We all need a Productivity system to do the things we’re supposed to do efficiently without wasting our time or energy. All the tools that I’ve mentioned below are free and will help your brain focus on the meaningful, creative aspects of your work and leave the organizing or clerical part of your job to these applications. Hence your brain can work more efficiently without stressing about the cleaning up job that it is not designed to do .
A) Cooby: This is a chrome extension. We use WhatsApp 10 times more than any other app daily. We chat with our parents, our friends, and family all of this happening simultaneously in one app at a given time. Many a time you lose track of the important messages you were supposed to take a look at or reply to, as you were distracted by other messages! It’s just really hard to focus on one thing when there are so many things going on. That’s when ‘Cooby’ comes into the picture. It helps you divide all of your conversations depending on their type. For example, if you’re talking to your classmates it’s going to be in the ‘work’ tab, if you’re chatting with your family it’s going to be in the ‘family’ tab. This makes your life so easy and helps you focus on one thing at a time.
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B) Grammarly: This is an application that flags potential issues in the text and makes context-specific suggestions to help with grammar, spelling and usage, wordiness, style, punctuation, tone, and even plagiarism. You can also copy and paste your writing into the Grammarly Editor online. So no more worries if you’ve got an essay to write or a research paper to submit. Grammarly always has your back.
C) Notion: This is an application that will help you think, write and plan all at one place. Students have multiple things going on like collecting and writing class notes, researching for an essay or homework, etc. Notion is one space where you can do all of this together without having to search in different places. If you like a website or an article just use Notion extensive and save, all the articles you want. You can read them without any advertisements popping up. You can manage your calendar in notion. You can share notes or articles with your friends in Notion by adding them here. You can have your little study group and even discuss with your friends here. This is one app where you can do all your tasks at once without having to search for them around.
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D) Google Workspace: This is a website that provides you with multiple applications in one place, so you don’t have to search for them on your laptop or Mac. The main tools that help students here are Gmail, Google docs to write notes, Google sheets to create spreadsheets, Google slides to create presentations, Google Calendar, and Google keep for important notes or passwords or anything you don’t want to be erased. Google workspace improves teamwork and efficiency. They amplify our productivity with AI and machine learning, making access to all the information much faster and more efficient.
E) Liner: This is a chrome extension that helps you highlight sentences on the web pages, YouTube videos, images, and PDFs across mobile and desktop, and leave feedback or comment for that particular highlighted sentence/ image/video. You can even save the highlighted sentences, images, or videos. You can share the highlighted pages/ sentences instead of sharing the entire article! Liner is one of the best productivity tools !
When it comes to studying, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. The best way to improve your study habits is to find the productivity tools that work best for you and your learning style. By taking the time to identify the tools that will help you make the most of your study time, you can set yourself up for success in the classroom and beyond.