When I looked at Larry Ferlazzo's blog, I was very interested in number 25 on his List of the Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education called quizlet. According to Ferlazzo, this is the best web site to make online flashcards and help students study words in "game form". I thought that this sounded very interesting, so I decided to look at the website.
Here is a link to quizlet for anyone interested in looking at it.- http://quizlet.com/
When I went on the quizlet website, I started to look at different flashcards teachers have posted, and I really enjoyed it. I always made a bunch of flashcards for different classes all throughout middle school and high school, and this website is a wonderful tool for teachers to help their students out so they do not need to spend so much time making flash cards. This could be used to study many different things such as vocabulary words,historical people, foreign languages, math facts, and just learning different facts in general.
The flashcards can have voices added to them so that the students can hear the word or number they need to study which I think would be a great tool for a special education teacher because students who have trouble reading can use this as a way to learn the words and match the audio of the word to the written word. I love that you can also make games with your flashcards because it makes it much more fun for the student to study if they are playing a game.
The website gives the user many times to try and guess the correct answer while reviewing which I think is wonderful because it gives the students an opportunity to correct themselves. After when it is time to be tested, the student is given, multiple different ways such as matching, true/false, short answer, and multiple choice which I feel gives children a better chance of doing well because some students do better with matching, while another student may like true/false. After the test, the student is shown what questions they got wrong, and the correct answer. This is a good way for students to know what they need to work on a little bit more.
The flashcards can have voices added to them so that the students can hear the word or number they need to study which I think would be a great tool for a special education teacher because students who have trouble reading can use this as a way to learn the words and match the audio of the word to the written word. I love that you can also make games with your flashcards because it makes it much more fun for the student to study if they are playing a game.
The website gives the user many times to try and guess the correct answer while reviewing which I think is wonderful because it gives the students an opportunity to correct themselves. After when it is time to be tested, the student is given, multiple different ways such as matching, true/false, short answer, and multiple choice which I feel gives children a better chance of doing well because some students do better with matching, while another student may like true/false. After the test, the student is shown what questions they got wrong, and the correct answer. This is a good way for students to know what they need to work on a little bit more.
I think that quizlet could definitely be used in an inclusive general education classroom. I feel that if all of the students are able to have access to a computer, then they can study by playing the games on their own, or even with a friend. One way this could be used is if the class is working on multiplication tables and they have to know all of their facts from 0-12, the student with disabilities may be only required to learn their facts from 0-5. This could easily be done because the student with disabilities could have their own set of flashcards on quizlet so they can still do the activities like the other students, but do a modified version.
Quizlet is an awesome tool for teachers. I think that students would have a lot of fun using this website because of the multiple ways of reviewing through tests and games. I definitely would consider using this website in my classroom, and I would encourage other teachers to try it too.
Great ideas for this tool. You put a lot of thought in to its use. I am looking forward to seeing how it works. Did you create anything to share?
ReplyDeleteI did create some flashcards for addition facts to see how the games would work. It was actually pretty fun playing the games once the cards were made.
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