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DEgrEE INSIgHT Killer apps These seven programs use mobile technology to make life a little easier for grad students. bY amY noVoTneY here are thousands of apps designed to save you time and keep you organized. gradPSYCH reviews a few programs that many students say they can’t live without. dropbox What it does: Dropbox eliminates the hassle of manually uploading files to an online Web storage program. Once you install Dropbox on your computer, any photo, document or video you save to Dropbox saves to all of your Dropbox-enabled devices. Dropbox can also store email attachments and photos on smartphones or other devices that don’t have a large file-storage system. However, the app’s security isn’t airtight: The company has admitted to security breaches in the past. Cost: Free for up to 2 GB of space Bottom line: “You’ll never leave home without an important file again,” says Lee Moore, a doctoral student in counseling psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Compatible with: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone T dragon dictation What it does: A hands-free solution to typing out long emails and text messages on the go, this voice recognition app types as you talk. Students may also find it handy for taking down patient notes. The application’s notebook feature is great for getting writing and research ideas down on paper. Users praise the app’s ease of use and accuracy — the app’s developers even claim that the speech recognition improves over time. Drawbacks include the lack of an autosave feature, which makes taking a phone call in the middle of a dictation a risky move. A strong Wi-Fi or 3G connection is also required for the application to work. Cost: Free Bottom line: For cash-strapped students, this app is one of the best out there for voice recognition. Compatible with: iPhone, iPad evernote What it does: Like a Post-it note system for the net generation, Evernote allows students to draft to-do lists, take meeting and class notes, and snap photos of whiteboards and books. Users can also attach documents, PDFs and Web links to their digital sticky notes. The app’s sync feature ensures access to your notes and files on any computer or mobile device, and notes are searchable by keyword. Students shouldn’t plan to spend hours working on a document from their phones, though — the lack of a physical keyboard can be challenging for scrolling through large research documents. Cost: Free Bottom line: “Simply the best note-taking application there is,” says Moore. Compatible with: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, PalmOS, Windows Mobile 18 • gradPSYCH • March 2012 

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of GradPSYCH - March 2012

GradPSYCH - March 2012
Contents
Psychology practicums reflect the field’s growth
How evidencebased is your trauma treatment?
Media Picks
Chair’s Corner
Odd Jobs
Research Roundup
Chart your own adventure
Matters to a Degree
Killer apps
The oil spill’s reverberations
A student of synchrony
Literature reviews made easy
Absentee advisers
What’s behind the internship match crisis?
Potential solutions
Steps to the match
Bulletin Board
Jobs, internships, postdocs and other opportunities
The Back Page

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