180. Tech tools for serious learners

You’ve got a couple of students who have the hunger, the drive to learn. What tools can you recommend to help them up their game? Have a listen. Tools Mentioned Anki https://apps.ankiweb.net - free flashcard creation tool Citation Machine https://www.citationmachine.net - citation generator and more Claude AI https://claude.ai Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com Elicit https://elicit.com - Summarize research papers Einblick https://einblick.ai - chart generation ExplainPaper https://www.explainpaper.com - Upload paper, highlight text, and it explains stuff. Can customize explanations Heuristica https://heuristi.ca - mind mapping AI. Good for using to start out with topic or field Litmaps https://www.litmaps.com - create map/graph to read Lit reviews NextNet https://getnextnet.com - drug research OpenRead https://www.openread.academy/ - article searching Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai PikToChart https://piktochart.com - creates infographics from text prompts Powerdrill https://powerdrill.ai - Uses your own data Scispace https://typeset.io - summarizing and reading includes conclusions Stapleton, Andy https://www.youtube.com/@DrAndyStapleton/videos - Teaching you the insider secrets of academia Tavily https://tavily.com - research agent creates research agent for a topic. Includes references and embeds links. Mainly for LLMs Zavala https://zavala.vincode.io/ - outlining tool (Mac only) Zotero https://www.zotero.org - research and citation tool

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