and access it at any time, on any device. You can even access your files via the dropbox website to access your files. This is also great if you are working on a project and don’t want to worry about losing that tiny thumb-drive.
GRAPHING CALCULATOR FOR IOS AND WINDOWS $1.99
The only app on this list that actually costs something, but, compared to the money you need to shell out for a standalone Texas Instruments, worth it. If it is not required for you class to get an actual one, and you need one, save the cash and download it. It has all of the same functions as a regular graphing calculator (solve equations, make graphs, make plots) and take screenshots so you can refer to past equations.
EASYBIB FOR IOS AND ANDROID FREE
Probably the most tedious work for your research paper is the citations. With the EasyBib app, you can create accurate citations in APA, Chicago, and MLA styles. You can manually plug in the name of the book, film, or ISBN number of whatever you are citing; or scan the barcode for an instant citation. You can email your citations to yourself and paste them into your paper.
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