There’s an App For That!! Original created by Melissa Wetherby, Educational Technology Coordinator, Adjunct Faculty, Landmark College

Created at:

 Information Management  Time Management  Materials Management

 Task Break Down  Organizing / Reviewing  Multi-step tasks  Initiating tasks  Holding items in Working Memory

 Late Work  Breaking up Tasks  Following a Sequence  Time Allotment  Prioritizing

 Messy work area  Can’t findtools  Losing Papers / Projects  Trouble Organizing Files

 The User! (That would be you…)  Preferences  Likes / Dislikes  Abilities

Something to Ponder*: *He may not have actually said this, but you get the point.

Maturity Visibili t y Technology Trigger Peak of Inflated Expectations Trough of Disillusionment Slope of Enlightenment Plateau of Productivity

 Side Note – There’s an App for that!

 Look at the App's Features  Talk to others  Use the Bells and Whistles  ButStartSlowly…

A few examples of what’s out there…

 DropBox  SkyDrive  Copy  Google Drive

Materials & Information Management

 Free (also Evernote Scannable)  Multiple purpose with Add-ons  Cloud Storage  Premium – Real time sharing  PC, Mac, Android,iPad, iPhone

Prioritize, Track, Breakdown

Android, iPhone, iPad Notably, it counts the time DOWN, rather than UP.

 Tracks Time Spent on a given task or tasks. Web, Android, iPad, iPhone

 Free  Can upgrade

 Free(6 notes)  Widget  Set Alarms / Alerts  Send to Facebook, Twitter Android, iPad, iPhone

 Hotlist  Filters  Alarms  Scheduler  Subtasks  Share  Time Tracking  Location Sort  Notes Web, Android, iPhone, iPad Toodledo

 Reminders  Photo, video or voice, text notes  Send to Calendar  Post to Facebook, Twitter iPhone, iPad, Evernote Sync Any.DO

 Checklists  File Attachment  Sharing  Color Coding  Due Dates  Collaboration Web, Android, iPhone, iPad

And now, some apps that are specifically for Students. Needless to say, this is just a small sample.

 Interactive Calendar  Notifications  Color Coded  Class / Teacher Information  Tracks Grades iPhone, iPad

 Track Homework  Reminders  Class Schedule  Teachers can create class accounts Web, Android, iPhone, iPad

Schoolhub Students --Organized dashboard --Integrated calendar --Built-in Notifications