A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet: My 200th Post! Study Skills for Your Students: 57 Sites and Apps

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All students need help with their study skills. Are your students aware of how to properly take notes? Some think that writing down every word will help them. Others can take notes but don't seem to be able to manage their time.I've put together a listing which will work for our 21st Century digital learners, as it includes smartphone apps. There are thousands of apps out there and it is impossible to cover all of them, so if you have a suggestion, please add to the comments below.

SITES

Easy Notecards [3] - "Easy Notecards is a place for students and teachers to create, study, print and share interactive notecards (flashcards) for their textbooks."

Education Atlas [4] -study skills guides for students, including general guides, test-taking guides and study skills by subject area

How to Improve Study Skills in Middle School [5] - there are 7 tips on this site, as well as some helpful videos. The only annoying part is the ads which are visible (you can click "x" to close them) while you are trying to watch the videos.

How to Study.com [6] - excellent site has loads of information, including SAT study tips, good listening in class, test anxiety and taking notes in class.

The Learning Toolbox [7] - modules for students, teachers and parents; from James Madison University

Mondofacto [8] - geared towards secondary to college aged students, there is help with research, writing, testing

MyNoteit [9] - online note taking tool for students; take, edit, share notes

Steps to Effective Textbook Reading [10]

Study Guides and Strategies- very comprehensive listing includes Learning and Studying, Project and Time Management, Writing and Vocabulary, Thinking and Evaluation, Reading and Research and Math and Science. [11]

Study Navigator [12] - special search for research, including encyclopedias, thesauri, dictionaries and more

Study Tips [13] - for secondary students; includes writing help, test-taking tips, learning information

Summarizing [14] - information includes printable worksheets in English and Spanish

SMARTPHONE APPS
Android
Evernote [15] - remember everything, from to-do list to websites; create documents

Remember the Milk [16] - task manager

Spanish Droid Flashcards Free [17] - "Spanish Droid FlashCards has a translation dictionary, in addition to an array of flash cards with commonly used phrases, verbs, adjectives, nouns, days, weeks, colors, months, and seasons."StudyDroid Free [18] - "create flashcards on your Android device or online at StudyDroid's website, and then sync them."

Vocab Builder Lite [19] - (also $$ version) Android app helps you build vocabulary 

Blackberry
Evernote [20] - remember everything, from to-do list to websites; create documents

Flash Cards [21] - basic math problems

General English Assessment Quiz [22] - 5,000+ multiple choice questions for GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, SAT.

Learn Spanish- ($) 256 audio lessons; also available for English, French, Italian [23] [24] [25] [26]

MathSP SAT and PSAT Math Prep [27]

Moo Math Lite [28] - for very young kids

NElements Free [29] - periodic table of elements

Practice English Grammar [30]

Solar System Q Fact Book [31]

Student Buddy [32] - ($) organize assignments etc.

Student Notes [33] - for high school students; covers algebra, geometry, trigonometry, grammar, physics, biology, chemistry, etc.

iPhone
Biology Exambuster: Nerves [34]

Links

1. ^{^} here (feeds.feedburner.com)
2. ^{^} follow me (www.twitter.com)
3. ^{^} Easy Notecards (www.easynotecards.com)
4. ^{^} Education Atlas (www.educationatlas.com)
5. ^{^} How to Improve Study Skills in Middle School (www.howtodothings.com)
6. ^{^} How to Study.com (www.how-to-study.com)
7. ^{^} The Learning Toolbox (coe.jmu.edu)
8. ^{^} Mondofacto (www.mondofacto.com)
9. ^{^} MyNoteit (www.mynoteit.com)
10. ^{^} Steps to Effective Textbook Reading (www.proquestk12.com)
11. ^{^} Study Guides and Strategies (www.studygs.net)
12. ^{^} Study Navigator (www.studynavigator.com)
13. ^{^} Study Tips (www.studytips.org)
14. ^{^} Summarizing (www.readingquest.org)
15. ^{^} Evernote (www.evernote.com)
16. ^{^} Remember the Milk (www.amazon.com)
17. ^{^} Spanish Droid Flashcards Free (www.amazon.com)
18. ^{^} StudyDroid Free (www.amazon.com)
19. ^{^} Vocab Builder Lite (www.amazon.com)
20. ^{^} Evernote (www.evernote.com)
21. ^{^} Flash Cards (appworld.blackberry.com)
22. ^{^} General English Assessment Quiz (appworld.blackberry.com)
23. ^{^} Learn Spanish (appworld.blackberry.com)
24. ^{^} English (appworld.blackberry.com)
25. ^{^} French (appworld.blackberry.com)
26. ^{^} Italian (appworld.blackberry.com)
27. ^{^} MathSP SAT and PSAT Math Prep (appworld.blackberry.com)
28. ^{^} Moo Math Lite (appworld.blackberry.com)
29. ^{^} NElements Free (appworld.blackberry.com)
30. ^{^} Practice English Grammar (appworld.blackberry.com)
31. ^{^} Solar System Q Fact Book (appworld.blackberry.com)
32. ^{^} Student Buddy (appworld.blackberry.com)
33. ^{^} Student Notes (appworld.blackberry.com)
34. ^{^} Biology Exambuster: Nerves (itunes.apple.com)

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