iPad for Notes

[FutureRNZehrb2727]

Hello All,

Just got my ipad air for Nursing School at Carrington College Westside starting July 24! WOOT!

The last ipad threads I saw where from the beginning of the year, and nothing has been updated.

Just curious:

what are some apps you all are using?

Do you prefer stylus vs tying?

Thanks,

[mindofmidwifery, ADN]

Good day:

"Outlook email is a definite must have"

Our college uses gmail; so much for the must have of a Microsoft product ;-)

Thank you.

Ha! I guess I shouldn't have assumed most schools were like mine, we use Outlook and it's just double helpful for me because my job uses it as well. There I go, getting ahead of myself! :)

[mommy_endeavor]

You can sync gmail to the mail app that comes with the iPad. You can adds few accounts to that.

Skype: for group projects or studying

Pages: note taking with a keyboard

Evernote: has an online note taking feature that you can access with any device. (Easy way to transfer notes to other computers)

Evernote also has a flash card app, can't remember what it's called but it's really neat.

There's plenty of drug guides that will come in handy.

YouTube!!!

iBook: we used ATI for nclex prep. It came with .pdf versions of the books so you can open the .pdf file and save it to iBook so you can have books everywhere you go! ( whoopy! )

A few of my classmates would also use google docs a lot for notes.

[FutureRNZehrb27]

Thanks guys for all the suggestions!!! You are awesome!! :)

[Stephalump]

I used the app required for my ebooks, kindle app for extras, notability for recording/note-taking, micromedex for clinicals, Evernote for keeping all my files organized, Pages and Keynote for assignments, Grades + to keep my average up to date, and the AllNurses to keep me sane. ?

[Eserres]

I use Notability, I carry a stylus from the dollar store which works great and I also have a keyboard. But I find that most of the profs have no issues with recording the lectures, so I do that and take notes and it turns out pretty well.