StudyBlue is the largest crowdsourced study library with over 400 million flashcards and study guides.
Flashcards are simple, mastering how to use them though is something else.
WolframAlpha is an app and service that allows you to compute expert-level answers using their breakthrough algorithms, knowledgebase and AI technology.
There isn’t an easy way to describe Wolfram Alpha so I’ll take the description straight from the creators:
” Wolfram|Alpha takes questions—from arithmetic to calculus, from conversions to complex systems—and calculates the answers.
Try your most challenging problems at wolframalpha.com. “
” With our massive, crowdsourced collection of real-world data, models, methods and algorithms, you can compute anything in any subject, from algebra to zoology. By gathering and building on systematized knowledge from science, math, language and more, Wolfram|Alpha provides a definitive source for getting real answers to factual queries—putting the world’s knowledge at your fingertips. ”
If that doesn’t quite make sense, take a look at the video below:
SparkNotes is an online source for over 500 study guides. They host the full works of Shakespeare and literature guides along with a range of other subjects.
Have a look at some of the examples of SparkNotes below and then take a look at how the app works at the bottom.
SoloLearn is a platform built so anyone can learn to code, in any of the most popular programming languages.
It’s free but as most apps do there is a paid for subscription option available if you want to unlock some extra features.
Seneca is an online learning platform that hosts thousands of courses based on exam board spec. Classes are fun and engaging, specifically tailored to help all students boost their learning and then, their grades.
Have a look at a couple of short clips of the type of content Seneca provide:
Simply write a calculation on your device and MyScript Calculator2 gives you the result in real time.
Don’t just take our word for it, watch this demo:
Memrise helps you learn languages with real conversations from native speakers and a variety of fun and engaging techniques.
Memrise put the fun in to learning because they know that everyone learns more when they’re having fun and engaging with the lesson.
They do this in the form of mini videos, quirky games, useful phrases and quick, toilet-break length sessions.
We’ve added a few of their videos below for you to check out, underneath the videos is the full current list of languages you can learn with Memrise.
- French
- Arabic
- Spanish (Spain
- Spanish (Mexico)
- Mongolian
- Slovenian
- German
- Dutch
- Turkish
- Swedish
- Icelandic
- Korean
- Japanese
- Portuguese (Portugal)
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Russian
- Italian
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Danish
If This Then That is unique app that allows you to link your apps and devices in new ways. For example, you can get it to automatically log all phone calls to a Google Sheet or upload any photo you put on Instagram as a native photo on Twitter.
IFTTT calls the tasks ‘recipes’, as in you put a load of different bits in to get a final outcome.
Examples of what you can do with IFTTT:
- Get a daily text with the weather report for the day
- Automatically log time and telephone number to Google Sheets each time you get a phone call
- Set your phone to silent when you get to work or college
- Upload all screenshots you take on your phone straight to Google Drive
Personally, i have a habit of putting my phone down at home in odd places then not being able to find it, or because it’s a sturdy Android device I throw it somewhere and have no idea where it’s landed. I have a recipe set up so when I ask my Google Home device ‘Where’s my phone?’, IFTTT will turn my phone on to the maximum volume and sends a call through so I can find it easily.
There are so many different possibilities with this, have a look at the video below for just 10 of them.
Duolingo let’s you learn a new language, for free.
We wanted to quickly demonstrate how easy it is to get started learning a new language with Duolingo. The video to the right shows how quick it is, once the app is installed we were learning German in no time!
You can even learn Klingon and High Valyrian if you desire.
Below is a list of all the languages you can learn on Duolingo:
- Spanish
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Italian
- Korean
- Chinese
- Russian
- Portuguese (Brazillian)
- Turkish
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Hindi
- Greek
- High Valyrian
- Irish
- Latin
- Polish
- Hebrew
- Norwegian (Bokmal)
- Arabic
- Vietnamese
- Hawaiian
- Danish
- Romanian
- Klingon
- Czech
- Indonesian
- Welsh
- Swahili
- Najo
- Hungarian
- Ukranian
- Esperanto
Desmos is an online, free, graph tool that allows you to plot functions, create tables and much more..
Explore math with Desmos. Graph functions, plot data, evaluate equations, explore transformations, and much more – for free!
It’s not just serious stuff over at Desmos, you can plot mathematical functions to make all sorts of images.
