While midterms may be over for most students, final exams for the quarter or semester are coming up. Inevitably, you’ll be sitting in your room or the library trying to study. Here are 5 tools and website that’ll help you make the grade and ace your next test.
Whether you spend a lot of time on the plane or bus, you’re sure to get bored. Sure, you could bring along a couple of hard cover books, like the 630-page-epic [amazon_link id=”1451648537″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Steve Jobs[/amazon_link], but it’s a couple of pounds that you’re carrying unnecessarily. With some pretty amazing E-Reader offerings from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, there’s almost no reason to carry around another physical book.
Updated November, 2012 to add Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Paperwhite
Recently there have been several rumors about a new calculator from Texas Instruments launching next Spring. Interestingly, however, it’s not a TI NSpire– it’s a new model of TI-84 Plus: the TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition.
James Bond Skyfall is being released in a matter of days to glowing reviews. Here’s a couple of ways you can be the James Bond of your school with 8 unique gadgets.
It’s nearing the end of the quarter for most college students and high schoolers are coming up on holiday break. That means almost every student, both in high school and college, is stressing over a massive midterm or final exam. Here are a few calculus studying tips that I didn’t necessarily follow myself in high school.
Over the years, Amazon has improved their Kindle lineup significantly. Most recently, they’ve added a new Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Paperwhite device– two new gadgets that are sure to make owners of previous Kindles drool.
Need a great gift for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day? Look no further—the [amazon_link id=”B0015T963C” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Amazon Kindle[/amazon_link] is the perfect present for mom or dad. This sleek device has been redesigned and is now thinner than a pencil, much faster, and the battery lasts a lot longer. Read More
The TI NSpire was a revolutionary calculator. Just recently TI took it to the next level with a new version of the TI NSpire operating system, an [amazon_link id=”B003EK7O1G” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]upgraded calculator[/amazon_link], and a new Touchpad for the TI NSpire. The new and improved Touchpad includes all of the buttons on the old TI NSpire “Clickpad” in addition to a new mouse-like pad that makes scrolling much easier.
Paperback books are soooooo 1990’s! If you haven’t had the chance to read about it yet, you’ve got to see the new [amazon_link id=”B000FI73MA” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Amazon Kindle[/amazon_link] electronic book reader. This ultra small and thin device looks like an oversized PDA, but packs amazing new technology, which will likely render overstuffed, 30 pound book bags entirely obsolete one day. Can you imagine replacing all your text books with this 10 ounce machine?
Is a calculator the only cool tool that you can use in school? Believe it or not, the answer is no! There are a ton of other cool gadgets out there that are both fun to use and they can help you make the grade.
I couldn’t help but drool over a new gadget just hitting the market in time for everybody’s Christmas list. I’m talking about Livescribe’s [amazon_link id=”B002DJV83Y” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]new Pulse smart pen[/amazon_link]. Livescribe took last year’s technology from the Leapfrog Fly Pen and turned it into much more than a toy! The Livescribe Pulse smart pen is a palm-sized pen computer which scans your handwritten notes as you write them and records the audio at the same time.
The real magic happens when you take the pen at the end of the day and hook it up to a USB docking station. A few seconds later all your notes are moved to the Livescribe desktop software. Click on a particular section of your notes and you can hear the audio recording that was going on at that exact moment in time–no more confusing lecture notes!
The Livescribe Pulse comes in two flavors. The [amazon_link id=”B002DJV83Y” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]2GB memory version[/amazon_link] retails for approximately $149.00 and stores up to 200 hours of notes and audio before it needs to be downloaded to a computer. The [amazon_link id=”B001AAOZHI” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]smaller 1GB memory version[/amazon_link] retails for $95.00 but can only save about 50 hours of audio.
In addition to the Pulse pen you must use special microdot paper. The pen comes with a single notebook and additional notebooks can be [amazon_link id=”B002M3HO0M” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]purchased in packs of four[/amazon_link] at $19.95 each. There have been rumors that Pulse will allow people to print their own paper using a laser printer but as of September, this software is not yet available. However, given the average middle school and high school student is not likely to be filling more than four notebooks a year, the $19.95 paper cost does not seem to be a deal breaker.
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