Mobile

=LIS 5260 - Mobile=

My selection for top 10 apps that a student should have are: (in no particular order)

1. **Evernote or PowerNote (diigo):**
 * I was really impressed with these applications during our assignment for productivity and think that it would extremely useful for collecting notes, images, screenshots, multimedia. Searchable and organizable, an awesome student resource.

2. **Kindle:**
 * This app is important because with the number of textbooks that a students has to manage being able to have some if not all of them available in an electronic format is efficient in many ways. Current editions, reducing the opportunity to lose or damage them, can't forget them (although you could forget your iPod/iPad/Smartphone). That being said, I would think reading large amounts of text in small format would tire my eyes, kids would most likely be more adaptive.

3. **Skype:**
 * I think for group meetings and communication this one is a must have also. A prime example has been our skype group discussions for this class. I realize that this list is geared towards elementary/ms/hs kids, but I could see how this would apply. It would make communicating as a group after school convenient, as well as allowing you to communicate with other students/teachers around the globe.

4. **Dropbox**
 * Having a location in the cloud for document storage and backup is essential. Especially if you set it up to sync your phone, iPod/iPade and home PC/Mac**.** In addition to constant access, you can share things with others, increasing productivity.

5. **Dictionary**
 * Everyone needs a dictionary. How many times have you heard or read a word and been "what is that?" So a dictionary app is an essential tool for the students app toolkit.

6. **Graphing Calculator**
 * The graphing calculator app will really be for upper level math and science students but having a calculator that does basic functions as well as advanced functions is essential.

7. **Free Books**
 * Who could say no to over 23,000 books in an instant. Now, that being said, the title is definitely misleading because it actually costs $1.99, but in my book (no pun intended) that is a deal and a half. All the classics and anything that aged into the public domain is readily available. Super nice.

8. **Flashcard Touch**
 * A great app for making flashcards to help students study. It is integrated with Quizlet so you can use flashcards someone else made or make your own in Quizlet and sync it to your iPhone. It also allows you to add images to cards making the learning process even more visually stimulating.

9. **2011 World Factbook**
 * Great all purpose reference app to have handy access to. This would allow students to have quick access to data about the countries of the world. This includes maps, population, economic and geographic data, also.

10. **My Homework**
 * This app is strictly for keeping assignments and due dates organized. This would be very important when you're juggling multiple classes and assignments, taking the pressure off keeping up with syllabi and project schedules. I would have certainly used this in high school if I'd had it back in the non-web 2.0 years.