Apps for Managing Time & Study

TIME MANAGEMENT APPS

FOCUS AND PRODUCTIVITY APPS

  • Focus booster or Pomodoro: Focus on single tasks for 25 minutes a piece. 
    (http://pomodorotechnique.com/)
  • Be Focused--Focus Timer: Create tasks, configure breaks and track your progress throughout the day, week or custom periods. Break up individual tasks into smaller clusters, separated by small breaks.
  • Freedom: Block out distracting websites for a set amount of time. Available on MacBook or PC.
  • Forest: Beat your phone addiction by planting a seed in a forest. In the next 30 minutes, this seed will gradually grow into a tree. However, if you can't resist the temptation and leave the app to check Facebook or play a game, your tree will wither away. Available through the App or Google Play Store.
  • Cold Turkey: Temporarily block distractions so you can focus on finishing your work sooner.
  • Anti Social: Block social media.
  • Focus Writer: Get a clear, less distracting desktop.
  • Flux: Remove blue light, which can overstimulate you.

STUDY TOOLS

  • Study Blue: Access flashcards for specific courses and subjects. Available through the Chrome Web Store.
  • Quizlet: Create flashcards and quizzes from uploaded course material. Available on MacBook, laptop, iPhone, Android or web browser.
  • Brainscape:  Make smarter flashcards (uses metacognition reflection for faster learning).
  • Chegg Flashcards: Free flash cards. Make your own or search over 500 million flashcards already created. (https://www.chegg.com/flashcards)
  • Chegg Learn: A free resource for students to learn about key concepts and topics for their coursework like Chemistry, Economics, Computer Software, Statistics, Accounting, and Physics and many others. (https://www.chegg.com/learn)
  • Kurzweil 3000/Firefly: Program helps with reading and comprehension by using text-to-speech technology, as well speech-to-text to assist you when writing papers. To learn more about the program and sign up for an account, please go to the Kurzweil/Firefly Learning System page on the Rhodes Accessibility Services site. To download and access the system, you must use your Rhodes College email address.
  • Duolingo: Practice your language skills with game-like lessons. Available through the App or Google Play Store.
  • Wolfram Alpha: Input math equations and formulas into this computation engine to learn. Available on MacBook, laptop, iPhone, Android or web browser.
  • Inspiration Maps Lite or Coggle: Create concept maps, diagrams and visual outlines.
  • Venn Diagram: Create Venn diagrams.
  • Connected Papers: Input key terms about the subject you are researching to find papers which cover those different topics (https://www.connectedpapers.com).
  • The Most Dangerous Writing App: If you stop typing for a certain amount of time, your work will be lost. Helps in generating ideas and creative writing (https://www.squibler.io/dangerous-writing-prompt-app).
  • Noodle Tools: Easily format papers and create citations in MLA or APA styles (https://www.noodletools.com).
  • Notebook LM: Drop your notes into this AI tool and get a high-quality summary of the content (https://notebooklm.google).
  • Notability Audio Sync: Records the audio of your lectures as you are actively taking notes in them. Available through the Notability app.
  • Goblin.tools: Input an assignment's prompt and receive a detailed to-do list with everything you need to accomplish the task listed out (https://goblin.tools).

NOTE-TAKING

 

Adapted from Ben Boeving's "Focus & Productivity."
ADHD Coach & Consultant at Rhodes College
www.benboeving.com