Easy as 1-2-3!

Simplicity

As a student, do you often feel like you're drowning in assignments and deadlines? It can become very hard to "keep your head above water" when it feels like everything is piling up and you're struggling to cope with everything you need to do.

Creating quality work within a limited time can be very stressful. Thankfully the web is designed for convenience and we have come across some useful apps and websites that are geared towards making your life a little simpler!

For Students...

How often have you wished to have someone to talk to about those tricky questions you just don't quite grasp? TodaysMeet is a great platform for students to login and discuss assignment questions, homework activities and any topic of interest that you wish to learn more about. 

If you are like me, you probably saw this icon a million times... You may have even wondered what it was for, but you probably never opened it to actually check! This nifty little tool is the perfect way to crop or cut out segments of information that are of interest to you. Very useful for capturing that snippets without the fuss of having to screenshot the entire page and then edit later.

This site is extremely valuable when searching for information on a specific topic. SlideShare gives you access to the presentations and information of other academics. A platform for retrieval and sharing of information in a user friendly manner.

For Researchers...

Survey Monkey is a quick and easy way to design a multi-faceted questionnaire that can be emailed or printed at your convenience. Offering you a range of options from comment/text boxes, rating scales, multiple choice, and many more options to ensure you get the correct type of information you require. The cool thing is that this site provides you with templates that have pre-loaded questions to help guide you, but you can also start from scratch if you know what you want. Simple, huh?

For Instructors...

Jing is the new quick and easy app that gives you a number of options when it comes to either capturing information or creating an instructional video without all the fuss! This tool is great for tutorials and demos. The cute little sun icon gives you quick links to capture images or make videos, check your history, and access your settings. Very useful especially when you don't have hours to spend on compiling your own video or editing images to highlight certain areas of interest.

MS PowerPoint is soooo last generation! Prezi is the new creative and innovative way of designing amazing presentations with the click of a button! There is a catch though, since this is online, it would be wise to create a PP backup just to be on the safe side!

For Designers...

These days, almost everyone is an aspiring entrepreneur and many rely on websites as a primary way of promoting their work. Designing a website can be pretty tedious if you have to think about going the ancient route of using NotePad! Luckily I've got your back! With sites such as Google sites and Wix, the internet has introduced a quick and easy way to design those simple, professional websites that will wow your audience! They have templates for your convenience but you also have the creative freedom to choose a blank site and start from scratch. Alternatively, is also a free, quick and easy way to save the day! So what's stopping you...?

For All...

Google is one of the most common terms doing rounds all over. Many people think of Google as a search engine that provides quick and easy access to a vast amount of information and resources available out there on the world wide web. Well...true as that may be, Google offers much more than just quick links and info sources.

These are just some of the many great benefits that comes along with Google...and this is just the tip of the iceberg! The amazing thing is that all of these apps are quick and easy to use and can be linked to your phone for a quick complete ease of access.

Say Goodbye to Lengthy URLs!

Nothing is more annoying than receiving a link that has 3-5 lines of characters. This gets messy and many times, links get copied incorrectly which means that sites become inaccessible. Luckily there is remedy for this! With TinyURL you can quickly shorten your lengthy address to a number off 20+ characters. The great thing is that these links do not break when emailed and they do not expire!

So, you see, the we can be friend or fiend depending on how we utilize it. There are loads more opportunities out there, and if you can think of any more, please do share!