(Photo by Parker Robb | Collegian) There are both upsides and downsides to online streaming video when it comes to education. One downside is that students' favorite shows lure them away from homework until the wee hours of the morning.

(Photo by Parker Robb | Collegian) Evernote is a free note-taking app popular among college students for its ability to sync seamlessly between any devices one owns, keeping one's notes within reach for whenever they are needed, and its ability to import many kinds of data, including text, images, audio, and many document types.

(Photo by Parker Robb | Collegian) If one does just a little bit of searching, one may find some gems amid the vast streaming storehouse of Netflix.