Hi, I am Cliff from EditGrid. Besides Google spreadsheets, there are various online spreadsheets working in different directions, includes EditGrid and Numbler which you may wish to try. EditGrid can get live stockquote and forex. Here is a demo.
Of course we wouldn’t forget our fundamentals, the spreadsheet functions, drag and fill, advance number formatting, undo/redo… all are available. Here is a comparison between EditGrid and Google.

Thanks Cliff - I’ll check it out!

I love your list, but I would want to submit for your approval a complete information control and management suite designed for students that I have created, called Student Manager (http://www.student-manager.com), that can help any student get through the grind of day-to-day academic life. And I am always open and receptive to requests and suggestions, and try my best to accomodate all of them that are reasonable, especially since I, myself, use the program, as a current student at Northeastern University (http://www.neu.edu).

Linked at www.mycampusguide.com. Thanks.

Steve

It’s a good list except none of these tools are specifically geared towards students like http://mynoteit.com or http://facebook.com which in my opinion are more “web tools for students” than firefox or technorati.

Why use pdf online when theres cutepdf writer. Much better.

Mostly these posts don’t do it for me, but your’s has given me somethine new (kudos!): eFax. Will be checking that out as fax is quite a struggle on those (very few) occasions where its necessary. As a personal preference, I’d have to say that Newshutch (www.newshutch.com) does a better job than Bloglines. Also for your and your audiences’ consideration is Ta-Da Lists from 37Signals (www.tadalist.com). I have a section for each of my classes and keep track of assignments there.

Thanks, good list. Already knew about most of them but the blue dot one sounds interesting. You could potentially take advantage of those media sites like TinyPic ( http://www.tinypic.com ) for image and video hosting or FreeTube ( http://www.FreeTube.us.tc ) for watching a few tv channels online , or News Vine ( http://www.newsvine.com ) for some great and varied news articles aggregated from around the world.

For receiving faxes I’d suggest http://k7.net/ over eFax as it adds voice mail and I don’t believe there are limits on the number of faxes received each month as with eFax which limits you to 20 pages a month.

Crap on a cracker is still crap.

The problem with web-apps is they are web-apps. They perform only as well as your internet connection.

Local applications (that run on your own computer) are much faster and more reliable. Open source software is your friend! Have a look at sourceforge and you’ll find tons of free applications.

Open Office has professional quality word processing, spreadsheet, database a much more. There are tons of other software available.

JS

You left out www.campusfood.com
Order pizza, wings & chinese food online at 300+ colleges.

I came over from digg, and just wanted to recommend another tool called Groupvine.

It’s a group management tool for campus groups like fraternities, club sports teams, or College Republicans/Democrats. You can assign ToDos, keep a group calendar, and have discussions (forum style). There’s also a member directory. I think they’re working on adding a finance part that lets you collect dues online.

We use it for my fraternity and College Republicans chapter, and it really helps us stay organized.

Hi,

Interesting list. Note that you can also create pdf’s straight from openoffice (www.openoffice.org) - which I think would also be a good tool for (cash-straped) students.

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There’s a new service that was just launched called ‘Notemesh’ ( http://notemesh.com ) that will allow students to work on one unified version of classnotes as a wiki.

You should check it out!

A post about school utilities is not complete without mentioning http://stu.dicio.us. Writely is great, but when you’re taking notes, Studicous’ minimalism is where it’s at.

Not mentioning Facebook either? For shame.

Great list. Great comments with other examples.

you forgot about www.koolim.com, the web messenger that lets you log in to aol, icq, msn, yahoo, irc, jabber, sametime, etc.

Nice list! I personally prefer Zoho Writer - http://www.zohowriter.com - to Writely.

Checkout google notes under their “labs”. you can cut and paste portions of web pages and save them. I just found this and can see a tone of research benefits.

http://Grou.ps for group collaboration

For Web 2.0 copyrights (both All Rights Reserved and Creative Commons) try Numly and for online word processing with copyrights try Docly.

this is the best tool for students unblocks college firewalls.

http://www.mysecureisp.com

http://gliffy.com/ for “Diagramming in your web browser”

Another vote for http://stu.dicio.us . I read they will be integrating with Facebook on the 1st.

Meebo http://www.meebo.com is essential for students who need IM in their computer lab. eNotes, http://www.enotes.com is the best research suite but it’s subscription-only. Some schools have access though.

Be sure to check out http://gradefix.com which is a smart scheduler that can help you decide what to study. It’s web-based so you can use it at home or on campus.

Check out collegecram.com!! You can download free working tutorials on alomst any subject. NO MEMBERSHIP FEE REQUIRED!!1 Awesome site.

Great article! I would have liked to see some networks that focus on collaborative learning. Three sites that come to mind are:

1. Stu.dicio.us
2. eNotes.com
3. Campusbug.com

check out Software for Starving Students @ http://softwarefor.org

I use highbeam.com for all my personal research articles

Best quick research site is Answers.com, best in depth research site is http://www.bookrags.com/

Hey,
I found your blog while looking for info on grad school, but I figured I’d suggest my own note taking solution thing.

Notecentric is for taking and sharing notes online with your classmates. It’s still in beta, but I’m using it for my notes, as are a few of my friends. Please try it out and let me know what you think.

Also, this blog is pretty sweet. Like seriously.

I think a great web tool for student clubs and organizations is CollegeMailer - It acts as a whole Student Life Portal at NYU Stern. Club officers can manage membership, send targeted emails, create events with RSVPs, make web pages, administer surveys, and more.

I’m not currently a student but do hope to go back within the next year. This list is terrific and there are several suggestions I plan on using whether attending college or not.

Here is a list of free open source software on the web. http://www.entreprenuts.com/?page_id=59 Also would be very helpful for students.

This is excellent stuff! You should submit a link on StudentUP.com to share your content, get it rated and reach a larger audience. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

A great tool for students is http://www.skoogO.com. It’s an information networking site for your school, classes, concentrations, interests, etc.