Top 10 Essential Tech Tools for College Students

College is one of the most exciting life stages, but it can become overwhelming with tons of classes, homework, projects, and activities happening all at once. Fortunately, tech tools can make modern students’ lives a bit easier, from improving organizational skills to better studying and managing routine tasks. In this blog post, you will learn about 10 major tech tools to become a productive college student, reach better grades, and improve chaotic college life. Let’s roll.

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Pranav Prasad
Pranav Prasad

Student At Delhi University

Portronics Ruffpad​

portronics notepad as #1 tech tool

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LazyPay​

LazyPay is a game-changer in the world of digital payments and credit, offering a seamless and convenient way to manage your finances. With its buy now, pay later feature, LazyPay allows users to make purchases instantly and defer payments to a later date. This flexibility makes it an ideal tool for those looking to manage z cash flow more effectively without the hassle of traditional credit systems.

Speechify​

Speechify is a must-have tool for any college student. College students have so many readings for their classes and often don’t have enough time to sit down and read through all of them. Speechify lets you put in text documents and then creates natural-sounding audio from that. You can use this app to read through your textbooks, articles or notes. You can listen to your readings on the way to class, while you’re working out at the gym or even while you’re doing laundry. Multitasking is a breeze with Speechify and reading became more enjoyable. Being able to read faster helped me study more efficiently and keep up with readings for my classes.

Artic Fox Slope Anti Theft Backpack​

Artic Fox bas as tech tool

The Arctic Fox Slope Anti-Theft 23L Backpack is a fashionable and worry-free companion for today’s city dweller. It’s not too big and not too small, making it just the right size to carry your laptop, books or documents, gym clothes or travel gear without feeling cumbersome. However, this backpack is all about safety first. It has some of the best security features built-in including hidden zippers and secret pockets to stash your most valuable items away securely and slash-proof material used throughout the bag itself. It is constructed of durable high-grade water-resistant material that will protect your belongings from the rain but still feel light when you’re on the go.  The Slope also comes with a built-in USB charging port so you can keep all your devices charged up on the move. This backpack is perfect for students who want a lightweight portable travel pack.

National Digital Library of India​

The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a great initiative for students, researchers and lifelong learners. IIT Kharagpur has setup this digital library of academic resources with a user friendly interface designed to enable single window access to information across collections The following types of resources are available: books, articles, audio lectures or radio talks etc., thesis and dissertations, question papers and solutions of previously conducted exams, videos on engineering subjects and topics from eminent persons/ institutions containing lectures/learning resources/talks/documentaries etc. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language or any form so long as the content is educative. Since NDLI provides free access to many books in all languages it will increasingly be “the” place for book lovers!

digital library as tech tool

PDF Ai

pdf ai as tech tool

PDF.ai is an A.I. powered assistant for students to interact with PDF documents in an easy way. You can chat with your PDFs, highlight important stuffs, get summaries and even search within your PDF without needing to scroll through hundreds of pages. Doesn’t matter if you are writing a thesis paper, preparing for exams, or organizing notes for your class, use PDF.ai to keep the focus and save time. Simply upload your PDFs and start asking questions; answers will be generated instantly to create interactive study aides that helps in better retention and performance.

Gamma Ai

Gamma is great for students that need to create beautiful presentations, documents and projects. Gamma can take whatever you have in mind and turn it into amazing slides and beautifully formatted documents instantly. We all know college can be hard, so it will make sure that you are focusing on the right content without worrying about design. Just write your content and see the magic happen. Project? Slides? Report? No Problem! 
Are you stressed about a project? Do you have to submit last minute report but don’t feel like writing it up? Or do you simply need to present something but PowerPoint just isn’t your thing? Say no more

Portable Printer​

A portable thermal printer will change your university life! And best of all, it’s an ink free printer too. It’s ultra portable and ultra low maintenance because it uses thermal technology. You can use it to print lecture notes, assignments, or important documents. Take it anywhere with you in your backpack and connect to your phone or laptop wirelessly to print directly from there. It’s fast and reliable so you’ll never have to worry about the quality of your prints and most importantly it saves tonnes of time trying access a printer in uni. Seriously feels like you have a mini printer that follows you everywhere!

Smart Pen

College kids always need a good pen and this metal inkless pen is AWESOME! It writes using a special metal alloy tip and doesn’t require any ink, so you don’t have to worry about it ever running out of ink or leaking in your backpack. You can use it for notes, drawing diagrams, or jotting down ideas while in lecture. They claim to have “unlimited ink” and they last a really long time. So not only are you being sustainable by not constantly buying plastic pens that run out of ink, but it’s also durable (I’ve dropped mine many times and it’s still perfectly fine) and looks sleek. 

4 thoughts on “Top 10 Essential Tech Tools For College Students”

  1. Very helpful bhai, bought the smart pen as per your suggestions loved the experience until my friend robbed it ;>,Thanks

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