The Must-Have Student Supplies List in 2021
Updated: Sep 9, 2021
The Only Supplies You Will Ever Need to Buy for Student Success
By Hina Sheikh
Another year comes to complete its circle as we all gather our things to prepare for the mark of the next school year. While accepting the new realities of the current situation in the world, most of the world in 2020 truly began to adopt new technologies and gadgets to complement their new remote work and study environments. Change can be a bit intimidating, especially technological change, but if one can make the transition to adapt to the new digital ways, often they find significant benefits in areas of productivity, organization, accessibility, control, and much, much more. The digital market has brought a profound impact on society as most of our work has become digital in nature. From presentations to projects all the way to taking notes and studying, digital technology and gadgets have smoothened over the pavement to make ground for new enticing abilities that allow users to easily carry their entire workspace in the palms of their hands.
I want to share with you some of the most helpful technology gadgets and tools in 2021 I found that can help boost your success levels this year! These tools are designed to help students stay focused in class, organize their notes, and easily access their files.
Here is a List of Top Gadgets Must-Haves in 2021 for Student Life Success
1. IPAD & Stylus
- The iPad ( & Similar Tablets) is such an indispensable gadget for every kind of student. The tablet serves as a multi-tasking organizer that can carry anything from digital textbooks to all your student notes. With the convenience of online digital storage boxes such as dropbox, students can easily access and send their notes across their devices, share them with their friends, print them out, or my favorite they can digitally edit & modify any of their documents in a PDF editor application such as GoodNotes. iPad technology has brought so much innovative change in the world with its contribution to the reduction of paper waste. That’s right, with the digital iPad experience, there is a significant shift in the amount of paper we utilize. The benefits of making the transition to go digital are beyond selfish gains, but because making the transition to go digital makes an impact in the entire world!
2. GoodNote5 Digital Application on Apple Store
- Looking for the best note-taking app on the market that can replace all your paper notebooks forever? GoodNotes is the most comprehensive, complete digital note-taking app I have come across. GoodNotes serves as a PDF editor application which means you can instantly download any of your PDF documents such as PowerPoint Presentations, Documents, Textbooks, Etc (Convert your file to PDF format before downloading to your application for easy formatting by simply going on saving the file as, type the name, and choose file type as PDF, and click save ) In this application, you can now edit, modify, make notes, insert pictures, audio, etc, to your PDF document. You won’t ever have to worry about making mistakes anymore because you can simply undo and erase your mistakes. With the new breakthrough of digital documents, PDF documents now carry unique interactive capabilities within their documents that include pre-hyperlinked tabs or button links that jump exactly to the right page in seconds. All your notes become just a tap away. You have hundreds of pens and highlighter colors, tips, & style options. My favorite part about GoodNotes is the ability to save your digital stickers right in the app and easily be able to decorate my planner and notes to personalize them. Another interesting feature is that you can search for your notes with the search bar making finding your notes a breeze. All your notes get backed up onto the cloud or onto your favorite storage portals such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or One Drive. The potential for how you use GoodNotes becomes unlimited whether you read your textbooks and annotate your notes directly in the book, or if it's to take notes in your interactive multi-subject digital notebooks document, the possibilities are endless.
3. Digital Student Planner
- Probably the single most important thing I wish I knew about when I was a student. After searching for countless hours, trying various apps, I finally came across what is called a Digital Planner. Essentially a Digital Planner is a completely digital and innovative PDF document embedded with hyperlinked tabs serving as a digital version of a traditional paper planner by holding on to the essence of the traditional pen-to-paper planning experience. This opens up the possibilities to cater to any customized template to cater to your planning needs. These digital planners go above and beyond the limitations that come with printed planners which is why everyone is making the transition to go digital. Planning is a great habit for anyone looking to find purpose in their life. As a student, having a grasp over time is very important. There is so much time in a day that goes unaccounted for. With all the deadlines, responsibilities, extracurricular, it can get a bit hard to manage, especially when there are any changes to the schedule. Combined with the capability of PDF editor applications and the IPAD & Stylus interface, the Digital Planners are the Best Planners for Any Student in 2021.
This Student Planner features a brand new Dashboard Edition which takes the intractability of the Digital Planner to the next level. Impressively this document is ov