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“I use my laptop and my phone to put down my agenda and my schedule [in a Notepad app]. I use a lot of Microsoft Word for my essays. [I also use] the My Sac State website — that’s where we see our classes and check our emails from teachers.”

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“ My Samsung Galaxy S5.

Pretty much I keep my notes in here, PDF documents, I can view my Word files, PowerPoint. All that stuff is really helpful because I don’t have to carry my laptop around all the time. It helps me with my studying, say before a test. I can quickly review my notes and then put my phone away.”

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“ My iPhone 5 because it’s so easy and fast — it’s like having a computer in your hand. There is a free app that I use all the time called Documents to convert PDF files.”

“Basically I’m using my laptop ... and I have all the programs that I’m using for my research. Pretty much it’s just my laptop because I can do calculations and I have programs for that. And for [looking up] information, I have Internet Explorer.”

“ The thing that I do utilize the most … is my calendar.

I have no idea some days what I’m going to do.

Having a computer and a smartphone that integrate all the different things I’m trying to do, being a busy grad student, and all the different places — it just makes my life way easier to not have to constantly reference and look up notes. It’s all in one spot.”

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THE NEW BACKPACK Just a decade ago, students were stuck carrying around heavy bags full of homework binders and books. But you lucky students of the Class of 2014 can do everything from create schedules and take notes to manage money from a device as thin as a composition notebook. While you might not be able to ditch your backpack completely, here’s why your device might actually be one of the smartest investments you can make for college (besides the whole getting a degree thing).

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f you’ve only been using your phone to “check in” at parties and Instragram your selfies, you’re missing out. Your phone can actually be “productive.” Here’s our top 10 ways

your phone can be more than a phone. (Oh, and don’t forget to call your mother.)

1. Collaborative work:

Emailing and forwarding edits to documents is a thing of the past. Use apps such as Google Drive to have your notes, essays and slide presentations saved online as you create them. Share them with your group members for their autosaved edits and input.

2. EasyBib app: Your essay-writing experience just got shorter. Stop scavenging the internet for book information, MLA, APA and Chicago style formats, and let your app build “works cited” information for you.

3. Safety:

Besides the ability to call a tow truck or 911 in an emergency, there are apps like Circle of 6, which makes it quick and easy for college students to find their friends during uncomfortable situations, like walking across a dark campus or an awkward date you want to be saved from.

5. Self-control: Need an intervention for your tech addiction?

There’s an app for that! SelfControl lets you block access to some of your favorite websites, so you can get your homework done without that subconscious click over to Pinterest.

6. Alarm clock:

Most phones have alarm features, but some of us still struggle to get out of bed. The Alarmy/Sleep if U Can app has an alarm that forces you to shake your phone or take a photograph of something familiar to turn it off. If you really want to get to class on time, try making the alarm a photo of your classroom door.

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7. Manage your money: There are plenty of ways to access and manage your bank account online but some are easier than others.

T-Mobile’s Mobile Money combines a money management app with a reloadable Visa debit card. T-Mobile customers can make direct deposits, pay bills and use it for purchases, without racking up checking account fees, overdraft penalties or ATM charges. Hey, that will help you save for grad school!

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fork over $10 a month for a streaming service. T-Mobile customers on the unlimited Simple Choice Plan get access to Rhapsody unRadio for free. On the unRadio app you’ll get no ads, unlimited skips and a ton more new artists you can discover before your friends. Plus, T-Mobile customers stream all the music they want without data charges (think of it as the soundtrack to all those term papers you’ll be cranking out).

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students can do everything from registering and paying for classes to accessing textbooks on the go.

Smartphone apps, such as Sacramento State’s

The Class room of The fuTure

Blackboard Mobile, allow professors and students to stay updated with courses instantaneously, while providing access to recorded video lectures, exams, quizzes, online homework submission and even feedback from professors — all without stepping into a classroom.

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member Dennis Dahlquist uses Learning Management System

(LMS) software to provide his computer engineering students with handouts, instructional videos, discussion forums and lecture notes. “Students no longer have to track

me down to get the handouts, syllabus, ask questions and find out what was covered in the lecture.

All this information and more is on the LMS site for the course,� Dahlquist says.

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Dahlquist also incorporates eBooks, as well as affordable learning materials through California State University’s Afford-

able Learning Solutions (ALS), a program which helps professors find quality, cost-efficient books and resources to substitute costly ones. Imagine having all your textbooks on one tablet!

When it comes to technology in the classroom, something embraced by many professors is a classroom response system, also called a “clicker,� which students hold and use like a TV remote for answering questions. Professors use it to engage students, take attendance, and perform exams and quizzes. “I appreciate the constantly changing technological world and believe it will make our lives easier and make educators become more creative and productive,� says Chia-Jung Chung, associate professor of graduate and professional studies in education at Sacramento State. “Both teachers and students have more ways to express themselves, communicate with each other and share things.�

Sacramento State associate professor of communications Mark Ludwig (who has also embraced the clicker system) believes a huge benefit of technology in college is how it caters to different learning styles through various educational mediums. “Some people learn by reading, some by hearing, and some by seeing,� he says. “If you can find ways using technology to mix those up, you’ll be able to reach more people.“

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Aimlessly driving around and looking for grub is a thing of the past, partially due to one of iTunes’ most popular apps, Urbanspoon, which allows you to see what restaurants are close by. Search for a restaurant by neighborhood, type of cuisine and price. Or, shake your phone to have Urbanspoon find a restaurant for you. If you don’t like it, shake again. To prevent waiting hours to be seated — or to simply make a reservation — use the OpenTable app to see which restaurants have tables available.

When your study group has precious few hours to prepare for the chemistry final, GrubHub saves you time by letting you order from your favorite restaurants by smartphone or computer with the option for delivery or pick up. Search restaurants by punching in your current location (there are nine restaurants to choose from around Sacramento City College — serving everything from Mexican to sandwiches), and food will be on its way to your mouth, without much of your own effort.

Save money by cooking at home, which may be easier said than done depending on your cooking skills and if you and your roommates can agree on anything. Try a website like Allrecipes.com, where you can search for recipes by a favorite ingredient (or whatever’s left in the fridge).

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