Flashcards in a snap!!

It's that time of year again, when teachers are madly reviewing content hoping their students can recall and apply what they have been taught. Flashcards were always something that helped me as a student get a handle on large amounts of information. With the combination of writing down the important facts pulled out of class notes and text, along with the repetition of reading each card, I found that I retained the information.

As with everything else these days, students can turn to the Internet for help when preparing flashcards. Quizlet is a handy little website that allows our cyber loving students or teachers to quickly generate flashcards that can be printed out or viewed online. The cards can be shared via email or embedded on class websites, blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc. Users can also browse through and use the large collection of flashcards already made by other students and teachers. The cards are sorted into four main categories making it easy to find what you are looking for out of the hundreds of topics covered: Languages & Vocabulary, Standardized Tests, Math & Science, History & Social Studies, Arts & Literature. The site also provides useful information, such as the most frequently missed word or question, specific to each flashcard set.

Use Quizlet with an interactive whiteboard (i.e, SMARTBoard or Mimio), to keep everyone engaged by taking turns coming to the board to respond to the questions. For your real competitive students, divide the class into teams and make the review a competition.

Other features of Quizlet include the ability to:

• Create flashcard sets (no limit on questions/answers)
• Create groups so friends or classmates can study together
• Study the cards using one of the 5 different study modes: Familiarize, Learn, Test, Scatter, Space Race.
• Monitor studying progress

Quizlet is a free website that requires users to create an account and provide an email address. The site does a nice job of helping users along the way by providing an easy to follow "How & Features" page. For all your visual learners, they also provide a short and to the point demo video. Check it out: http://quizlet.com/demo/

This is one of the best sites ever. My science teacher told me about it and now I use it for every subject. It is the best source for flash cards ever! Thanks Quizlet!". (user testimonial, 2008).

Enjoy!!