Quizlet is a web-based tool that allows users to create study tools such as interactive flashcards, tests, and study games. This tool allows you access to its' basic features, which is enough if you just want to access it freely. You can try new, interactive methods of studying provided by the developer and experience studying in a whole other way.
This website offers a variety of studying tools that can be used by both students and teachers. One of the most prominent feature of this website is the flash card. You can create a study set by clicking on the 'Create' button at the top right corner of the screen. These flash cards are suitable for memorizing a set of terminologies. You can write the description of the term on the front of the card and the term on the back of it. There is even an audio feature where you can listen to an automated voice reading the flash card if you clicked on it. You can even add pictures if you upgraded to the paid version.
By clicking on one of the study sets, you will be directed to a web page where you can choose to either memorize the terms first by clicking on the 'Flashcard' button or do some exercises by clicking on the 'Learn', 'Write', 'Spell', 'Test', 'Match', and 'Gravity' buttons - all of which have the same aim which is to help you practice the topic but in different types of formats.
Next, the 'Search' button allows you to browse for specific diagrams or study sets according to the topic that you want to learn at that moment. Creating a class can also be done where you can group each study sets into their specific classes. Not only that, you can even a create a folder to sort your sets into.
This tool can be used by both the teachers and the students. It is indeed beneficial for a teacher to implement it in the classroom as they can encourage the students to think more creatively on how to study. Since this website offers a variety of studying tools, the teacher can introduce them to the students so that they can use it in their future learning sessions, be it individually or in a group. It will create a more fun classroom that allows the students to be motivated to learn. It also enables the teacher to approach and understand the students in a new way that is different from the one in traditional classrooms.
Students could help improve their grades by using this tool. This is because this tool allows students access to a variety of features that would be helpful for them in all aspects of learning, such as the correct pronunciation, spelling, so on and so forth. They can use this tool to help them study the many terminologies that they are supposed to remember as well using the flash card feature available on this website. Students would feel more interested in learning if tools like this is implemented in the classroom. This is due to the fact that this website promote creative thinking by applying graphics and many other interesting visual and auditory aids that can attract the students' attention in class.
I will provide you the guidelines on getting started with Quizlet in an original video format instead of text for better understanding on how to use it.
Original Video
YouTube Video
No comments:
Post a Comment