LibGuides: FWCD Ed Tech Resources: Tech Tools for Students

"How to" Videos

Notability
Note-taking and annotation app for Mac, iPad and iPhone.
Evernote
Note-taking app helps you capture and prioritize ideas, projects and to-do lists.
Mind Meister: Online Mind Mapping
Online mind mapping application that allows its users to visualize, share and present their thoughts.
AudioNote
Take notes linked to your voice recordings.

Apple Reminders
Use Reminders on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to keep track of projects, homework, and other tasks.
Google Calendar
Time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google.
Google Keep
Create notes and lists, set time and place reminders, and check off your completed tasks.
Google Tasks
Create task lists and manage them from any device and in Gmail or Calendar.

Forest: Stay Focused
You can plant a seed in Forest and as time goes by, this seed will gradually grow into a tree. However, if you cannot resist the temptation of using your phone and leave the app, your tree will wither.
Pomodoro Timer
The Pomodoro Technique is a popular time management method that breaks down your work into 25 minutes intervals separated by short breaks.

Dictation Feature for Mac Users
Set up Dictation and use your voice to enter text on your Mac.
Google Docs Voice Typing
Type and edit by speaking in Google Docs or in Google Slides speaker notes.
Read&Write for Google Chrome
A Google Chrome extension that provides text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and text and picture dictionaries.
Snap&Read Universal
An extension for Chrome that reads both accessible and inaccessible text aloud from websites, Flash websites, images, Google Docs, eBook Readers, Kindle Cloud Reader, email, PDFs, web-based tests, and more.