We’ve all been there before. While studying for finals, a 10-minute Twitter break somehow turns into an hour of browsing social media, causing study time to run longer than it would have without the temptation of unproductive sites. Although the real cure for this distraction is a little self control, here are some resources that may help you stay on track. 

Evernote

www.evernote.com

The Evernote family of products help you organize and act upon ideas, projects and experiences across all the computers, phones and tablets you use.

Downloading the computer, tablet or smartphone application provides you with a tool to get things organized for finals. You can keep all your notes from different notebooks organized in one, along with audio recordings of the lectures and pictures of PowerPoint slides.

Notehall

www.notehall.com

Notehall.com is an online document marketplace that enables students to buy and sell class notes, study guides and lecture notes online.

Notehall lets you buy the notes you need to know how to prepare for exams, even if you missed a few — or many — classes.

Prezi

www.prezi.com

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a world between white boards and slides. The canvas, which has zoom capabilities, makes it fun to explore ideas.

Doing a presentation for your final? Toss your PowerPoint slides and amaze your professor and peers with Prezi.

Scheedule 

www.scheedule.com

Scheedule is a calendar app designed for the modern college student and can be used for more than just planning next semester’s schedule. Using Scheedule, you can add your class schedule in seconds, discover interesting events around campus and see what your friends are up to at a glance.

Scheedule is a product of three University alumni. Many have used it for keeping a weekly schedule for school, few have utilized it to discover what’s new on campus. Log in with your Facebook account, and find out what Fighting Illini or Krannert is offering over the weekend. You could use a break during finals.

Self-Control

www.selfcontrolapp.com

SelfControl is a free Mac application to help you avoid distracting websites. Let’s face it, nothing will help until you have some self-control. So download this application for your Mac and block your Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for the rest of the semester.

Xing is a graduate student in Media. He can be reached at xzhuo2@

dailyillini.com.