![]() ![]() Therefore, Quizlet receives the Ditch That Textbook seal of approval for online flashcard sites! Plus, users playing the learning games can battle for top scores on a leaderboard for each created deck. Quizlet’s free iOS app, its addicting learning games and huge network of users and existing flashcard decks offer the array of options that no other site can rival. However, Quizlet appears to be the overall total package to me. The final verdict!įlashcard Exchange’s cram mode is somewhat unique and would be a useful feature, and I love Study Stack’s great selection of games for practicing vocabulary terms. It doesn’t have games or other options for studying flashcards, though. It also offers quizzes and mind maps as additional useful features. It provides an I know/I don’t know option for studying only the cards you need to. ![]() Its full-screen flashcard study option is simplistic and elegant. UPDATE (5/20/14): ExamTime (As of this update, ExamTime has undergone a design overhaul, and the results are beautiful. Its practice features are pretty standard, though. It’s also the only flashcard site I found that allows users to add video to flashcards (which may or may not be a great option). Its fun design uses cartoonish characters, flashy animations and lots of color. Brain Flips ( Brain Flips appears to be the online flashcard site geared toward the younger crowd. However, the site is laden with ads and is glitchy. It easily has the best variety of learning games, including matching, hangman, crossword, unscramble, bug match (a spider chases and eats the bug matching the correct answer) and hungry bug (a caterpillar gobbles correct answers and grows, making the game more challenging). Study Stack ( I developed a quick love/hate relationship with Study Stack. Flashcard Exchange integrates its card decks with other flashcard mobile apps. Three-sided cards include a term, a definition and a hint. In cram mode, students engage in a structured practice where trouble cards are repeated and mastered cards (those correctly answered five times) are set aside. Flashcard Exchange ( Flashcard Exchange boasts two unique features: cram mode and three-sided cards. Its iPhone app includes a fun tactile twist on the scatter game. Learning games include the catch scatter (match scattered terms together) and space race (type the answer before it crashes). Learning options include a fill-in-the-blank test, a test where terms are read aloud and spelled, and a test with a variety of questions. Quizlet ( Quizlet offers a nice mix of polish and options. iOS and Android apps are available, but they’re not free. An advanced search (by title, author, description, subject and level) is free, which is a paid option for StudyBlue. Users can flag trouble cards themselves for more practice. Options are limited to flipping through cards and taking multiple-choice quizzes. premium), which turns the penny pincher in me off, especially when so many alternatives exists.įlashcard Machine ( Flashcard Machine is your standard online flashcard site. But its best features aren’t available for free ($30/year or $5/mo. Its clean, simple and classy design is inviting. It will send you a text message to remind you to study and you can customize the kinds of tests you take. StudyBlue ( StudyBlue has some creative features that stand out. Below, I’ll review the unique points of several sites and give my personal recommendations for which ones to use. Mobile apps and/or mobile web versions of the site are often available.īeyond that, many sites have provided their own brand of innovation to stand out from the competition.Sites will often log which cards you struggle with and provide feedback or additional learning opportunities.Most also offer some sort of quiz or test feature, where you can check your progress after you’ve studied the terms. Most sites offer a basic “flashcard flip,” where you view the card and can flip it to see if you got the answer right.Flashcard decks created by others are searchable and can be studied if you don’t want to make your own.You can create their own flashcards (term and definition) and often can add audio and images to them.If you’re new to online flashcards, here’s what’s similar across the board for most online flashcard sites: The options for online flashcard websites are numerous, and it seems that each site is a little different. (Rote learning, by the way, isn’t a dead art, according to this Edutopia article.)īut many students are substituting “flip, flip, flip” with “click, click, click” or “tap, tap, tap.” Countless hours are spent every year by students trying to memorize through repetition. ![]()
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