What is Quizlet? It is cool, that's what. When a young man decides he will be going to MIT, I guess he is probably smart. When he makes a website that gives the tools 
he employs to aid his academics to high-schoolers, in fact, all students for free, that makes him cool. Really cool. That's what Quizlet is. From Quizlet:
When I came to the school I am presently teaching at, I introduced Quizlet to my classes. I don't remember how I ran into it but I was impressed the moment I saw it and knew it would be useful. (One of those, "if I had had it when I was a student" things.) An instant fan, I began looking for ways to employ it too. At first, not many students really caught on to it but since that time, in three short years, it has shot up to almost 100% of my freshmen class registered and that is just for my courses. I have watched it grow rapidly in the past 9 months to something that has spread to Junior High and to classes prior encompassing other classes and subjects as well. Good. It is worth it.
In addition to free study tools, group learning opportunities, games, practice tests and more--for the kids, it even can be placed on Facebook, Myspace and works on the iPhone (another good reason not to allow phones in class.) So, when a teacher approached me about recommendations for an online quizzing program I had no other recommendation. I showed her what it could do, Bam! Better than Billy Mays, she was sold. It may not clean clothes like OxiCLean
but I am sure parents, students and teachers alike may find it to be the answer to many study and integration ideas they are pining! Hey, give our young MIT dude some credit, (pictured) he made a great site and wonderful tool for study and collaborative learning. Want to know more? Here's a little intro from Quizlet:
(Coming Soon, waiting for permission from site!)
Do you use a site that is better than Quizlet? Let us know about it... if you think it can stand the competition... and Billy Mays.
he employs to aid his academics to high-schoolers, in fact, all students for free, that makes him cool. Really cool. That's what Quizlet is. From Quizlet:What you can do with Quizlet...
Browse and use millions of flashcards created by other students and teachers, or create your own.
Create Flashcard Sets
1. Easily create flashcard sets with as many questions and answers as you want.
2. Import questions and answers from your computer or other websites (or just type them in directly).
3. Cut and paste questions from other peoples' flashcard sets to make your own.
4. Invite friends to share your flashcards via email, Facebook, or MySpace.
5. One-click lookup of official dictionary definitions, and other users' previous answers.
Group Studying
1. Create a group so your friends or classmates can study together.
2. Discuss answers with your group via live chat.
3. Get notified when group members post new study sets.
4. Edit and improve sets created by other group members.
5. Groups can be private or public.
When I came to the school I am presently teaching at, I introduced Quizlet to my classes. I don't remember how I ran into it but I was impressed the moment I saw it and knew it would be useful. (One of those, "if I had had it when I was a student" things.) An instant fan, I began looking for ways to employ it too. At first, not many students really caught on to it but since that time, in three short years, it has shot up to almost 100% of my freshmen class registered and that is just for my courses. I have watched it grow rapidly in the past 9 months to something that has spread to Junior High and to classes prior encompassing other classes and subjects as well. Good. It is worth it.
In addition to free study tools, group learning opportunities, games, practice tests and more--for the kids, it even can be placed on Facebook, Myspace and works on the iPhone (another good reason not to allow phones in class.) So, when a teacher approached me about recommendations for an online quizzing program I had no other recommendation. I showed her what it could do, Bam! Better than Billy Mays, she was sold. It may not clean clothes like OxiCLean
but I am sure parents, students and teachers alike may find it to be the answer to many study and integration ideas they are pining! Hey, give our young MIT dude some credit, (pictured) he made a great site and wonderful tool for study and collaborative learning. Want to know more? Here's a little intro from Quizlet:(Coming Soon, waiting for permission from site!)
Do you use a site that is better than Quizlet? Let us know about it... if you think it can stand the competition... and Billy Mays.
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