Quizlet
Quizlet was introduced to me from a student in my class last year. She created online flashcards for every assessment that she had coming up - science midterm, biweekly vocabulary quizzes, social studies map tests - and her study method helped her ace every one of them.Quizlet is available by going to www.quizlet.com, through the Google Chrome Web Store (seen below), and as an app for iPhones and android phones.
With midterms quickly approaching, I plan on working with my students to create study sets for all of their classes. Quizlet offers an alternate way to study, and students can use it anywhere that they have internet access. I hope you find Quizlet as helpful as I have!
What a great tool, Jackie! Thanks for sharing! Your video was super helpful, and highlighted all the features of Quizlet in an easy to follow fashion. This is definitely something I can see myself using in my fourth grade classroom. There is some front loading work on the teacher's end to create the study sets, but once the sets are created and saved, it is nice to know that they can be used quarter after quarter and year to year. The Gravity game is fun! Definitely something fourth graders would be into without even realizing they are actually studying! I also like the Speller game as I have a few students that would benefit from hearing the word/definition and typing it in themselves. Looking forward to using Quizlet!
ReplyDeleteI love Quizlet! It helps the students to understand that there is a difference between reading over their notes and studying. There are also tons of pre-created flashcards that students can search through, so sometimes they don't even have to create their own. I haven't played around with the game component, so that is something I definitely want to take a look at.
ReplyDeleteJackie, your screencast was incredibly informative. None of the teachers I know of uses this app, but both my sons use it at college and rave about it. I've never made the time to investigate this app, but am amazed at how easy it is to set up and how helpful this could be for my fourth graders and their parents at home. In fact, many of my students would happily practice together. Thank you for your screencast. I'm going to use it as a helpful reference in setting up my class!
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