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The new school year begins August 22nd here at old Fort Hays State, are you ready? Tech expert Karl Volkman, CTO of SRV Network, Inc, says, \u201cGoing to college can be daunting. With these apps, you can simplify your child\u2019s life and help them feel confident and organized as they manage their studies on their own for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here, Volkman shares his top finds for back-to-school must-haves: 2) Notability<\/strong>: With this app, you can take notes sans pen and paper. \u201cThe app allows you to choose cool font designs and colors, which can offer some visual interest as you slog through boring lectures. Best of all, you won\u2019t have to struggle to read your handwriting later when studying for a quiz.\u201d<\/p>\n 3) ibotta<\/strong>: College is expensive, but there are apps that can actually help you save money. \u201cThere is a number of cash-back money saving apps, but ibotta is one of the best,\u201d says Volkman, \u201cAll you have to do is fill out a quick survey or watch an advertisement after you finish shopping. Then you scan your receipts and get money back\u2014whether it is 30 cents on a carton of milk or 80 cents on toilet paper. It all adds up!\u201d<\/p>\n 4) Bond<\/strong>: Want to make sure your kid doesn\u2019t forget to give Grandma a call every now and then? With Bond, you can choose a contact and then select a frequency with which you would like to contact that person. \u201cFor example,\u201d says Volkman, \u201cYou can set a reminder to call Grandma once a month, or to check in your parents once a week. Or, you can use it to keep in touch with your friends back home so that you don\u2019t neglect all those important bonds just because you are busy at school. It\u2019s an awesome app to help kids stay connected with the people that matter most.\u201d<\/p>\n 5) RescueTime<\/strong>: This app will show you how much time you are wasting on email, texting, and Facebook each day. \u201cThis genius app keeps track off much time you spend goofing off, and it will actually send you an alert to let you know that it is time to get off Twitter and start working on your chem paper,\u201d says Volkman, \u201cIt\u2019s a must-have for teens who are off on their own for the first time and struggling to set boundaries, especially those who have ADHD or attention difficulties.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TMN STAFF The new school year begins August 22nd here at old Fort Hays State, are you ready? Tech expert Karl Volkman, CTO of SRV… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3398,11],"tags":[10331,106,10330,10328,10333,10329,10332,103],"class_list":["post-28054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-news","category-news","tag-bond","tag-fort-hays-state-university","tag-ibotta","tag-ihomework","tag-karl-volkman","tag-notability","tag-rescuetime","tag-tiger-media-network"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28054"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28059,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28054\/revisions\/28059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1) iHomework<\/strong>: With this app, you can keep track of all your assignments and due dates. \u201cI think this is a great app for college freshmen in particular,\u201d says Volkman. \u201cThis is the first time many of them will be completely in charge of getting to class and turning in their work without any parental reminders. An app like this can streamline everything and keep them getting swamped in a pile of syllabuses.\u201d<\/p>\n