This article covers five gadgets that no student should be without. Most of these gadgets are fairly pricey, but they are very good at making a student’s life much easier. The list is in no particular order. However, each gadget is great at fixing a common problem that students have, such as problems waking up in the morning, problems organizing their time, or problems finding their keys. With these five gadgets, students will be set up and prepared to tackle their college learning easily.
1. A tablet device with EverNote on it
A tablet device will allow students to check their schedule, work on their projects, and organize their day–all while on the move/outside. They can add little bits to essays and check app functions while they are on trains, waiting for appointments, or even during the lull in a conversation when all the students are sat on the grass watching the college football team practice.
Add EverNote to the Tablet, and the student is in a very good position to do well at college. EverNote allows students to create notes, file them and organize them. Any reminders, ideas, appointments, and notes they need to keep can be placed on their Tablet device for use later.
A student who uses this tool daily becomes more organized and can better put their ideas to use (instead of forgetting them or scribbling them in a notebook).
2. A SmartPhone with a budgeting app on it
Once you have found your favorite device, you can save money with the latest mobile coupon app. However, don’t go for those linked to your bank accounts. They may be very secure and trustworthy, but in our highly technological age, there is no point in putting your account at further risk.
By all means, get a budgeting app, but if it can link and sync with your bank account, then give it a miss. Even if you do not use the bank account sync function, the app will be targeted by hackers from here to Afghanistan.
A dynamic alarm clock any student should have an alarm clock, but you need to get one better and get dynamic one. It is very easy to ignore the alarm on your phone. It is easy to click “snooze” for two-hour ten-minute sessions. It is also very easy to “tune out” the noise of your phone until it gives up or its battery dies.
It would help if you had an alarm clock that moves along the floor (such as the runaway alarm clock) so you have to get out of bed and catch it. Failing that, you should get an alarm clock that is loud and moves. This is because the movement and noise sometimes make people get up.
Or finally, you should get an alarm clock that gets louder every five minutes until it is loud enough to wake up the whole dorm. It would help if you also placed it on the other side of the room so that you have to get out of bed to turn it off.
3. A keyboard with a touch-and-click interface
This has many names, but it is a keyboard with a small touch-based nub in the middle. You run your index finger along it to move the mouse cursor and then lightly tap it to click. It is good because it means a student does not need to lift his/her hands off the keyboard to move the mouse cursor and click. Once a student gets used to it–it is great for helping them stay in the “zone.” When writing loads of material, they need as few distractions as possible.
5. A whistle and find an electric device.
This is a great little device to help you find things. You whistle, and it beeps. People used to attach them to their keys in the nineties, but you can buy a handful and attach them to everything you need for your days, such as your wallet, keys, phone, and backpack.
Before you rush out of the door, all you need to do is a whistle, and you can locate all of your items in one go. It is also fun if some hottie whistles at you in the street… because you can beep back at them without lifting a finger.
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