Technology is now an important part in everyones lives. Researchers for the Mail Online believe that the average person uses technology (Computer, Phone and TV) for up to 7 hours a day. Researchers also stated that, the average person checks their phone up to 110 times a day. However, this increases to 900 times a day during peak times.
Using technology effectively
Having seen the amount of times the average person uses technology, I have looked into the applications you can buy on your phone or laptop to help me, during my educational experiences.
As a result of being dyslexic, I have poor organisational skills and short-term memory, I therefore decided to look for applications which would help me to organise all my timetable, homework, and exam deadlines.
My Study Life- Windows Store (computer)
The first positive about this application, is that it is free to download. However, you then had to sign in and create an account, this took me a little while but once you've created an account it is well worth it.
It was interesting to see that you were able to create a blog on the 'My student life' application.
After logging on, and experimenting with different things on the app, I was very pleased and would recommend it to secondary students and higher. Although, it was slightly difficult to grasp at first, I quickly got used to it and thought reminders were easy to set and worked well. For someone who is not very confident on a computer, there wasn't much help and guidance and I felt to start it was a bit of a guessing game, as a result, people with little computer skills may find this application difficult to use.
The layout was very clear and this made it easy to read, view and sort my work. I set reminders for my deadlines in December and January.
Uni Calculator- Apple IPhone 4
This application I found on my phone, I believe will be very useful as I will be able to keep up to date with my assessment results. The application allowed me to see clearly on a scale of how close I was to not passing, and showed me pictorially the result I received. It also helped me to visualise how well I did in the assessment.
The benefit of this application is that it is free, however, as soon as I opened the application I faced my first problem. I was asked to select my institute to proceed, however, only American universities were listed. I am unsure, but I think that the pass boundaries might be different in Wales to America, and therefore, show incorrect information.
To enter the site, I selected a random university, however I was faced with my next problem. When I searched for 'Educational Studies' to add my subject, it didn't exist.
The idea of this application was very clever and would help university student to monitor their grades clearly, but it was not suitable for my needs, so I didn't look any further into it and deleted it.
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