Put your students in the driver’s seat of managing their learning with these free or inexpensive apps.

When we talk about BYOD, we often focus on apps/tools to use with our students in class. That was the focus of the October meeting of the Educational Technology Association of St. Louis (@etaofstl). However, another great benefit of BYOD is harnessing the educational power of the cell phones in their pockets. So, instead of banning cell phones in the classroom, empower your students to use the technology to make them better students with these great apps.

Taking Notes & Staying Organized for Class

1: My Study Life Digital planner Android iOS

2: myHomework Digital planner Android iOS

3: Notability Note-taking iOS (Anyone know of a great Android app for this?)

4: Cam Scanner Capture PDFs and more Android iOS

5: Keep To do, note-taking, audio & visual notes Android iOS

Group Projects Made Easy

6: Trello Stay organized with this app to keep track of progress & who is doing what on group projects Android iOS

7: GroupMe Group chat for your group projects & more Android iOS

Test Prep & Study Tools

8: RealCalc Scientific Calculator Android (Anyone have a good alternative for this on iOS?)

9: Wolfram Alpha Expert-level algorithms to automatically answer questions for STEM & more Android iOS

10: Study Blue flashcards and quizzes Android iOS

11. Khan Academy Practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning for STEM & more Android iOS

12: GoConqr Create and access crowd-sourced mind maps, flashcards, notes, and quizzes Android iOS

13: Gojimo 150,000 quiz questions covering SAT, ACT and AP, and others Android iOS

14: Vocabulary Builder  Expand your vocabulary with this 1200-word game. Android iOS

15: DuoLingo Learn a language Android iOS

16: Open Study Find a study group online iOS (no Android app, try the Web version)

17. Forest Leave your cell phone alone while you study. Whenever you want to concentrate, you can plant a seed in Forest. In the next 30 minutes, this small seed will gradually grow into a big tree, but if you use your phone it will wither.  Android iOS

Reading

18: Overdrive Borrow books from the library Android iOS

19: Scribd The Netflix of books Android iOS

Other

20: Scholly Scholarship search (curated list) and tips Android iOS

What apps do you recommend for students?