Sure you can go find a ton of websites providing their Top 5 gadgets for school, but what about some online services? That's where we'll jump in. Here's some great websites for school for shopping, studying, keeping in touch, and staying organized.

5. TokBox - www.tokbox.com
TokBox is an online video calling service. It's completely free and will really help you stay in touch with friends and family especially if you are away for college. If you've got a webcam, you can use TokBox. Your friends don't even need a TokBox account to use it. It provides tons of features like presenting live slideshows or live video from YouTube and can even video chat with three or more people.

4. SparkNotes - www.sparknotes.com

SparkNotes is a great website for helping you study. It's chock full of SAT/ACT prep, tons of book summaries and quizzes, and tools for flash cards. A great feature called "No Fear Shakespeare" will translate the old English of Shakespeare into modern English and can really help in appreciating his literature. Plus, SparkNotes is most known for using the in-depth book summaries to get out of actually reading a full book.

3. DropBox - www.dropbox.com
DropBox can be considered both an online service and a useful download. It's a service that will allow you to sync any documents, photos, videos, and more together in one folder on your computer called your DropBox folder. By adding something to your DropBox folder (after a free download), it can sync up with your mobile device, Mac, PC, or dropbox.com to access it anywhere. You get 2GB free with upgrade options up to 100GB.

2. Academic Superstore - www.academicsuperstore.com
Shopping for software, electronics, audio, backpacks, or books? Academic Superstore is simply the best resource for getting all that with incredible discounts. They specialize in software and the discounts are amazing. $99 for Microsoft Office 2010, $199 for Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended -- and that's just the beginning. All you need to do is send in proof that you are a student, and then you get to browse and buy an incredible list of products available for an academic discount. Nice.

1. Facebook - www.facebook.com
I bet you didn't see this coming. Or maybe you did. Facebook is the ultimate way to stay in touch. Chances are you already have one, but chances are you aren't using it to it's full potential. You can share statuses, photos, videos, links, notes, and more and check out what your friends are up to. Plus you can play games and find useful apps. On top of that, Facebook will soon be launching a Question and Answer service that will hold the knowledge of their 500 million user base. Hello, homework help.

And there you have it. It's probably not as polished and professional as the lists some people will give you for the typical back-to-school folk, but it's definitely something for staying focused, staying in touch, and staying within budget. Enjoy.