iPads, MakerEd and More in Education

Sometimes the best way to escape from a productive rut is to switch up your tools. Whether it’s a simple word processor, a smarter to-do list, or a more efficient way to transcribe interviews, downloading some new apps can help manage your time and produce better work. Here are some of the best productivity apps for phones, tablets, and computers that launched in the last year or got a substantial upgrade.

Below are the top 10 paid productivity apps as rated by iTunes App Store. You may want to go through them and see which ones work for you. Some of the things you can do with these apps include: take notes, annotate PDFs, mark-up images, effectively manage your tasks, open and view SketchUp models, take handwritten notes,  read all forms of documents on the go, stamp and merge PDFs, and many more.

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After posting about some of the best iPad apps you can use as a teacher to scan, e-sign, annotate, and share documents, here is another collection of iPad apps to facilitate your workflow and enhance your productivity. These are applications you can use on your iOS devices to bring together all of your favourite apps and automate actions across various services creating thus a better workflow experience. You are probably already familiar with the popular Workflow and IFTT apps for we have covered them in previous posts, Microsoft Flow and Copied are new here. While Microsoft Flow provides similar features to Workflow, Copied is a bit different. It is an app that enables you to clip and copy digital content (e.g., text, images, links) from any app and save it to your clipboard where you can view, edit and share it with others.

If your working day is being ruined by distractions or admin errors, try these apps to improve your focus, time management and output

The secret to productivity is that it’s subjective. No productivity system is perfect, and that’s why different techniques work for different people. It’s why there are so many apps to get things done, chase your goals, and ensure you are making progress.

The trick to staying productive is to always keep changing your system. It’s why I recommend the three-strike system to find what works for you. It’s also why you should check new apps or techniques every once in a while.