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planning ahead for college Apps to Take to College by Melissa Hartman If you’re heading to college in the fall, of course you’ll be taking your cell phone along. So why not also take some apps that help you study and stay organized? Here are several that college students—or busy high school students—might find useful for staying on track and on time. Visit the websites listed for screenshots and more information. with this free version (class Buddy Pro also available), you can keep track of your course schedules and assignments over the week and semester, log your attendance, and calculate your cumulative gPa. https://market.android.com/ details?id=com.acj0.classbuddy Class Buddy Lite (Android) upload to Dropbox, evernote, or google Docs. https://market. android.com/details?id=com. pwnwithyourphone.documentscanner Dropbox (Android, iPhone, Web, more) ColorNote (Android) this free notepad app lets you write sticky notes while composing e-mail messages, taking notes, making lists, and more. Notes are searchable and can be organized by color. https://market.android. com/details?id=com.socialnmobile. dictapps.notepad.color.note once your files are uploaded to Dropbox, you can access and work on them from your computer or your phone, and you can allow others access to folders (great for group projects). comes with 2gB storage for free; storage plans available for up to 100gB. www.dropbox.com any time. flashcards can be backed up online. the lite version, which allows four collections of 12 cards each, is free. the full version ($3.99) allows over 20,000 cards per set. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ flashcards/id378786877?mt=8 to sort information by class, and even sync events in the planner with ical. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ istudiez-pro/id310636441?mt=8# with this flashcard app ($4.99), you can access flashcardexchange and also create your own flashcards, adding images, text, and even audio— and then study them in a slideshow format. http://itunes.apple.com/ us/app/mental-case-flashcards-hd/ id375753110?mt=8# keep the Periodic table of the elements at your fingertips with this free app that lets you look up an element, learn facts about each element, or quiz yourself. https:// market.android.com/details?id=com. socratica.mobile.chemistry Mental Case (iPhone) GoodReader (iPhone) CoursePro (Android) Primarily a to-do list for assignments, this app allows you to enter assignments by type (such as lab, homework, test, etc.) and to weight them as the instructor does. the free demo version of this app allows you to enter information for four courses with five assignments each. https://market.android.com/ details?id=com.makemobile.coursepro this free app allows you to file everything from your own typed notes to photos to screen shots to clipped text from web pages. you can tag everything you save and store it in separate notebooks (by class, for example), and all of your information is searchable—even handwritten text within images (such as a picture you took of a page from your notebook). www.evernote.com Evernote (Android, iPhone, Web, more) this app ($4.99) allows you to read PDfs and other file formats (including all ms office file types, images, htmL, and more) and to annotate PDfs in a variety of ways (sticky notes, text boxes, even freehand drawings). files integrate easily with Dropbox, sugarsync, google Docs, and other applications. www.goodreader.net Periodic Table (Android) Graphing Calculator (iPhone) this app turns your phone into a scientific calculator that can plot multiple equations on the same graph, graph polar and parametric equations, and more—and you can take screen shots and e-mail the results to yourself. http://itunes.apple. com/us/app/graphing-calculator/ id289940142?mt=8 StudyDroid Flashcards 2.0 (Android) FlashCards++ (iPhone) Droid Scanner (Android) use your phone’s camera function to scan a page (from a textbook, for example, or your syllabus) as a PDf, which you can then easily create flashcards from photos you’ve taken with your phone, import text from Dropbox or e-mails, or download existing flashcards from Quizlet or flashcardexchange, and you can study for your classes anywhere at iStudiez (iPhone) this robust class management app ($2.99) allows you to track courses, assignments, instructors, and gPa for present and past semesters. you can also set alarms for important assignments, use color-coded tabs use this free app to download flashcards from a database of over 7 million cards, or create and edit your own using text, images, or web content. https://market. android.com/details?id=com. studydroid.flashcards.free Have we left out an app that helps you study or stay organized for school? Send us a message at mhartman@ jhu.edu to tell us about it. www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine imagine 41 https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pwnwithyourphone.documentscanner https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pwnwithyourphone.documentscanner http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/istudiez-pro/id310636441?mt=8# http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/istudiez-pro/id310636441?mt=8# http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashcards/id378786877?mt=8 https://market.android.com/details?id=com.acj0.classbuddy https://market.android.com/details?id=com.acj0.classbuddy http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mental-case-flashcards-hd/id375753110?mt=8# http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mental-case-flashcards-hd/id375753110?mt=8# http://www.dropbox.com https://market.android.com/details?id=com.socialnmobile.dictapps.notepad.color.note https://market.android.com/details?id=com.socialnmobile.dictapps.notepad.color.note http://www.goodreader.net http://market.android.com/details?id=com.socratica.mobile.chemistry http://market.android.com/details?id=com.socratica.mobile.chemistry http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/graphing-calculator/id289940142?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/graphing-calculator/id289940142?mt=8 http://www.evernote.com https://market.android.com/details?id=com.makemobile.coursepro https://market.android.com/details?id=com.studydroid.flashcards.free https://market.android.com/details?id=com.makemobile.coursepro https://market.android.com/details?id=com.studydroid.flashcards.free http://www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - May/June 2011

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - May/June 2011
Contents
Big Picture
In My Own Words
App Quest
Become a Citizen Scientist with Your Cell Phone
Media Arts and Technology at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
The Accidental Animator
The New Media Explorers
Learning by Design
A Generation of Criminals
Digital Storytelling
Drama and Duct Tape
Selected Opportunities & Resources
Off the Shelf
Word Wise
Exploring Career Options
One Step Ahead
Planning Ahead for College
Students Review
Creative Minds Imagine
Mark Your Calendar
Knossos Games

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - May/June 2011