Hello,
Siri is brilliant for calendar management and time/task management, but underused, you can verbally manage your calendar/ tasks which, I personally find reduces the burden on my working memory and is more intuitive . I really like IOS accessibiilty. I definitely find low maintenance strategies with gainful upsides work well as strategies for students Remove burdens rather than create them etc...
Blindsquare for VI/Navigational problems Speller for phonetic spell checking works very well
White noise for students with mental health conditions/anxiety/difficulties sleepingMindfulness app again for students with mental health conditionsCitymapper for general navigation
The Sam app looks brilliant, thanks David :)
Kind regards,
John HodgsonStudy Needs Assessor
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 16:18:41 +0100
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Subject: Re: Study skills apps
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Hi there,
Interesting to read the suggestions.
This app is quite well received by students with anxiety difficulties:
http://sam-app.org.uk/
PGCE students mention this one too:
http://popplet.com/
And these videos have been quite useful as a general intro to how apps can help with studies:
http://www.mms.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/whymanchester/education/innovativeteaching/ipadusage/
David Walmsley
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Holtam, Gemma
Sent: 02 September 2014 16:02
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Subject: Re: Study skills apps
Thanks John,
I definitely agree with you statement about apps revolutionising a learners ability to study. Using apps have transformed the way that I learn but I am a bit
stuck in my ways with the ones I use.
I’ve just had a quick look at HabitRPG and it looks ace. I’ll definitely be passing this on to a few science/computing students that I know.
Gemma
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Sent: 02 September 2014 15:56
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Subject: Re: Study skills apps
Hello,
Some other apps worth considering are:
EverNote
Noteability
Good Reader/iAnnotate/PDF reader
Corkulous
Remember the Milk / Todoist
GPS based reminders (Geobells, GPS alarm etc)
There are some fun niche apps out there too - for example, for 'gamer students', with poor time management, HabitRPG generally gets a positive
reaction from the gamer segment of the student population! But thats why I think apps are brilliant, there are so many variations that they can be well tailored to the individual student.
Some of these apps can revolutionise a students ability to study - just takes knowing about the apps and a couple of £.
Kind regards,
John Hodgson
Study Needs Assessor
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 13:03:34 +0100
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> Subject: Study skills apps
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>
> Hi,
>
> I'm working on a staff development training session based around the different apps students can use to support their study skills. The training session is aimed at Progress Coaches and Learning Resource Assistants.
>
> I’ve already started to write about the following tools but was wondering what apps other students/institutions recommend?
>
> • Trello – useful for keeping to do lists
> • Microphone - for recording meetings, passage from books, parts of lessons. This information can then be listened back to, edited, saved as an mp3 and then used as a revision tool.
> • Mind mapping tools - Simple Minds, Popplet, Inspiration
> • Google docs - quickly edit assignments
> • Drop box - use as 'My Docs' so that all of your information is easily accessible
> • Padlet and Lino It - used for gathering research and planning assignments
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