tech-based study tools
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duolingo
•https://www.duolingo.com/
This is a free website that helps teach another language. Coming from the website: "According to an independent study conducted by the City University of New York and the University of South Carolina, an average of 34 hours of Duolingo are equivalent to a full university semester of language education." |
studystack
•http://www.studystack.com/
This is an app for Android by Google play. It is a website that creates flash cards that you can create but also share with other students and teachers. |
spellingcity
•https://www.spellingcity.com/
This website has both a free version as well as a paid version. This is a website strictly helping with vocabulary. There is also an iPad app. |
stayfocused
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en
This is an app in the Google Chrome store. Coming from the website: "StayFocusd is a productivity extension for Google Chrome that helps you stay focused on work by restricting the amount of time you can spend on time-wasting websites. Once your allotted time has been used up, the sites you have blocked will be inaccessible for the rest of the day." |
Studyhabits
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/study-habits-helping-students/id665974664?mt=8
This is an app made for the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone. It is for high school students, college students, and grad students. From the website: "Study Habits will help you create a study plan for each of your assignments and tests, then allows you to select study strategies to practice and learn." |
khan academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/
Coming from the website: "Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more." |
notability
http://www.gingerlabs.com/
This is an app made for the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone. From the website on the app store: "Students, teachers, and business professionals use Notability daily to take notes, sketch ideas, annotate PDFs, mark-up photos, record lectures, provide audio feedback and more. It is uniquely designed for each device to provide the best note taking experience at school, at home, and at work." |
quizlet
https://quizlet.com/
Coming from the website: "Quizlet’s free study tools are used by millions of students and teachers every day in every country of the world (196 if you’re counting) – from grade school to grad school to language learners to vocational students. We build learning tools that let any level student improve their performance immediately." |