Flashcards are one of the simplest and most common ways to study for a test. Free Technology for Teachers has featured numerous flashcard resources in the past. Here are ten good places to create and find flashcards online.
1. Cramberry allows users to share flashcards with other users. After creating your flashcards you can contribute to a public gallery of flashcards. If you don't have time to make flashcards of your own, you can search for and study flashcards in the public gallery. To use the flashcards you will need to create a Cramberry account. For your students that have iPhones (none of my students have one) Cramberry now has an iPhone app called Flash-Me.
2. Flashcards created using Funnel Brain can include a "third side" to a flashcard. A side that contains the explanation for the answer to a question. In addition to text Funnel Brain flashcards can include videos, audio, and pictures. Under your videos and images you can type your question, answer, or explanation. Just as with many other flashcard services Funnel Brain flashcards can be shared with other users.
3. Ediscio is a little different from a lot of flashcard creation tools because Ediscio lets you build sets of flashcards individually or with the help of other Ediscio users. The other distinguishing feature of Ediscio is that flashcards can include images. (Ediscio is also featured in Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration).
4. Cobocards, like other flashcard services, allows you to create customized sets of flashcards. One of the key differences between Cobocards and other flashcard services is that Cobocards provides you with pdf copies of your flashcards that you can print to study offline. Of course, you can study also study your flashcards online.
5. Flashcard DB is one of the most well-designed free flashcard programs that I've seen on the web. Flashcard DB, like most flashcard programs, allows you to browse existing sets of flashcards or create your own custom set of flashcards. What makes Flashcard DB different from its competitors is the study methods that can be used with the flashcards. Flashcard DB allows students to study using the Leitner System or the Graded Space Repetition Method.
6. On Quizlet you can make your own flashcards or study from publicly shared sets of flashcards. Quizlet offers you the ability to study your cards in five different ways including playing a couple of games with your cards. When creating your flashcards you can enter information for each card individually or import information from a text document to be used in your card set. If you don't have the time to create your set of flashcards, browse the publicly shared flashcards.
7. Study Stack is one of the better review game creation tools that I've tried. Study Stack allows teachers and students to create flashcards, crossword puzzles, matching games, word searches, and other classic study games for any subject area. You can create a game using any type of numerical or text data. Once you're data is in your account, you can use that data to create multiple games.
8. On Muchobeets students can create their own customized "stack" of flashcards. For students preparing for a general exam like the SAT, Muchobeets has a good collection of publicly shared vocabulary flashcards. The Muchobeets service is very easy to use. If you want to make your own flashcards simply register with your email address and get started using the very intuitive flashcard creation template. No registration is required if you want to use the publicly shared stacks of flashcards.
9. Knowtes is a great resource for finding or making all kinds of flashcards. The Knowtes library is full of ready to use decks of flashcards covering subjects appropriate from Kindergarten through college. The option to download a library of flashcards is the best feature of the Knowtes program. Students who have laptops can download flashcards and use them to study without having to find an Internet connection. For example, in the district where I teach every middle school student is given a laptop, but many students do not have Internet access at home. Being able to download study tools is very useful for those students.
10. Flashcard Flash is a handy little search engine designed for one purpose, helping you find sets of flashcards. Flashcard Flash was built using Google Custom Search. Flashcard Flash searches six different flashcard services including Flashcard DB, Quizlet, and Study Stack all of which I've previously reviewed and found to be excellent services.
11. Please leave a comment with your suggested additions to this list.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
10 Places to Make and Find Flashcards Online
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Students at our school love using quizlet because of the collaborative groups they can set up. They have created amazing sets of study tools and share them through a posting system (First Class) at school. Many times the students have set up the vocabulary list before the teacher and are motivated to quiz each other as well as practice on their own. Since there are three stages of practice, students really feel like they have a good handle on the words. I highly recommend it.
Cobocards can be used collaboratively, i.e. in a team. I think this is the most important difference to other tools.
A site that Free Technology for Teachers reviewed yesterday StudyBlue.com ( http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/07/studyblue-collaborative-study-tools.html ) has a great flashcard tool as well.
Students can schedule reminders on when they should study based on the date of their test and how they do on their flashcard deck.
Furthermore, StudyBlue's primary focus collaborative learning.
For more information on StudyBlue visit www.studyblue.com
I second alicebarr, Quizlet is an excellent tool.
I use FlashcardExchange.com because it allows students to access flashcards in multiple ways - on the web, in print form, via iPhone/iPod Touch, or via Blackberry. The downside is that only the web flashcards are free to students. if students want to print flashcards, they need to pay a one-time membership fee of $19.95. If they want to view cards on iPhone/iPod Touch, they need to download Mental Case from the app store for $2.99. The worst is Blackberry - requiring both a full Flashcard Exchange membership AND the $4.99 gFlash app. I still like it best, though, because it provides so many options.
I have used both quizlet and studystack. I like many of the features offered on quizlet (combining stacks, testing, tracking missed cards) but have found the games more difficult (particularly for RS students) and the games at studystack more engaging. I'm looking for a website that will allow me to manipulate the data from flashcards, to crosswords (a complete crossword, not the partial one offered on studystack), to word searches. Any suggestions?
Check out memorize.com. The format is more natural for many types of content. You create pages by typing something like:
Paris | France
Japan | Tokyo
(The vertical bar is SHIFT-\.) You can then memorize via flashcard, matching, or multiple choice mode. This format lets you separate long lists into smaller groups which can make the material less intimidating. The tables fill back up as you memorize. No account is required to memorize, create, or edit any page on the site (click '(memorize)', 'edit' or 'create page').
The diagram feature is pretty nice (eg http://memorize.com/mideast-geography). Also, you can double-click to edit while memorizing, edit other users' versions and compare/merge them, collect rows you miss on your home page for later reviewing, have reminder emails sent to you for reviewing pages.
FYI, as of this evening when I tried to link to it, Knowtes.com has been shut down. It said it was due to the cost of providing a free service. Bummer...
A bit more low-tech, but I've used this site with my high school students. Many do not have computer access at home, so they create these flashcards on-line at school, print and take with them.
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/flashcards.htm
A great place to make any kind of flashcards is FunnelBrain. I can't believe how well the creators run their program. It's so educationally tuned in with the students needs these days it's unbelievable. They have online flashcards ready to be accessed and made at any time and are super easy to use. You can actually buy flashcards and get the premium version of them if your really interested. You might already know about them but if you don't I recommend giving them a try and seeing if they work for you. Flashcards really don't work for everybody but they do work for me as a great study tool and they just might work for you. You never will know unless you try!
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