Mobile Applications → Main apps I use as a paperless student for note taking and reading.
When students/professors decide to start to work without using phisical paper, or they become “paperless”, it's hard to know where and how to start. Clearly, we will need a technological device, it could be a laptop or a desktop computer, a tablet or an iPad. Whatever device you already have and that you feel confortable using it. Most of the apps that we use are available for Windows, MacOS, IOS and Android, so there is no need to get a new expensive device if there is no need to. I personally use my Dell laptop from like 3 centuries ago (which thankfully still works) with Windows 10, and my handy little iPad pro 2018. Now, I will talk about the main apps I use on my devices and what I use them for.
Note taking apps.
Yep, students, professors (or literally everybody else) need to take notes. You can either type your notes or handwrite them (by using a tablet and a stylus). In my case, I take about 40% handwritten notes and 60% typed notes.
GoodNotes is the app I use for my hand written notes. Probably not the most convenient one for everyone (because it's only available for IOS and MacOS, plus it costs money to get it). However, I really enjoy using this app for my handwritten notes. The features in the app allows the user to have a great notetaking experience. I recommend this app, but I know there are a ton of other better/cheaper options out there.
For my typed notes I use Notion, Word and Google Docs. I love those apps (specially Notion) because they are free and avaliable in all operating systems! (Windows, Android, MacOS and IOS). I use Word and Google Docs for assignments I need to hand out, and I use Notion for all those discussion boards and class stuff that I want to organize in a single file. I'll talk more about Notion on future post and how much it helps my academic and personal life
Reading Apps
What's the second thing students do the most? Lots. Of. Reading. (especially if you're an English major like me). The two apps that I use the most for reading is Kindle and Acrobat (Adobe's PDF reader). I really like both apps and I use them pretty frequently. With Kindle you can buy ebooks from Amazon, and Acrobat let's you read and highlight any PDF document. Great reading apps that I totally recommend!
Those are the apps that I use the most when it comes to studying on my iPad and laptop. They have made my life as a digital student much easier and pleasant, so I definitely recommend them. Stay tuned for more details about these apps and many others in future posts!
