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These aren't yo momma's flashcards |
The What |
The Why |
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Quizlet is essentially a flashcard website. However, it is more than that. These flashcards can talk in multiple languages and have pictures. They can teach spelling. Your students can study them on their phones. They can play games with them. You can put them on your website.
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Flashcards may seem like a dated concept. With Common Core we are moving away less from memorization (and the subsequent regurgitation) and trying to get into deeper thought development. However, every subject has academic vocabulary that students need to learn. These are a fantastic support tool for our ELL students and our World Language classes.
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Here's the How
1. Create an account
Go to www.quizlet.com. If you have a Google+ account you can sign-in using that. If students create an account they can track their progress and use flashcards from different teachers all in one place. Students do not need to create an account if you only intend to embed them on your website.
2. Create/Join a class
If you would like to join my class, you can click here to do so. Then you can see various sample flashcard sets beyond the few I sample here. This is a way you can get students to join your class. Put a link on your webpage or send it out in email. You will see them in your class when they join.
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How to embed on your website |
Quizlet has phone apps! |
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Quizlet offers a great pictorial tutorial on how to embed flash cards and games on your website. You can click here to see how to do it.
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They have apps that are free to download. Quizlet will work on iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad), Android devices, even Kindle Fire!
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Borrow and Edit Flashcard Sets
I did not create any of these sets! All I did was search for topics I was interested in. The sets I liked I copied over to my classes.
Lesson Ideas
- Treat them like flashcards (the no-brainer option!)
- Have students create sets for the class. Give extra points for visual representations. Embed the best ones on your website.
- Give students the terms, have them find pictures that represent the terms.
- Great for diagrams that students need to know. Parts of cells, anatomy, etc.
- SAT words
Cavets
Be careful when taking flashcard sets from other people! They make mistakes. You can copy the sets and modify them, add/delete cards, correct typos, etc.
