Quizlet-Liz+Oliver

http://quizlet.com/

Introduction Quizlet is a web 2.0 tool that allows teachers and students to create and share digital notecards. This web 2.0 tool is best suited for high school and college age students but there are some features that would be good for younger students like the Speller learning mode.

 Incorporating Quizlet in the Classroom There are six types of "Study Modes" on Quizlets. There is the traditional "Flash Cards" mode which students or teachers can create customized flashcards. Only one side is shown on screen and you must click to flip and show the other side of the flash card. It is also possible to show both sides of the card on screen at once. This mode would work well for review at home. A teacher could create the notecards for students to review at home. The second mode is "Speller" mode. Quizlet will say the words provided from the spelling list and students must type the word in correctly before they can move on to the next word. I think this would be a good tool for elementary classrooms. This not only helps improve spelling but improves typing skills as well! The third mode is "Learn" where students must define the words that are prompted or identify the word to its prompted definition. If students cannot master a term it is presented again until they correctly identify the term/definition. This again would be good for students to review at home but this along with "Flash Cards" could be displayed on the smartboard for classroom review. The fourth mode is "Test" mode. "Test" mode allows users to create tests that only have certain types of questions like multiple-choice, short answer, or matching. This could be great for take home testing! The fifth mode is "Scatter" where terms and definitions are scattered across the screen and the studier must match terms to definitions as quickly as possible. This is good for students who like learning games. This would be good for self motivated studying at home and could be good for students of any age! The final studying mode is "Space Race". This is another game style learning tool. A term or definition will scroll across the screen and to be successful the learner must type the coordination term or definition before its other half leaves the screen. Like "Scatter" this tool is good for those who like learning games but I think this one may be a little better suited for students in the older elementary ages, middle, or high school because it may be a bit challenging for younger students and a bit trite for college age students.

Here is a small example of the "Flash Cards" mode: http://quizlet.com/_cyfb4