Best Apps for Students and Everyone Else
Best Apps for Students and Everyone Else
It can be hard to keep up with all of the apps out there. There are over 425,000 apps on Itunes now and that number grows daily.
In the article 48 Apps That College Students Love, they have listed some very important apps. The apps are broken down the into the following categories: Essential Tools, Education, Communication, Entertainment, Information Management, Organization, Budget, and News.
This article listed some of my own very favorite apps, including TED, which includes some of the greatest talks from TED.com.
There are also some fun ones like Rate My Professor. Check out Posting Teacher Reviews Online – What is Rate My Professor.
There are a few that I would like to add to the list, though, that I think are awesome apps:
HowStuffWorks – This app has all of their great podcasts including my favorite from Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant of Stuff You Should Know fame.
StitcherRadio – Great way to access multiple ratio stations and more.
GoogleCalendar – Google’s Calendar is a great way to keep things organized.
Words with Friends – I like this version better than Scrabble’s and it can connect to Facebook as well.
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Top 5 Most Intriguing Lists
The How Stuff Works website is a great resource to find out just about everything about anything. While doing research for my books, I ran into some interesting lists that I will be sharing with my students. I particularly like the list of misspelled words, but check out the others on the list below:
Top 5 Most Intriguing Lists
While you can browse through hundreds of fascinating lists at Extraordinary Lists, here are 5 lists that we feel are certain to amaze and entertain:
15 Products Made by Mistake
Have you ever wondered why a certain product was invented? Some of them that have been a big success actually were a mistake.
Think of these products:
1. Coca-Cola – A pharmacist, trying to make a tonic for people with sore teeth, found that when he taste-tested it, it wasn’t too bad. He added a little carbonated water and low and behold . . . a great product.
2. Sticky Notes – Post it notes by 3M was discovered when trying to find a better adhesive tape. The scientist found an adhesive material that just wasn’t sticky enough though. While this same scientist was at church looking for a way to stick notes to his hymnal, he decided to use that not so sticky stuff he created to help hold his work in place. A new idea was born.
3. Scotchgard – Another 3M product was created out of trying to create rubber for airplane fuel lines. After spilling some on their shoes, the scientists realized that this stuff was protective and wouldn’t come off. Through time, the shoes looked dirty everywhere except for where they spilled the substance.
4. Rubber – Its first use was when they discovered it could erase things from a piece of paper. The original substance was unstable because it would become too liquid or shattered based on temperature. When rubber and sulfur were accidentally dropped onto a hot stove, the combination turned out to be something no one had anticipated.
5. Penicillin – Spores that contaminated a bacteria sample were the unintended beginning for this drug. When the scientist took a closer look at these spores, he noticed they were actually doing harm to the bacteria.
6. White Out – A secretary who took pride in her work discovered this while trying to cover up some of her errors. Soon other secretaries were asking to borrow her concoction. This started the Mistake Out Company, later named Liquid Paper.
Do you want to read about some more mistakes? Check out these other famous blunders by clicking on the links below:
7. Corn Flakes
9. Silly Putty
10. Saccharin
11. Slinky
12. Potato Chips
13. Fireworks
14. Play-Doh
15. Chocolate Chip Cookies